© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A gas pump at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, dropping for…
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The long war in Afghanistan reached a potential watershed on August 6 when Taliban fighters took over Zaranj, a dusty frontier town with a population of some 63,000 on the Afghan-Iranian border. Though geographically and…
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When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing carbon dioxide from the air, they cooled Earth, and by eroding rock…
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New research published by the Bank of Lithuania adds to a growing body of evidence that US monetary policy uncertainty impacts the rest of the world. To explore the effects of US policy uncertainty, Povilas…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka January 18, 2015. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) – Opposition leader…
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The business of running water companies is not always as pure and clear as many of us would like it to be. It is often a world full of wasteful leakages, harmful pollution and debt.…
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Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students send photo after photo of the snakes, frogs and lizards that have been caught in various traps the previous day. We scroll…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold finished with a weekly gain of 1%, after the meltdown that took it to sub-$1,700 levels. But the recovery was far from the fabled likes of a phoenix rising…
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It is only a few days since the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) signalled the dire consequences of human-induced climate change. At the heart of this stark warning by UN…
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Argentina’s finance minister has said the government is set to open negotiations with international investors and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the maturity of its bonds. The sharp depreciation of the peso, following president…
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