© Reuters. By Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Robert Harvey DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel…
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Tech giants including X (then known as Twitter) and Facebook owner Meta announced thousands of job cuts globally in 2022 and 2023, as did other firms like entertainment company Disney, consultancy firm KPMG and phone…
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An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow slid down a mountain slope into a pile 10 feet deep. One person died…
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© Reuters. Investing.com– Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday, recovering slightly from a rough start to 2024, with focus now squarely on upcoming U.S. inflation data for more cues on the Federal Reserve’s…
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Having a child is bad for a woman’s earnings. This is not only in the immediate period after the birth, but across her lifetime – as shown in research by recent economics Nobel prize-winner Claudia…
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Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage you’ll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Mexican business leaders during her visit in Mexico City, Mexico December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo By David Lawder BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury…
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When he was elected as president of Argentina in November 2023, Javier Milei was seen by many voters as a political outsider. An economist by profession, he promised a reset for the country which would…
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If you’ve ever watched a natural history programme on TV, you’ve probably seen animals performing a wide variety of behaviours to get the attention of the opposite sex. BBC Earth even released an interview with…
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© Reuters. Investing.com– Gold prices moved little in Asian trade on Wednesday, retaining most of their losses from the prior week as investors questioned bets on early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Focus…
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