The Australian government’s COVIDSafe app has been up and running for almost a fortnight, with more than five million downloads. Unfortunately, since its release many users – particularly those with iPhones – have been in…
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© Reuters. By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday raised concern that China is considering imposing hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley, just as tensions rise between the world’s second-biggest economy and…
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As countries begin to reopen after months of coronavirus lockdown, Rwanda is pressing on with its May coffee harvest. Rwanda, which supplied 21,000 tons of coffee to the global market in 2019, is about the…
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© Reuters. KUWAIT (Reuters) – The decline in oil prices and the value of investment assets since the start of the coronavirus outbreak will have an adverse impact on the “financial solvency” of the state,…
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A lack of access to a household toilet and clean water are putting many people in parts of Indonesia at risk of infection from the coronavirus. These findings come from a study we carried out…
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What does Mother’s Day flowers have to do with cocaine? Very little, most people would think. But as an economist, I often explain to my students that the world is economically connected, often in strange…
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© Reuters. BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it would extend anti-dumping duties on certain alloy steel seamless tubes and pipes from the United States and European Union for five years starting May 10.…
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On April 27, 2020, the US Department of Defense issued a public statement authorising the release of three “UFO” videos taken by US Navy pilots. The footage appears to depict airborne, heat-emitting objects with no…
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CC BY-ND The U.S. unemployment rate jumped from 4.4% in March to a roughly 90-year high of 14.7% in April. But could the rate, as some predict, surpass the record 25% joblessness the U.S. experienced…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude prices were on track to a second week of double-digit gains on Friday after the U.S. hit financial crisis lows. , the benchmark for U.S. crude, was…
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