© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday…
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In March, amateur scientists in Sydney announced they had created a COVID-19 test kit that is simpler, faster, and cheaper than existing tests. While the test has not yet been approved by regulators, if effective…
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Africa is home to 41 of the International Monetary Fund’s 59 Low Income Countries. These are more structurally vulnerable to external shocks such as COVID-19. The pandemic is affecting economies as governments implement increasingly aggressive…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Rania El Gamal DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco (SE:) is looking to restructure its deal…
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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced a significant package of social and economic measures to address the fallout from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown. The package includes a R50 billion increase to the value of…
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The Australian government’s COVIDSafe app has been up and running for almost a fortnight, with more than five million downloads. Unfortunately, since its release many users – particularly those with iPhones – have been in…
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© Reuters. By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday raised concern that China is considering imposing hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley, just as tensions rise between the world’s second-biggest economy and…
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As countries begin to reopen after months of coronavirus lockdown, Rwanda is pressing on with its May coffee harvest. Rwanda, which supplied 21,000 tons of coffee to the global market in 2019, is about the…
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© Reuters. KUWAIT (Reuters) – The decline in oil prices and the value of investment assets since the start of the coronavirus outbreak will have an adverse impact on the “financial solvency” of the state,…
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A lack of access to a household toilet and clean water are putting many people in parts of Indonesia at risk of infection from the coronavirus. These findings come from a study we carried out…
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