African cities are among the fastest growing in the world, leading to rising demand for urban housing. Housing policies promoted by international organisations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated housing markets…
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The growing use of opaque artificial intelligence (AI)-driven methods by banks is creating a problem for regulators, Benoît Cœuré said today (August 19). The head of the Bank for International Settlements’ innovation hub said a…
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Our modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of celestial bodies through the night sky. But in 2017, I showed the ancient Babylonians likely developed their own kind of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mercer Street, an Israeli-managed oil tanker that was attacked is seen off Fujairah Port in United Arab Emirates, August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana/File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Saturday rejected as…
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International financial markets have opened a window for African governments to diversify their funding sources from traditional multilateral institutions and foreign aid. For example, they can now borrow through issuing Eurobonds – these are international…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A crude oil tanker is seen at Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China, April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s imports rebounded in July from a six-month low as…
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The tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021, made millions of Americans focus for the first time on the risks of high-rise construction and oceanfront living. Many also became…
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The typical Australian will change careers five to seven times during their professional lifetime, by some estimates. And this is likely to increase as new technologies automate labour, production is moved abroad, and economic crises…
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Jeremy Green, The political economy of the special relationship: Anglo-American development from the gold standard to the financial crisis, Princeton University Press, 2020, 368 pages On the eve of World War I, London’s financial markets…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A gas pump is seen hanging from the ceiling at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak 2/2 By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell…
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