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BOJ’s Kuroda warns of uncertain economic fallout from Ukraine crisis By Reuters

BOJ’s Kuroda warns of uncertain economic fallout from Ukraine crisis By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday warned…

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Oil falls, pressured by China lockdowns, reserves release By Reuters

Oil falls, pressured by China lockdowns, reserves release By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil & gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo By Florence Tan (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped $2 a barrel in early…

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Why Ed Sheeran’s court victory sounds good for the music industry

Why Ed Sheeran’s court victory sounds good for the music industry

There’s a good chance you’ve heard a song by Ed Sheeran called Shape of You. It’s been streamed over 3 billion times on Spotify and viewed over 5 billion times on YouTube. The song Oh…

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What’s next for the National Broadband Network? Labor and the Coalition’s plans compared

What’s next for the National Broadband Network? Labor and the Coalition’s plans compared

For many Australians, the promise of cheap, reliable broadband remains a dream. So why is the National Broadband Network (NBN) still not delivering an outcome that was promised more than a decade ago when the…

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Countries pledge to step up action on climate and environment at OECD Environment Ministerial

Countries pledge to step up action on climate and environment at OECD Environment Ministerial

  31/03/2022 – Ministers and high-level representatives from the OECD’s 38 member countries and the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania, committed in a formal OECD Declaration today to intensify their work…

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le Fonds africain de garantie s’engage sur 8,6 millions $ de prêts qui seront accordés par Stanbic Bank

le Fonds africain de garantie s’engage sur 8,6 millions $ de prêts qui seront accordés par Stanbic Bank

(Agence Ecofin) – La filiale kényane du groupe bancaire sud-africain Standard Bank a conclu avec le Fonds africain de garantie pour les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME), un mécanisme de garantie de prêt d’un montant…

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La Guinée succède au Nigeria à la tête de l’Assemblée des régulateurs des télécommunications d’Afrique de l’Ouest

La Guinée succède au Nigeria à la tête de l’Assemblée des régulateurs des télécommunications d’Afrique de l’Ouest

(Agence Ecofin) – La semaine dernière, s’est tenue à Conakry l’Assemblée générale annuelle des régulateurs des télécommunications d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Occasion pour l’organisation d’élire un nouveau comité directeur en vue d’atteindre les objectifs fixés pour…

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No shoving or biting! Unruly U.S. airline passengers get big fines By Reuters

No shoving or biting! Unruly U.S. airline passengers get big fines By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to attendees during the National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz 2/2 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An American…

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A third of Puerto Rico remains in the dark for the second day By Reuters

A third of Puerto Rico remains in the dark for the second day By Reuters

© Reuters. (Reuters) – More than a third of all homes and businesses in Puerto Rico remained without power on Friday, the second day of a massive outage on the Caribbean island that may have…

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What changed when Ugandan farmers rated input quality and local vendor services

What changed when Ugandan farmers rated input quality and local vendor services

Each agricultural season, small-scale maize farmers in southeastern Uganda face the same dilemma. Should they shell out a few extra shillings and buy commercial maize seed from the nearby agro-input shop, or should they just…

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