Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that they pay for their gas in roubles. Other EU countries…
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With nearly 84% of the world’s population now owning a smartphone, and our dependence on them growing all the time, these devices have become an attractive avenue for scammers. Last year, cyber security company Kaspersky…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Healthy Holstein dairy cows feed at a farm in central Washington in this December, 24, 2003 photo. REUTERS/Jeff Green/Files/File Photo By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellites have detected methane emissions…
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The UK economy has a problem with its over 50s: following the COVID pandemic, they have been leaving the labour force en masse, causing headaches for businesses and the government. Roughly 300,000 more workers aged…
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Staff in central bank communications teams earn an average of nearly $40,000 per year, though there are major differences between institutions. Annual salaries ranged from $12,000 to $84,000, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2022 shows.…
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What makes us want things we like? We know things that offer potential rewards, including food, sex, addictive drugs, and even certain artworks, can inspire desire in us – but why? The French Enlightenment philosopher…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Calf Canyon fire burns in mountains south of Mora, New Mexico, U.S. April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Hay By Andrew Hay MORA, N.M. (Reuters) -Firefighters in New Mexico failed on Friday…
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The global economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this year has intensified the risk of declining trade integration between countries. A process…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Jarrett Renshaw and…
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In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir Putin, dressed like a 1930s gangster in a dark suit and fedora hat, under the headline “Don’t Mess with Russia.” Putin…
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