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Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, likely drawdown in U.S. stocks By Reuters

Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, likely drawdown in U.S. stocks By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of a refinery in Hobbs By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Tuesday as a weaker U.S. dollar supported commodities and on expectations that crude inventories…

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Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon

Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed his country’s participation in a virtual climate summit convened by the U.S. for April 22 and 23, vowing in a recent letter to U.S. President Joe Biden to end illegal…

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IMF Media Center : IMF World Economic Outlook

IMF Media Center : IMF World Economic Outlook

Global growth is getting an upgrade, but prospects for recovery are still highly uncertain due to the race between rolling out vaccines and mutations to COVID-19 the IMF says in its latest quarterly update to…

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What an unusual fossil reveals about parental care among pre-mammalian ancestors

What an unusual fossil reveals about parental care among pre-mammalian ancestors

South Africa’s Karoo region is world famous for its wealth of fossil remains. Many of these are from long extinct land animals that lived between 280 and 200 million years ago. This was a time…

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Pour environ 100 millions $, Imperial Logistics se sépare de sa filiale de transport maritime sud-américaine

Pour environ 100 millions $, Imperial Logistics se sépare de sa filiale de transport maritime sud-américaine

(Agence Ecofin) – Après la vente en juillet 2020 de ses activités de transport maritime en Europe, le sud-africain Imperial Logistics poursuit avec la cession de ses unités d’Amérique latine. Le groupe entend recentrer ses…

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Africell lancera officiellement ses activités en décembre 2021

Africell lancera officiellement ses activités en décembre 2021

(Agence Ecofin) – Encore huit mois à attendre et les Angolais pourront expérimenter les produits et services d’un nouvel opérateur télécoms. Avec sa licence et son contrat de concession déjà en poche, Africell peaufine actuellement…

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Bank of Israel holds rates on recovering economy, rising inflation By Reuters

Bank of Israel holds rates on recovering economy, rising inflation By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Israel building is seen in Jerusalem By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel held its benchmark interest rate at 0.1% for an…

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UN warns of climate ‘abyss’ as 2020 confirmed as one of 3 hottest years on record By Reuters

UN warns of climate ‘abyss’ as 2020 confirmed as one of 3 hottest years on record By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Splinters of ice peel off from one of the sides of the Perito Moreno glacier By Emma Farge and Kate Abnett GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – 2020 was one of the three hottest…

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Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t prepared to counter Russia

Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t prepared to counter Russia

For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition, but that’s changing as its ice melts with the warming climate. Russia is now attempting to claim more of the…

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Samurai Incubate lève 18,6 millions $ et cible les pays les plus attractifs en termes d’investissement en Afrique

Samurai Incubate lève 18,6 millions $ et cible les pays les plus attractifs en termes d’investissement en Afrique

(Agence Ecofin) – La société japonaise qui a démarré ses opérations sur le continent en 2018, recherche des opportunités dans des start-up de quatre grandes économies africaines, à savoir : le Kenya, le Nigeria, l’Afrique du…

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