Amsterdam has usurped London to become Europe’s biggest hub for trading shares. It is quite a shift for a city that was fifth behind Paris, Frankfurt and Milan only two months ago, while for the…
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The New Moon this month marks the start of the Lunar New Year and reminds us of how important our orbiting neighbour is to us. It’s a relationship long described by many cultures across the…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen on a parking garage in Palm Springs 2/2 By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday announced the U.S. Department of Energy will…
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CC BY-ND Rolling out a vaccine to stop the spread of a global pandemic doesn’t come cheap. Billions of dollars have been spent developing drugs and putting in place a program to get those drugs…
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Less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women and UNESCO data shows that only about 30% of all female students choose science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at a tertiary level. Four African women…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind a pump-jack outside Saint-Fiacre TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell a second day on Friday, extending losses after OPEC cut its demand forecast and the International Energy…
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Bumble raised US$2.15 billion in an initial public offering, or IPO, late on Feb. 10, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Investors swooned over the women-go-first dating app, buying more shares and at a higher…
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The African continent contains some of the world’s richest mineral resources. For instance, the Democratic Republic of Congo produces most of the world’s cobalt; Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique are major contributors to global tantalum output.…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday, giving up some of the recent strong gains on…
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Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown’s ongoing devastating impact on the economy, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa recently called on South Africans to buy local goods. He said: We call on every South African…
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