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Russia denies media report about indirect talks with Ukraine By Reuters

Russia denies media report about indirect talks with Ukraine By Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday denied a report that Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, saying there had been no…

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Holiday over? Seven expert tips for how to avoid back-to-work stress

Holiday over? Seven expert tips for how to avoid back-to-work stress

The philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill once wrote about why he didn’t take holidays. “No holidays allowed,” he explained, “lest the habit of work should be broken, and a taste for idleness acquired.”…

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Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how

Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how

Australia has committed to elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge as one of five national priorities in science and research. This comes as part of the National Science Statement released on Monday by the…

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CBDCs amplify contractionary effects of monetary shocks – BoC paper

CBDCs amplify contractionary effects of monetary shocks – BoC paper

Introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would accentuate the contractionary effects of monetary policy shocks, a study by the Bank of Canada has found. The authors – researchers Saroj Bhattarai, Mohammad Davoodalhosseini and Zhenning…

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Safety at Ukraine nuclear plant deteriorates after nearby blast

Safety at Ukraine nuclear plant deteriorates after nearby blast

(Reuters) -Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit a perimeter access road on Saturday, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi. The…

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Oil prices will whipsaw as we move to net zero, which could be disastrous for low-income producer countries

Oil prices will whipsaw as we move to net zero, which could be disastrous for low-income producer countries

One huge question for the future of the global economy is how oil will be affected by the transition to net zero. Any energy economist will tell you that predicting oil prices is something of…

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how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?

how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?

According to the infamous myth, groups of lemmings sometimes run off cliffs to their collective doom. Imagine you are one of these rodents: on a sunny day you join your companions in a joyous climb…

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Canada’s CPKC expands freight embargoes ahead of looming work stoppage By Reuters

Canada’s CPKC expands freight embargoes ahead of looming work stoppage By Reuters

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Pacific (NYSE:) Kansas City said on Saturday it would halt any new rail shipments originating in Canada, and all new U.S. shipments destined for Canada starting on Tuesday…

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How a currency devaluation in Kazakhstan made the country’s poor worse off

How a currency devaluation in Kazakhstan made the country’s poor worse off

It is the job of the government to keep a country’s economy in check. But sometimes policies don’t work out as planned. Governments often take economic decisions that follow specific political agendas, and these decisions…

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Autry Stephens, Texas oil billionaire and wildcatter, dies at 86 By Reuters

Autry Stephens, Texas oil billionaire and wildcatter, dies at 86 By Reuters

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Autry Stephens, the billionaire founder and chairman of Endeavor Energy Resources, has died aged 86, the company disclosed on Friday, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Stephens died early on…

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