The past few weeks have seen a huge surge of interest among scientists and the public in a material called LK-99 after it was claimed to be a superconductor at room temperature and ambient pressure.…
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Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named Hassan Abdallah to a second one-year term as acting governor of the central bank on August 17, according to media reports citing the official gazette. Sisi appointed Abdallah as…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices were steady on Monday with Brent staying…
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There were 4.5 million reported incidents of fraud in the UK in 2021/22, up 25% on the year before. It is a growing problem which costs billions of pounds every year. The COVID pandemic and…
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Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true. By stepping outside the box of our usual way of thinking about numbers, my colleagues and…
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© Reuters. Investing.com – Lots of things are happening in the oil market at the same time: Economic troubles in China; surprisingly higher U.S. crude production and Saudi-Russian cuts that cargo tracking data suggest could…
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Pakistan is showing clear signs of economic and political crisis. Inflation was recently almost 38%, and the country faces a debt crunch as it tries to manage its trade deficit with the rest of the…
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How can a black hole pull in light when light isn’t a physical thing? – Will, age 8, Victoria What an excellent question, Will! I too wondered about this when I started to learn the…
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The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) revealed new details of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project on August 15. Drex, as the currency is called, is being developed on a distributed ledger technology platform…
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© Reuters. The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense staff brief the press on plans to deploy its standby force to the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko By Felix…
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