© Reuters. By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker group Sovcomflot as Washington seeks to reduce Russia’s revenues from oil sales it can use to…
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I’m exactly the right age (46) to look back with nostalgia on the significant part that The Body Shop played in my teen years. I can clearly remember the excitement of Saturdays in town, scraping…
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Ekaterina Pravilova, The ruble: a political history, Oxford University Press, 2023, 560 pages One of the most persistent stereotypes about Russia presents its past as a series of attempts to build an anti-capitalist utopia, whether under…
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Australia can lay claim to two new native mammal species, discovered as part of our collaborative research published today in the journal Molecular Ecology. Australia has some of the most unique biodiversity in the world,…
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2/2 © Reuters. Protesters wearing shirts with the logos of the FNSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs farmers’ unions gather to protest at the opening of the 60th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l’Agriculture) at the Porte…
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A New York jury found on Feb. 23, 2024, that the National Rifle Association and three of its current and former officials had broken the state’s laws by misusing charitable assets. It also determined that…
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Coles and Woolworths, the supermarket chains that together control almost two-thirds of the Australian grocery market, are facing unprecedented scrutiny. One recent inquiry, commissioned by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and led by former…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A local sells rice and grains at a street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo 2/3 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – U.S. rice exports to Haiti, which account…
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Only weeks into his term, Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, seems to be making good on his promise to put a chainsaw to the country’s crisis-ridden economy. In his inaugural address, Milei told the nation:…
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As misinformation and radicalisation rise, it’s tempting to look for something to blame: the internet, social media personalities, sensationalised political campaigns, religion, or conspiracy theories. And once we’ve settled on a cause, solutions usually follow:…
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