COVID-19 has wrought havoc on poor households in countries across the world. In South Africa, more and more people are facing hunger resulting from mass job losses and small, poorly implemented supplementary cash grants. On…
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© Reuters. Exxon, Chevron Earnings Gutted by Virus-Driven Demand Collapse (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:). and Chevron Corp. (NYSE:) posted the worst losses in a generation after the pandemic and a global crude glut…
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its draft news media bargaining code, announced today by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. The draft code allows commercial news businesses to bargain – individually or collectively – with…
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The challenges of informal settlements have once again been thrown into the spotlight in the midst of the current pandemic. Research has shown that some of the most at-risk populations and therefore the potential hotspots…
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© Reuters. Oil Set for Weekly Decline on Demand Doubts as Pandemic Rages On (Bloomberg) — Oil clawed back some lost ground in Asia, but is set for a weekly decline after data showed the…
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An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets. For many people, the coronavirus pandemic has put even the strongest of relationships to…
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The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has announced that she’s disbursed nearly US$1.7 billion to 116 organizations, since first publicly discussing her giving intentions in May of 2019. Most of the organizations aim to advance…
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© Reuters. Trump Lets Keystone Line Ship More Oil With Expansion Stalled (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration will allow the existing Keystone pipeline to carry more oil-sands into the Midwest and U.S. Gulf Coast while…
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Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet. Launches during this period can complete the…
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That women are paid less than male colleagues is a stubborn fact in the U.S. workplace. As of July, women earned 84 cents for every dollar a man earned. It is a discrepancy that has…
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