Communication is always key to business success, especially so during changed business conditions, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Business benefits-at-a-glance With more businesses moving to remote working situations, a cloud-based telephony set up…
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Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Uganda. In particular, smallholder farmers rely on it for food and as a cash crop. They also grow it as an important export crop. Over…
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© Reuters. Tanker With 2 Million Barrels Oil Catches Fire Off Sri Lanka (Bloomberg) — An oil tanker loaded with two million barrels of Kuwati crude sailing toward India’s Paradip refinery caught fire Thursday morning…
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Many of us may remember the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 22 2011. The quake caused 185 deaths, thousands of injuries and billions of dollars in damage and economic loss.…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed dangerous weaknesses in America’s aging public data system. In one of the greatest jobs crises in the past 100 years, the labor force measures of employment and unemployment are too…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Friday,…
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There is a fair amount of archaeological evidence that indicates complex behaviour among our ancestors. For instance, there are bone tools that were used as hunting projectiles, for working leather or for processing plants. Ochre…
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Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order on Sept. 1 banning evictions of people who lost work as a result of the pandemic. To benefit, renters must sign a declaration…
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© Reuters. By David Ho Investing.com – Gold prices edged higher on Thursday after a steep fall in the previous session, while a weaker U.S. dollar and global economic outlook concerns from rising COVID-19 cases…
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Why is there gravity? Xander, aged 3, Lindfield, Sydney, NSW. Hi Xander, great question! I’m told you were rolling marbles when you asked that question, wondering why they roll down more easily than they roll…
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