© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker stands at a closed gas station of the state oil company PDVSA in San Cristobal DUBAI (Reuters) – The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela has…
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It’s a tough time for the global film industry, for which the pandemic represents a disruption of seismic proportions. All movie production spaces have been officially “locked down” and all talent – whether in front…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The June expiry has come and gone for U.S. crude and the WTI benchmark isn’t showing any sign of clambering beneath $30 per barrel. So far, so good…
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen worldwide for specialised health and medical products. In a scramble to meet demand, “makers” in Australia and internationally have turned to 3D printing to address shortfalls.…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many argue it could unravel globalisation altogether. Globalisation relies on complex links – global value chains (GVCs) – that…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan and Geoffrey Smith Investing.com – prices ended the week on a high note, as escalating tensions between China and the U.S. over Hong Kong and Covid-19 pushed money into the…
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When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied…
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Significant Figures is a series from The Conversation where scholars explain an important number in the news. CC BY-SA The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, including nonprofits. With millions of jobs lost, long…
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14/14 © Reuters. ‘We brought the virus home’: Oklahoma family loses a father as COVID-19 hits rural America 2/14 By Andrew Hay and Andy Sullivan GUYMON, Okla./WASHINGTON – (Reuters) – Over 25 years, the massive…
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If you were a honeybee, how would you choose where to find flowers? Imagine your first flight out of the hive searching for food. What would you do if you saw flower patches with one…
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