The planet is heating up as greenhouse gas emissions rise, contributing to extreme heat waves and once-unimaginable flooding. Yet despite the risks, countries’ policies are not on track to keep global warming in check. The…
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South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a news conference with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (not pictured), in Doha, Qatar, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari By…
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The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again. Fears of a strike in September 2022 prompted the Biden administration to pull out all the stops to get a deal between railroads…
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On July 31 2013 a constellation of US defence satellites saw a streak of light over South Australia as a rock from outer space burned through Earth’s atmosphere on its way to crash into the…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jacks are seen at the Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas deposit in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) –…
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Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster holiday shopping season, but consumers burned by the highest inflation in a generation may have other ideas. Industry groups are predicting another record year of retail sales, with…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8486press@fsb.org Ref: 43/2022 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published the 2022 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) using end-2021 data and applying for the first time the…
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Media relations takes up the most time, on average, for central bank communications teams, but other duties are not far behind. Data from Communications Benchmarks 2022 shows comms teams spent an average of 15.1% of…
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© Reuters. By Peter Nurse Investing.com — Oil prices fell Monday as China reported a tightening of COVID restrictions as cases rose, raising fears of reduced demand at the world’s largest crude importer as economic…
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