Since the arrival of COVID-19, empty seats and eerie silences at sports and entertainment venues have highlighted how much fans contribute to live events. Everywhere from the Olympics to the Premier League and the London…
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Same-sex sexual behaviour may seem to present a Darwinian paradox. It provides no obvious reproductive or survival benefit, and yet same-sex sexual behaviour is fairly common — around 2-10% of individuals in diverse human societies…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – To those who know Jerome Powell well, his kicking of the stimulus-taper can further down the road this week will come as no surprise. Anyone who bet otherwise,…
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The world’s central bankers won’t be riding into town to save the world this year. Their annual gathering in the US, at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is taking place online due to COVID-19. But with major…
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier this month sounded a “code red for humanity”. At such a crucial time, we should draw on all possible solutions to combating global warming. About…
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A London-based international court has dismissed a case brought by a firm against Ghana’s central bank, which had argued that the claimant had acted corruptly. Ghana-based payment services firm Sibton Switch Systems bought the case…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – One week, it was bust, and the next, it’s boom. Crude prices finished the penultimate week of August with double-digit gains that overwrote the crash from a week…
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The new football season has seen the return of fans, and the return of big money transfers. Ahead of the transfer window closing at the end of August, big names joining the English Premier League…
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There’s a revolution under way in commerce. Within five years, the consumer data right will have transformed competition and simplified the way we live. Yet most of us know little about it, or think it…
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© Reuters. A car hauler transports newly assembled vehicles from the FCA Windsor Assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook OTTAWA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Canada has joined Mexico in seeking formal…
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