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Is your phone really listening to your conversations? Well, turns out it doesn’t have to

Is your phone really listening to your conversations? Well, turns out it doesn’t have to

Have you ever chatted with a friend about buying a certain item and been targeted with an ad for that same item the next day? If so, you may have wondered whether your smartphone was…

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Oil prices climb as Iran nuclear talks drag, summer demand aids By Reuters

Oil prices climb as Iran nuclear talks drag, summer demand aids By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. Picture taken February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday, underpinned…

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Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What’s needed next

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What’s needed next

In 1938, French colonial authorities in what is today Mali started on an ambitious infrastructure plan to transform the desert into an area of agricultural production. Water was diverted from the Niger River through a…

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S.African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say By Reuters

S.African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Fortune seekers are seen as they flock to the village after pictures and videos were shared on social media showing people celebrating after finding what they believe to be diamonds, in…

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What the budget holds for the agriculture sector in Kenya

What the budget holds for the agriculture sector in Kenya

Kenya’s second budget under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic has prioritised a stimulus for economic recovery and the implementation of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects. In the president’s last full financial year, the emphasis…

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Police debacle leaves the McGowan government battling to rebuild public trust in the SafeWA app

Police debacle leaves the McGowan government battling to rebuild public trust in the SafeWA app

QR code contact-tracing apps are a crucial part of our defence against COVID-19. But their value depends on being widely used, which in turn means people using these apps need to be confident their data…

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Chevron returning offshore workers, restarts output halted by U.S. storm By Reuters

Chevron returning offshore workers, restarts output halted by U.S. storm By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An entrance sign at the Chevron refinery, located near the Houston Ship Channel, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron Corp said on…

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Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming

Farming and agribusiness play a crucial role in sustaining the economies of small towns and rural areas. There is a lot of evidence of this in the economic literature and in the popular media. This…

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This deep-sea creature is long-armed, bristling with teeth, and the sole survivor of 180 million years of evolution

This deep-sea creature is long-armed, bristling with teeth, and the sole survivor of 180 million years of evolution

Let me introduce you to Ophiojura, a bizarre deep-sea animal found in 2011 by scientists from the French Natural History Museum, while trawling the summit of a secluded seamount called Banc Durand, 500 metres below…

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NHC says Tropical Storm Claudette forms off Louisiana By Reuters

NHC says Tropical Storm Claudette forms off Louisiana By Reuters

(Reuters) – Tropical storm Claudette formed in the Atlantic on Saturday and is expected to produce heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding across coastal Mississippi and Alabama through the afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center…

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