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Oil Prices Struggle to Scale of Wall of Demand Worry Amid Global Growth Scare By Investing.com

Oil Prices Struggle to Scale of Wall of Demand Worry Amid Global Growth Scare By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – Oil prices came under pressure Monday, unable to scale the wall of worry over the demand outlook at time when global growth appears to be slowing amid a…

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We examined 20 years of US-Kenya trade: Some lessons for Africa

We examined 20 years of US-Kenya trade: Some lessons for Africa

Kenya is one of the top five beneficiaries of the US-Africa trade initiative, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). It also had the second-highest utilisation rate in 2018 with over 70% of its US…

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How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security

How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security

It’s now well known that usernames and passwords aren’t enough to securely access online services. A recent study highlighted more than 80% of all hacking-related breaches happen due to compromised and weak credentials, with three…

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Oil prices drop amid faltering demand outlook in China By Reuters

Oil prices drop amid faltering demand outlook in China By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A gas pump at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, dropping for…

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what the conflict means for the global heroin trade

what the conflict means for the global heroin trade

The long war in Afghanistan reached a potential watershed on August 6 when Taliban fighters took over Zaranj, a dusty frontier town with a population of some 63,000 on the Afghan-Iranian border. Though geographically and…

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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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