2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A branch of Cosmo Energy Holdings’ Cosmo Oil service station is seen in Tokyo, Japan, December 17, 2015. Picture taken December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino 2/2 By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO…
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The African marine fisheries sector is huge. It’s valued at more than US$24 billion per year. The sector is comprised of two main players. One is the continent’s artisanal or small-scale fishers, a form of…
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This week, Russia tested an anti-satellite missile on one of its own satellites, COSMOS 1408, and created a stream of debris that forced the International Space Station (ISS) crew to take shelter in their Soyuz…
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Fiscal policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa should be “cautious” when it comes to forecasting the deficits they can finance, allowing for the possibility of losing market access, the Bank of Uganda deputy governor has said. Louis…
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5/5 © Reuters. Delia McLaren holds her dog Diamond in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons where she has been stranded for days after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides near Hope, British Columbia, Canada…
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The person who helms the Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful figures in the world. Their job is also one of the most impactful on the lives of ordinary Americans, not to mention…
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As the full Moon rises tonight, it won’t be as lovely and bright as usual – but it will be fascinating. Across most of Australia, the Moon will be partially shrouded in Earth’s shadow, undergoing…
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2/2 © Reuters. Railway tracks are suspended above the washed out Tank Hill underpass of the Trans Canada Highway 1 during a survey flight after devastating rain storms caused flooding and landslides, noertheast of Lytton,…
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Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that the government intends to introduce an electronic transaction levy (e-levy) in the 2022 budget. He said this was to “widen the tax net and rope in the…
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Science has made impressive gains in the art of producing animal products minus the animal. Now this emerging field of cellular agriculture is taking on its biggest challenge yet: breastmilk. Breastmilk is a complex substance,…
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