© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Finance Committee conducts hearing on nomination of Katherine Tai to be U.S. Trade Representative. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday laid out her vision for…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea In the first two months of the pandemic, more than half of former foster children lost their jobs and nearly 40%…
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The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations. Selected through a Department of Health limited select tender process, the platform is being used by vaccine…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was up on Thursday morning in Asia, as investors await U.S. economic data and a near three-week lows boosted the appeal of the safe-haven yellow metal. The…
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The world has a COVID-19 vaccine access problem: Almost half of all doses administered so far have been in Europe and North America, while many poorer countries have vaccinated less than than 1% of their…
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Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind. While it may sound like science fiction, the demonstration by Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink is an…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility 250 km (155 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – The European countries party to the Iran…
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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, US Federal Reserve System governor Jerome Powell made an extraordinary declaration: “We’re not going to run out of ammunition.” The central bank stood ready to…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was down on Wednesday morning in Asia, as investors continue to digest a higher-than-expected rise in U.S. inflation. edged down 0.19% at $1,744.25 by 11:59 PM ET…
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The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it. At issue is what’s known as a border adjustment carbon…
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