© Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – Spanish energy major Repsol (MC:) lowered its oil price () assumptions on Thursday, bringing its long-term outlook in line with most European rivals which have booked writedowns and leaving Equinor…
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TikTok, the made-in-China, video-sharing platform beloved by youth and influencers alike, is suddenly everywhere in our new world of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing. The platform’s growth has been tremendous, but this has come at…
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The South African government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $4.2 billion. The money would come from a facility that provides financing to countries facing an urgent balance of payments need, without the…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo for ConocoPhillips is displayed on a screen on the floor at the NYSE in New York WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday that it…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has put global emergency preparedness under sharp scrutiny. It’s also placed national health systems’ capacity to predict and respond to major emergencies under the microscope. Much of the response to the pandemic…
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Back in in 2018 – in the pre-pandemic world – about 5% of the U.S. workforce teleworked from home. That changed dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; by May 2020 that number had…
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2/2 © Reuters. Environmental Protection Agency hearings in Washington 2/2 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to announce on Wednesday the first proposed U.S. emissions standards for commercial…
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The next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will replace Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, who has served since 2013 and plans to step down at the end of August, a year before the conclusion…
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© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – U.S. crude stockpiles rose by 7.5 million barrels last week, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the American Petroleum Institute. Analysts expect that the will report a…
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A number of technological advances have revolutionised human reproduction in the past few decades. One example is in vitro fertilisation (IVF), the process of fertilising a woman’s eggs with a man’s sperm in the laboratory.…
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