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480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land

480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land

When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing carbon dioxide from the air, they cooled Earth, and by eroding rock…

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Bank of Lithuania paper explores spillovers of US policy uncertainty

Bank of Lithuania paper explores spillovers of US policy uncertainty

New research published by the Bank of Lithuania adds to a growing body of evidence that US monetary policy uncertainty impacts the rest of the world. To explore the effects of US policy uncertainty, Povilas…

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Zambian opposition leader Hichilema heads closer to victory in presidential vote By Reuters

Zambian opposition leader Hichilema heads closer to victory in presidential vote By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka January 18, 2015. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) – Opposition leader…

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Water companies are safe investments – and too important to be driven by profit

Water companies are safe investments – and too important to be driven by profit

The business of running water companies is not always as pure and clear as many of us would like it to be. It is often a world full of wasteful leakages, harmful pollution and debt.…

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Search for elusive skinks is filling gaps in Mozambique’s biodiversity data

Search for elusive skinks is filling gaps in Mozambique’s biodiversity data

Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students send photo after photo of the snakes, frogs and lizards that have been caught in various traps the previous day. We scroll…

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Gold up 1% on Week, Still Below Key $1,800 Level By Investing.com

Gold up 1% on Week, Still Below Key $1,800 Level By Investing.com

By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold finished with a weekly gain of 1%, after the meltdown that took it to sub-$1,700 levels. But the recovery was far from the fabled likes of a phoenix rising…

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The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

It is only a few days since the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) signalled the dire consequences of human-induced climate change. At the heart of this stark warning by UN…

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Argentina opens IMF talks as crisis deepens

Argentina opens IMF talks as crisis deepens

Argentina’s finance minister has said the government is set to open negotiations with international investors and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the maturity of its bonds. The sharp depreciation of the peso, following president…

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Oil dips, little changed on week despite weaker demand forecasts By Reuters

Oil dips, little changed on week despite weaker demand forecasts By Reuters

© Reuters. A man holds a fuel pump at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/Files By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices dipped on Friday and ended…

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Nixon’s decision to delink the dollar from gold still hounds the IMF, South Africa and Africa

Nixon’s decision to delink the dollar from gold still hounds the IMF, South Africa and Africa

Five decades ago this month, US President Richard Nixon informed the world that the US would no longer honour its commitment to exchange US dollars for gold on demand. The commitment had been the foundation…

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