No matter where you live, there’s a good chance the weather’s getting wilder. In just the past few weeks, tornadoes have wreaked havoc on Midwest and Southern states, and large swaths of southern Florida were…
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Most jurisdictions that responded to a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey are developing cryptocurrency regulation, though central bank uncertainty around its use remains. Some 86 central banks responded to the BIS 2023 survey on…
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Investing.com– Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday, benefiting from a softer dollar as recent inflation data saw traders increase bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by September. But bigger gains…
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Commonly known as Australia’s “Easter bunny” due to its large ears and hopping movement, the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is the last of its kind. Today we published its reference genome – all 3.66 billion…
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One eye-catching policy currently being proposed by the Labour party is a ban on “bidding wars” in the private rented sector. In many high-pressure housing markets bidding by competing prospective tenants, instigated by the landlord…
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By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Friday as investors weighed weak U.S. fuel demand and took some money off the table at quarter-end, while key inflation data for May boosted the…
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South Africa has large reserves of coal, gold, manganese and platinum. It also has “critical” minerals and metals. Though there is no consensus on which minerals are critical, they are often referred to as those…
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When I tell people that I study fossils, many assume I am talking about dinosaurs or some equally impressive extinct creatures. But there’s far more to be found in the global fossil record, like plants,…
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Sri Lanka has signed two separate deals to restructure much of its debt. The deals are with Japan, France and India, the countries that lead the 17-strong official creditor committee (OCC), and with the Export…
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By Kissima Diagana NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) -Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani opened an early lead as vote-counting was underway after Saturday’s presidential election, provisional results from the country’s electoral commission showed. Ghazouani was leading with 49%,…
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