Coronavirus has hit the healthcare systems and societies of the global south even harder than the rest of the world due to their already weak economies and high debt levels. Latin America is no exception,…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President of India Ram Nath Kovind speaks during his state visit to Switzerland, at the Muensterplatz in Bern 2/2 By Neha Arora and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s…
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Billions of years ago, life on Earth was mostly just large slimy mats of microbes living in shallow water. Sometimes, these microbial communities made carbonate minerals that over many years cemented together to become layered…
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The present government’s struggle to get Britain back to work amid the pandemic looks a little less daunting when compared to the challenge that faced its predecessor in 1945. In her fine account of the…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude prices logged their third weekly loss in four on Friday, as analysts warned of a gloomier near term for the market after an unexpected surge in production…
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Genome sequencing — the mapping of the genetic sequences of an organism — has helped track the spread of COVID-19 cases in Auckland, but it also plays an important role in the control of other…
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Even before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, major upheavals were taking place in the UK labour market. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of people working for online platforms such as Deliveroo and TaskRabbit…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold had its worst week in six months, losing almost 5%, after a knockout punch from its nemesis the dollar, which again proved to be the champ in the latest…
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Australia’s proposed changes to the citizenship test has raised questions about whether you can really evaluate someone’s “Australian values” via a set of exam questions. But here’s another question not even considered by the test:…
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iPhone users are about to receive access to Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 14. It will come with the usual array of shiny new features, but the real game-changer will be missing – at…
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