Recent decades have seen remarkable growth in astronomy on the African continent. Africa enjoys pristine dark skies and vast radio quiet zones, making it the ideal home for many advanced telescopes trained on our galaxy…
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Central Bank of Argentina After a New York judge blocked Citigroup from distributing interest payments on Argentina’s sovereign debt last week, the central bank is looking for other international banks to aid the country’s return…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers walk as oil pumps are seen in the background in the Uzen oil and gas field in the Mangistau Region of Kazakhstan November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev By Yuka Obayashi…
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For the first time since records began, there are more job vacancies in the UK than unemployed people, according to the latest monthly labour market figures. This has been driven mainly by a near-fourfold surge…
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The use of herbicides – substances that control unwanted plants – is on the rise across Africa. This trend has been referred to by some researchers as the “herbicide revolution”. This trend is driven by…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Spent fuel storage is seen at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente, California, U.S., April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said…
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Kavitha, 18, earns a living at a clothing factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like many of her colleagues, she lives in accommodation provided by the factory, where she shares a dimly…
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Central banks communicate more via social media, such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, than they do via traditional channels, according to Communications Benchmarks 2022 data. Central banks use social media channels on average…
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Join the FSB’s virtual workshop on understanding and addressing systemic risks in non-bank financial intermediation, which will be held on Wednesday 8 – Thursday 9 June from 13:30 to 16:30 (CEST). The financial…
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Imagine there is a public speaking square in your city, much like the ancient Greek agora. Here you can freely share your ideas without censorship. But there’s one key difference. Someone decides, for their own…
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