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UK is on a charm offensive to win a free-trade deal – will it work?

At a time when so little international business is face to face because of the pandemic, the UK is flying ministers to India to lay the groundwork for a deal on free trade. In a…

5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

We’ve all looked up at night and admired the brightly shining stars. Beyond making a gorgeous spectacle, measuring that light helps us learn about matter in our galaxy, the Milky Way. When astronomers add up…

Precious Metals & Energy – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – After seeing how its prices have been systematically suppressed since the record highs of August, I told my readers this week to stop thinking of gold as a…

Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda

In many developing countries, poor delivery of public services remains an important problem. Public infrastructure, such as roads or boreholes for drinking water, is poor. The quality of service provided in hospitals or schools is…

This unique ancient megabeast had perpetually ‘bent’ elbows

Imagine going through life with your arms permanently bent and locked at the elbows. Awkward, right? Until recently we thought the mega-marsupial Palorchestes azael lived exactly like this. This rare, distant relative of the wombat…

U.S. Chamber slams Mexico power bill as breach of USMCA trade pact By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday slammed an electricity bill proposed by Mexico’s president as “deeply troubling,” saying it represented a breach of the country’s commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement…