© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony to sign a law for the privatization of state-controlled electricity utility Eletrobras, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano…
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Imogen, a night club owner from London, hopes that COVID-19 “passports” could help with the return of customers to her venue. But the 42-year-old told us she is not happy about subjecting her customers to…
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I’m puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites are irregular shapes? — Lionel Young, age 74, Launceston, Tasmania This…
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Malawian police arrested Dalitso Kabambe, former governor of the central bank on June 28, say media reports. The police confirmed that Kabambe was held at Lubadzi police station in the capital, Lilongwe. Three others connected to…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices had their worst week in months even after crude prices edged higher Friday, as the market absorbed news that the United Arab Emirates had a deal…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gives loans to countries in economic trouble. In exchange, countries must implement a programme of painful policy reforms. Countries rarely complete these programmes. We set out to uncover why. IMF…
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People have been using plants in skincare for thousands of years, for cleansing, perfuming, beautifying and healing. Today, plants contribute significantly to the cosmetic (beauty) and cosmeceutical (medicinal) industry, which is worth billions of dollars.…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Trash is pictured following heavy rainfalls in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 2/2 SCHULD, Germany (Reuters) -The number of people who lost their lives in the heavy…
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When South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation on July 12 amid violence and destruction of property in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, he warned of several risks if the situation was not…
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The Deutsche Bundesbank will not distribute profit to the German federal government for the first time since 1979, it said on March 3. The Bundesbank this was mainly due to the increase in risk provisioning,…
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