© Reuters. By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Riots erupted in December in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, with protesters blockading nickel mines and challenging Brazilian mining giant Vale’s latest attempt to…
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So much remains unknown about what is now being called the Sunburst hack, the cyberattack against U.S. government agencies and corporations. U.S. officials widely believe that Russian state-sponsored hackers are responsible. The attack gave the…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – “There’s a silver lining in every crisis.” Whoever came up with that probably had no inkling that it would apply one day to the price of silver amid the coronavirus…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Granules of 99.99 percent pure gold and silver are seen in glass jars at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk 2/2 By Peter Hobson (Reuters)…
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The best meteor showers are a spectacular sight but, unfortunately, 2021 starts with a whimper. Moonlight this January will wash out the first of the big three — the Quadrantids (seen above in 2020). After…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The worst year in the history of oil trading is ending with a loss of more than 20% for crude prices as the best efforts of producers to…
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Group exercise is very popular: Nearly 40% of regular exercisers participate in group fitness classes. In advance of the coronavirus pandemic, the American College of Sports Medicine predicted that group fitness would be one of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed oil pump jack is placed on dollar banknotes in this illustration picture By K. Sathya Narayanan (Reuters) – Oil prices are unlikely to mount much of a recovery in…
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Why do we do things that are bad for us – or not do things that are good for us – even in light of overwhelming evidence? As someone with a long career in pharmacy,…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Exxon sign is seen at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:) signaled in a regulatory filing that higher oil and…
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