The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation. By contrast, dairy cows in North America that belong to…
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Federal Reserve vice-chair Richard Clarida said on August 4 that he expected the Fed will be ready to raise interest rates in early 2023. Clarida’s comments add to an intensifying discussion about when the Fed…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An electric powered taxi is seen being charged at a BP Pulse electric vehicle charging point in London, Britain, July 16, 2021. Picture taken July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls By Nick…
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President Joe Biden has a goal for all U.S. electricity to come from zero-carbon sources by 2035. To get there, he’s counting on Congress to approve an ambitious package of incentives and penalties designed to…
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An earthquake that struck near Melbourne today is one of the largest in Australia since instrumental seismic records began. However, the geological record of ground-breaking fault ruptures tells us much larger earthquakes have occurred across…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Christian Bruch, Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy AG attends Siemens Energy’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo BERLIN…
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Germans are taking to the polls on September 26 to elect the members for the 20th Bundestag. For the first time in 16 years, there will be a new chancellor as Angela Merkel steps down.…
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The lower house of Brazil’s parliament passed a law granting the Central Bank of Brazil formal autonomy on February 11. After decades in which Brazilian governments debated this option, the law gives the central bank…
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2/2 © Reuters. Britain’s Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ed Miliband poses for a portrait during the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Britain, September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay 2/2 By…
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In little more than a year from the onset of COVID-19, scientists successfully developed vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for world-wide use. Three main factors contributed to this extraordinary feat. One, unprecedented collaboration between international…
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