The latest Powerball jackpot swelled to a record US$2.04 billion after another drawing passed with no winning ticket. The winning numbers of 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and a Powerball of 10 were released on…
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The first woman governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho, Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, has been appointed finance minister. Matlanyane is serving in the cabinet of Sam Matekane, leader of the Revolution for Prosperity party, which won a…
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Information technology and the internet have proven to be a strong force for building collective action groups and mobilising communities of protesters. Among the main advantages of digital and online activism are its increasing accessibility…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cars are seen at an Exxon gas station in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday it was isolating a…
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Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of Course: “Management as a Calling” What prompted the idea for the course? The idea for this course came…
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© Reuters. By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices were mostly unchanged in early trade on Wednesday, after sliding 3% in the previous session on worries about demand stalling on potential new lockdowns in…
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CC BY-ND What would you do with an extra US$932.63 in your pocket? That’s how much insurance fraud costs every American a year – $309 billion in total, according to the findings of a recent…
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When the ancestors of Māori made landfall in Aotearoa some 750 years ago, it marked the final stop of the greatest expansion of human migration in prehistory. Much of their story – exactly when they…
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Australian senator Andrew Bragg has introduced a bill to impose reporting requirements for Chinese banks that may make the e-yuan available in Australia. Bragg, of the conservative Liberal party, chaired Australia’s parliamentary select committee on…
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© Reuters. World Trade Organization Director Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during an interview with Reuters in the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El…
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