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Oil Falls Most in a Month on New China Covid Scare, Dollar Surge By Investing.com

Oil Falls Most in a Month on New China Covid Scare, Dollar Surge By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices fell the most in a month on Friday, tumbling more than 2%, after concerns over Covid-19 lockdowns in top crude destination China hit a market that…

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Making a hospital space feel psychologically safer helped South African health workers

Making a hospital space feel psychologically safer helped South African health workers

In a busy South African hospital recently, teams of nurses and doctors were given an unusual task. They had to figure out who could build the tallest freestanding structure out of nothing but spaghetti sticks…

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Does ‘deplatforming’ work to curb hate speech and calls for violence? 3 experts in online communications weigh in

Does ‘deplatforming’ work to curb hate speech and calls for violence? 3 experts in online communications weigh in

In the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s personal account, and Google, Apple and Amazon shunned Parler, which at least temporarily shut down the social…

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Another Week of Lost Shine As Dollar Parties Instead By Investing.com

Another Week of Lost Shine As Dollar Parties Instead By Investing.com

By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – It’s another week of lost luster for gold at the expense of a charging dollar whose strength could barely be explained with the currency debasement expected from President-elect Joe Biden’s…

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Nonprofits helped organize the pro-Trump rally before the Capitol siege – but they probably won’t suffer any consequences

Nonprofits helped organize the pro-Trump rally before the Capitol siege – but they probably won’t suffer any consequences

Editor’s note: Some of the money used to organize the Jan. 6 pro-Trump “March to Save America” came from social welfare groups. One of them, Women for America First, notably obtained a permit from the…

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Artificial intelligence can deepen social inequality. Here are 5 ways to help prevent this

Artificial intelligence can deepen social inequality. Here are 5 ways to help prevent this

From Google searches and dating sites to detecting credit card fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) keeps finding new ways to creep into our lives. But can we trust the algorithms that drive it? As humans, we…

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World’s Top Platinum Miner Makes Another Bold Call on Prices By Bloomberg

World’s Top Platinum Miner Makes Another Bold Call on Prices By Bloomberg

© Reuters. World’s Top Platinum Miner Makes Another Bold Call on Prices (Bloomberg) — The world’s No. 1 platinum miner said the price of the metal could climb more than 80% over the next four…

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The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,000 residents and employees of long-term care facilities in the U.S. alone, accounting…

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Why social media platforms banning Trump won’t stop — or even slow down — his cause

Why social media platforms banning Trump won’t stop — or even slow down — his cause

Last week Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald Trump in the wake of his supporters’ violent storming of Capitol Hill. Trump was also suspended from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely. Heads quickly turned to the right-wing…

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Trump administration takes final swipes at China and its companies By Reuters

Trump administration takes final swipes at China and its companies By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The third annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue is held at the State Department in Washington 2/2 By Mike Stone, Alexandra Alper and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration in…

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