Over eight months ago, with haste and necessity, workers and organizations across the globe were thrown into “the great remote work experiment.” What was arguably an adequate short-term solution is now showing signs of wear…
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If you look up in the southern sky you can see the “pointer” stars, pointing towards the Southern Cross. One of these pointers is Alpha Centauri, which is actually a pair of Sun-like stars that…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was down on Wednesday morning in Asia, giving up gains made during Tuesday’s Asia session. were down 0.62% at $1,863.35 by 12:33 AM ET (4:33 AM GMT),…
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CC BY-ND The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2020, the…
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The long-awaited mandatory code that will force Google and Facebook to pay Australian media companies for news content was finally unveiled yesterday. The Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2020 (news media and digital platforms mandatory bargaining…
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© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – U.S. oil stockpiles climbed last week, stoking fresh concerns about the demand outlook at a time when investors are hopeful that a vaccine-led rebound in travel will drive…
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When President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act in 2011, he was surrounded by a group of people of diverse ages, genders and races. The speech he delivered about the legislation, which changed the…
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Humans are experts at domesticating other species and our world would be unrecognisable without it. There would be no cities, no supermarkets, and no pets. Domestication is a special kind of cooperative relationship, where one…
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© Reuters. General view of oil tanks and the Bayway Refinery of Phillips 66 in Linden By Sonali Paul and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Tuesday, adding to losses from the…
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How do you know that something you are looking for is not there? Looking for a needle in a haystack is fundamentally easy – however laborious and tedious – if you know it’s definitely there.…
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