© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – A pump jack is seen surrounded by steam during sunset at a PetroChina’s oil field in Karamay, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer By Rowena Edwards LONDON (Reuters)…
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Technological changes in industry have given rise to contending schools of thought about their impact on work and workers. Automation is rapidly deepening and widening, reaching new areas of work. What’s being produced is also…
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Social media platforms have had some bad press in recent times, largely prompted by the vast extent of their data collection. Now Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has upped the ante. Not…
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Inflation in the OECD area continues to surge to 5.8% in November 2021, the highest rate in 25 years Download the entire news release (graphs and table included – PDF) 11 Jan 2022…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian looks at his phone as he walks past a logo for Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp located outside a branch in central Sydney, Australia, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo/File…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Belize-flagged general cargo ship Sormovskiy 121 is seen at the sea port in Chornomorsk after restarting grain export, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine August 12,…
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South Africa is a dominantly urban country, with almost 70% of the population living in cities and towns. But urban services and infrastructures are coming under increasing strain from the collapse of infrastructure in many…
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The Bank of England saw its profits dip in the 2017–18 financial year, as it invested in new capacity and rolled out a new series of polymer banknotes. The BoE’s annual report was published on…
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European Commission News Brussels, 21 Jun 2022 Global Gateway is Europe’s offer to a world that needs massive investment. It aims at mobilising EUR 300 billion by 2027. EUR 150 billion of them in Africa.…
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Earlier today, reports began emerging Google was down. While it has since returned, it once again highlights our dependence on technology service providers and shows how reliant many people are on a single operator for…
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