In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of scientific breakthroughs in treating diseases that cause blindness. Researchers at U.S.-based Editas Medicine and Ireland-based…
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As the main stream media is bent on perpetuating its bad habits of running after every bone thrown by spin doctors from the government, we need to be ever more aloof in our understanding of…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Dans une semaine, le gouvernement éthiopien indiquera le consultant retenu pour superviser la privatisation partielle d’Ethio Telecom. 4 cabinets sont en lice : Ernst & Young, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) et Roland Berger. KPMG…
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2/2 © Reuters. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) arrives as Trump impeachment trial resumes on Capitol Hill in Washington 2/2 By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A clutch of powerful U.S. Senators is pushing back against…
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Recent economic proposals to deal with COVID-19, like those summarized by UC Berkeley economist Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, have focused on compensating households and businesses for income losses due to lockdowns and other health mandates, and…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Au Cameroun, l’homme le plus riche d’Afrique subsaharienne francophone, Baba Danpullo, vient de lancer Best Pay, un établissement financier au capital de 500 millions FCFA. Sous réserve des agréments délivrés par les…
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© Reuters. European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Most European Union countries are at risk of missing their targets for reducing health-damaging air pollution…
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Wombats are among the most peculiar of animals. They look like a massively overgrown guinea pig with a boofy head, a waddling gait, squared-off butt, backwards-facing pouch and ever-growing molars. Indeed, wombats are oddballs and…
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(Agence Ecofin) – MTN Afrique du Sud a annoncé le lancement de ses services 5G pour le 30 juin. Comme son concurrent Vodacom qui offre le très haut débit depuis le 4 mai 2020, MTN…
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LONDON (Reuters) – The boost to Britain’s economy from a temporary cut in value-added tax (VAT) would be smaller than in 2008, and any reduction needs to be timed carefully, a leading think-tank warned after…
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