At vaccine mandate protests in Canberra last week, police used powerful loud-hailing devices called Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) to address protesters. While some protesters claimed they were injured by the “sonic weapon”, those reports are…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — The nonstop rally in oil has stopped after eight weeks. Or has it? With crude’s five-minute candle flipping at every three bars this week, the nerves of traders…
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By the year 2000, the government of Ghana had borrowed so much that the country was in debt distress. It then subscribed to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative of the International Monetary Fund and…
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Regulatory sandboxes are neither necessary nor sufficient for promoting financial inclusion, according to a new report published by the United Nations. Prepared by the UN secretary general’s special advocate for inclusive finance, the report says…
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Snow machines have exploited the laws of thermodynamics to paint the slopes of Beijing white for this year’s Winter Olympics. Beijing might seem like an odd place for the winter games. The city receives almost…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — Gold prices dipped on Friday but finished up for a third week in a row, with the biggest weekly gain in three months, as a combination of geopolitical concerns over…
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Economists and policy-makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy functions and what determines success. Analytical frameworks and government policies consistently neglect the role of space and geography in favour…
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Australia’s first ever Olympic curling team scored an historic win but missed the medal podium at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. It was a remarkable performance for a team lacking any dedicated curling…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service patrols the area near the frontier with Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko By Karin Strohecker LONDON…
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Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it plans to put its Boeing’s 737 Max back to service for the first time since the aircraft model was involved in a crash that claimed 157 lives three years…
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