© Reuters. ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s gross revenues rose to 653.35 billion naira ($1.7 billion) in June from 517.8 billion naira in May due to higher crude and tax receipts, accountant general Ahmed Idris said,…
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On July 1, Italian police made the largest amphetamine seizure in the world. At the port of Salerno, just south of Naples, they used chainsaws to open large cylinders of paper and industrial machinery that…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Has OPEC pulled it off? The day and weeks ahead will tell. In what could be regarded as the oil market’s equivalent of skiing of a cliff, the…
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In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among others. Each hijacked…
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When the British government abolished slavery in 1833, it handsomely compensated the 47,000 slave owners for the loss of their “property” – the enslaved men, women and children they had to give up ownership of.…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SOCAR is seen at a filling station in Bern By Margarita Antidze BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan warned on Saturday about security risks to the oil and gas it…
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Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter signed by 150 academics, writers and…
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When it comes to electricity and gas, consumers in many countries choose between a wide range of tariffs. In the UK there are hundreds of options from scores of suppliers, varying up to 30% in…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold coasted to a sixth-straight winning week on Friday as a new spike in the coronavirus, uncertainty for the global economy, and prospects of a Joe Biden victory…
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You may remember when US President Donald Trump suggested exposing coronavirus patients to UV (ultraviolet) light – or “just very powerful light” – to help treat them. The use of UV light is not, in…
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