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Oil slips after restrictions to counter Omicron variant By Reuters

Oil slips after restrictions to counter Omicron variant By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil storage containers are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices eased…

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Diversity helps nonprofits accomplish more when staff from different backgrounds can connect

Diversity helps nonprofits accomplish more when staff from different backgrounds can connect

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Increasing staff diversity does not automatically make a nonprofit more effective. But such organizations can benefit from that change if they…

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Will self-replicating ‘xenobots’ cure diseases, yield new bioweapons, or simply turn the whole world into grey goo?

Will self-replicating ‘xenobots’ cure diseases, yield new bioweapons, or simply turn the whole world into grey goo?

In 2020, scientists made global headlines by creating “xenobots” – tiny “programmable” living things made of several thousand frog stem cells. These pioneer xenobots could move around in fluids, and scientists claimed they could be…

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U.S. envoy to return to Vienna over weekend for Iran talks By Reuters

U.S. envoy to return to Vienna over weekend for Iran talks By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna,…

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Many global charities refrain from ‘poverty porn’ imagery to raise money from donors, but stereotypes still distort their pictures

Many global charities refrain from ‘poverty porn’ imagery to raise money from donors, but stereotypes still distort their pictures

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea International nongovernmental organizations, often called NGOs, and other charities often use photos that distort the everyday realities of the people in…

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Snapshot: IMF reveals staff views on Argentina

Snapshot: IMF reveals staff views on Argentina

Argentina to undergo IMF article VI consultation later this year The International Monetary Fund has released a host of informal briefings on Argentina compiled by staff between 2013 and 2015, after the Latin American nation…

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Resolution Report marks 10 years since the adoption of the FSB’s Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes

Resolution Report marks 10 years since the adoption of the FSB’s Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes

Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 41/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published its 2021 Resolution Report. This year’s report commemorates the tenth anniversary of the FSB Key Attributes of Effective Resolution…

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Oil steadies near $75 as investors assess Omicron’s impact By Reuters

Oil steadies near $75 as investors assess Omicron’s impact By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied near…

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Making a difference without millions – how Americans give

Making a difference without millions – how Americans give

Can everyday people make a difference in their communities without millions of dollars? Lucy Bernholz, a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, believes that philanthropy is far more multifaceted…

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U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts, a boost to pandemic-hit refiners By Reuters

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts, a boost to pandemic-hit refiners By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: E85 ethanol fuel is shown being pumped into a vehicle at a gas station selling alternative fuels in the town of Nevada, Iowa, December 6, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed By Stephanie Kelly…

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