2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq 2/2 By Yousef Saba, Clara Denina and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco , the world’s largest oil…
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Wrapping your head around the scale of a global pandemic is not easy, and the volume of stats and data can be bewildering. What, for instance, are we to make of the fact Australia recorded…
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The economic effects of the coronavirus crisis will be severe but short-lived, according to much of the recent commentary. The cautious revival in stock markets points in the same direction, while recent polling suggests that…
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© Bloomberg. An employee holds a gold bar weighing 12.5 kilograms in the precious metals vault at Pro Aurum KG in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Gold rose for a third day after…
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Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and trigger a global infodemic, social media platforms were under growing pressure to curb the spread of misinformation. Last year, Facebook cofounder and chief executive…
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The coronavirus pandemic is devastating small businesses across the U.S. because of shelter-in-place orders that have forced millions to temporarily close. So far, Congress has devoted more than US$375 billion to helping restaurants, retailers and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sits outside its headquarters in Vienna (Reuters) – Worldwide oil producers, led by OPEC, are expected to cut production by…
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“How would we have coped before the internet?” is a quandary likely posed by someone you know. Beyond being a whimsical hypothetical, this question is relevant at a time when the digital age is ridiculed…
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As the coronavirus pandemic has gathered momentum, so too have explanations for how the outbreak started and what is causing its spread. Among these explanations is a theory that the recent rollout of 5G technology…
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© Reuters. The logo of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sits outside its headquarters in Vienna By Katya Golubkova, Rania El Gamal and Ahmad Ghaddar BAKU/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC and allies led…
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