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Australia in talks with U.S. to supply infant formula By Reuters

Australia in talks with U.S. to supply infant formula By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shelves for baby and toddler formula are partially empty, as the quantity a shopper can buy is limited amid continuing U.S. shortages, at a grocery store in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., May…

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Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws

Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws

The day after an armed 18-year-old entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and shot dead 19 children and two teachers, the share prices of gun and weapons manufacturers jumped. A week on, and…

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a single seagrass clone stretching 180 km in Western Australia’s Shark Bay

a single seagrass clone stretching 180 km in Western Australia’s Shark Bay

Next time you go diving or snorkelling, have a close look at those wondrously long, bright green ribbons, waving with the ebb and flow of water. They are seagrasses – marine plants which produce flowers,…

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FSB launches recruitment for Secretary General position

FSB launches recruitment for Secretary General position

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today started the recruitment process to find a replacement for its current Secretary General, Dietrich Domanski, who will be retiring from his current role towards the end of the…

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Global refiners falter in efforts to keep up with demand By Reuters

Global refiners falter in efforts to keep up with demand By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S., May 15, 2021. Picture taken May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn/File Photo/File Photo 2/3 By Laura Sanicola (Reuters)…

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6 charts show key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture

6 charts show key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture

Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices and theaters across the U.S. The latest, which occurred on…

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Two-thirds of central banks say retail CBDC ‘possible’

Two-thirds of central banks say retail CBDC ‘possible’

More than two-thirds of central banks think it is either ‘possible’ or ‘likely’ that they will issue a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in either the short or medium term, the Bank for International…

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Like the gig economy, crypto gaming is sold with promise of convenience and riches. In practice it’s deeply exploitative

Like the gig economy, crypto gaming is sold with promise of convenience and riches. In practice it’s deeply exploitative

Video games are increasingly incorporating blockchains, the decentralised databases that underpin cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs and other “digital assets”. New games are emerging expressly to support blockchain technology, while traditional games are being updated…

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U.S. wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness By Reuters

U.S. wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness By Reuters

4/4 © Reuters. Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, Kansas, U.S., May 18, 2022. Picture taken May 18, 2022.…

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the pros and cons of borrowing abroad versus at home

the pros and cons of borrowing abroad versus at home

A government which decides to borrow – either because it has programmed a budget deficit or needs to refinance maturing debts – faces two, non-mutually exclusive possibilities: borrow domestically in the local currency or borrow…

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