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Droughts shrink hydropower, pose risk to global push to clean energy By Reuters

Droughts shrink hydropower, pose risk to global push to clean energy By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Low water levels due to drought are seen in the Hoover Dam reservoir of Lake Mead near Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Bridget Bennett/File Photo 2/2 By Sharon…

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5 #MeToo takeaways from Andrew Cuomo and Activision Blizzard sex harassment scandals

5 #MeToo takeaways from Andrew Cuomo and Activision Blizzard sex harassment scandals

Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement has evolved in the four years since it exploded on the national scene with the Weinstein scandal. From a flurry of #MeToo-related headlines in 2017, the movement has now produced a…

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Virtual workshop on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic from a financial stability perspective

Virtual workshop on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic from a financial stability perspective

Join the FSB’s virtual workshop on the lessons for financial stability from the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshop will be held on Wednesday 1 September at 13:00 (CEST) and will cover market and institutional resilience, operational…

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how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in

how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in

The Kimberley region is host to Australia’s oldest known rock paintings. But people were carving engravings into some of these rocks before they were creating paintings. Rock art sites on Balanggarra Country in the northeast…

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Fed decisions barely noticed by households – BIS paper

Fed decisions barely noticed by households – BIS paper

The decisions made by the Federal Reserve can upend stock markets, but they barely touch US households’ expectations on inflation, job status or personal finance, research published on August 5 finds. Policy decisions only appear to…

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The Story Hardly Gets Better After Another Dismal Week By Investing.com

The Story Hardly Gets Better After Another Dismal Week By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Another week, and the story in oil is hardly any better. U.S. crude scraped together a tiny gain for the week, while Brent couldn’t even manage that. The…

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Why Warren Buffett is a model for his billionaire peers

Why Warren Buffett is a model for his billionaire peers

Warren Buffett, who turns 91 on Aug. 30, 2021, is a billionaire at a time when outrage over the excesses of extreme wealth is growing in tandem with billionaires’ fortunes. But based on what I…

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Cyberspace and outer space are new frontiers for national security, according to an expert report

Cyberspace and outer space are new frontiers for national security, according to an expert report

What do cyberspace and outer space have in common? As we make clear in a new report to the Department of Defence, both are new frontiers for national security that blur traditional ideas about borders,…

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China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows, research shows By Reuters

China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows, research shows By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A coal-burning power plant can be seen behind a factory in the city of Baotou, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray/ 2/2 By David Stanway…

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South Africa’s basic income versus jobs debate: a false dilemma

South Africa’s basic income versus jobs debate: a false dilemma

Once considered a utopian ideal, a basic income guarantee has become a distinct political possibility, as the South African government scrambles to respond to growing hunger, and anger in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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