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Analysis-Brazil clears bottlenecks to oust US as top corn exporter By Reuters

Analysis-Brazil clears bottlenecks to oust US as top corn exporter By Reuters

5/5 © Reuters. A combine harvester is seen as it harvests corns at a farm near Brasilia, Brazil August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado 2/5 By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil is set to overtake the…

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Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

More than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors, screenwriters, hotel cleaners and restaurant servers – walked off their jobs during the first eight months of 2023. Hundreds of thousands of the employees of delivery giant…

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The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?

The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?

The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is full…

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Oil prices fall tracking weak PMIs, potential supply risks By Investing.com

Oil prices fall tracking weak PMIs, potential supply risks By Investing.com

© Reuters. Investing.com– Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Thursday as a swathe of weak PMI readings spurred concerns over slowing economic growth, while an uptick in U.S. production and exports showed supply…

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Accra’s most vulnerable residents were failed during COVID

Accra’s most vulnerable residents were failed during COVID

Containment measures, such as the lockdowns introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, had devastating consequences for vulnerable urban populations globally. In response, public, private, and civic organisations responded with various interventions to…

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Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes

Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes

Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the…

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Oil slides on grim manufacturing data By Reuters

Oil slides on grim manufacturing data By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo By Paul Carsten and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices slid more than 1%…

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Fertility is becoming a workplace issue but employer support can create winners and losers

Fertility is becoming a workplace issue but employer support can create winners and losers

Since the world’s first human baby was born by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the UK in 1978, over 10 million IVF babies have been born globally. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have also become even…

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Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here’s why that’s unlikely

Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here’s why that’s unlikely

This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the…

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Most communications teams outsource tasks to external providers

Most communications teams outsource tasks to external providers

It is common for central banks’ communication teams to outsource some of their tasks to external providers, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2023 shows. And this practice tends to be more prevalent in central banks…

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