South Africa’s over-reliance on coal-fired power plants places the country among the world’s top carbon emitters and does huge damage to the health of its citizens. The country has also struggled to maintain a stable…
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Solar power is already the cheapest form of electricity generation, and its cost will continue to fall as more improvements emerge in the technology and its global production. Now, new research is exploring what could…
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FSB Secretary General Dietrich Domanski delivered a keynote speech at the Asian Banker Finance China 2021 Conference. by : Source link
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was down on Thursday morning in Asia, remaining close to a one-week low. A strengthening and increasing risk appetite as concerns over surging COVID-19 cases abated, both…
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Women and groups advocating for gender equality are increasingly urging men to become allies in the fight. Research has shown that in the absence of male support, women have to shoulder the burden of battling…
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Looking like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, an ancient undersea volcano was slowly revealed by multibeam sonar 3,100 metres below our vessel, 280 kilometres southeast of Christmas Island. This…
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Central bank digital currency may be a necessary response to the decline in competition in the digital economy, staff at the Bank of Canada argue. “Without a public digital payment option, current problems related to…
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© Reuters. (New throughout, with market settlements) By Barani Krishnan and Liz Moyer Investing.com — Oil prices jumped 5% on Wednesday, rising even after a surprise build in crude stockpiles that snapped eight weeks of…
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Thanks to a roaring economy, plunging joblessness and a consumer spending spree, it probably won’t come as a surprise that the COVID-19 recession is officially over. We didn’t know this, formally, however, until July 19,…
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A major journalistic investigation has found evidence of malicious software being used by governments around the world, including allegations of spying on prominent individuals. From a list of more 50,000 phone numbers, journalists identified more…
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