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An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist

An annual roadshow is helping kids from remote Australia realise their dreams of becoming a scientist

“Miss, miss, can I play with your robot?” The question comes from a young local school girl standing in front of our stall at Barunga Festival, 80 kilometres southeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory.…

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CBDCs would reduce foreign exchange risk – LSE study

CBDCs would reduce foreign exchange risk – LSE study

The introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would make foreign exchange safer and smaller currencies more attractive, analysis from the London School of Economics claims. In a blog post published on December 4, LSE visiting…

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Oil prices dip as extended OPEC+ supply cuts highlight weak demand By Reuters

Oil prices dip as extended OPEC+ supply cuts highlight weak demand By Reuters

By Shariq Khan and Trixie Yap (Reuters) -Oil prices dipped on Friday, with weak demand in focus after the OPEC+ group postponed planned supply increases and extended deep output cuts to the end of 2026.…

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South Africa’s poverty relief grant should be increased rather than paid to be more people – economists explain why

South Africa’s poverty relief grant should be increased rather than paid to be more people – economists explain why

South Africa’s unemployment rate stands at a staggering 33.5%, one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming poverty rate – where more than half of the population lives on less than R1,558…

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Fossil tracks paint a picture of South Africa’s ancient coastal landscape: five essential reads

Fossil tracks paint a picture of South Africa’s ancient coastal landscape: five essential reads

Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure…

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Oil prices settle lower despite OPEC+ delaying plans to boost production By Investing.com

Oil prices settle lower despite OPEC+ delaying plans to boost production By Investing.com

Investing.com — Oil prices settled lower Thursday, as concerns about growing supply of crude persisted, offsetting early gains following  OPEC+’s decision to delay the restart of its oil production increases by three months. At 2:30 p.m.…

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why the economy is the biggest issue for many voters

why the economy is the biggest issue for many voters

The outcome and aftermath of Ghana’s 2024 elections will be a key test whether the West African nation can find a balance between the dual objectives of living within its means and achieving economic growth…

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OPEC+ output cuts turned US into top energy exporter, Rosneft’s Sechin says By Reuters

OPEC+ output cuts turned US into top energy exporter, Rosneft’s Sechin says By Reuters

By Olesya Astakhova and Yousef Saba RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) – Igor Sechin, the head of Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft, said on Thursday that the OPEC+ group’s decisions to reduce oil…

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South Africa has taken over the G20 presidency from Brazil – what lessons can it learn?

South Africa has taken over the G20 presidency from Brazil – what lessons can it learn?

South Africa has taken over the presidency of the world’s premier economic forum, the G20, from Brazil. The G20 presidency operates on a troika system made up of the current, previous and next holders. The…

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AI weather models can now beat the best traditional forecasts

AI weather models can now beat the best traditional forecasts

A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a paper by Google DeepMind researchers published today in Nature. Using a diffusion…

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