Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly abundant in number and genetic diversity. We don’t know how many virus species there are, but there could be…
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South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown is likely to have a devastating impact on the incomes of workers and their dependants. There is broad agreement that the lockdown is a necessary public health response. But the economic…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil prices slid in Asia on Monday morning as OPEC+ delayed a meeting scheduled for later in the day to Thursday. International lost 6% to $32.74 by 9:55 PM ET (2:55 AM GMT) and U.S. also dropped 6,1% to $26.61,…
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With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure,…
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As South Africa entered its 21-day lockdown, the political message was that South Africans were all in it together. However, it is clear that while society has been united politically to fight COVID-19, there are…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Should Donald Trump tax the import of Saudi and selective foreign crude as a last resort to save U.S. oil producers? The president threatened on Saturday to “do…
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Since 2000, European and African leaders have been talking about giving the partnership between the two continents a “new strategic” dimension. In 2007, they reiterated their ambition to come together in awareness of the lessons…
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Our earliest vertebrate (animals with backbones) ancestors laid eggs, but over millions of years of evolution, some species began to give birth to live young. There is a traditional dichotomy in vertebrate reproduction: species either…
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2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Trump leads the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington 2/2 By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday…
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Many Americans may find bare grocery store shelves the most worrying sign of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their food system. But, for the most part, shortages of shelf-stable items like pasta, canned…
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