Over the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated public attention. This year signals the beginning of a new phase: the rise of AI agents. AI agents are autonomous systems that can make…
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The Bank of England (BoE) has published a blueprint of the digital pound, which is currently in the design stage. The BoE on January 14 published a progress update on its retail central bank digital…
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Investing.com — UBS analysts forecast a challenging year ahead for palladium, with the metal expected to “lag other precious metals.” The investment bank’s analysts anticipate a deficit of around 300,000 ounces, or 3% of demand, in…
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In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as the “black summer” bushfire disaster, left Australia reeling: More than 20% of the country’s forests burned. As a scholar of the psychology…
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The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global sea…
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Friday but notched their fourth straight weekly gain, as the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian energy trade added to worries about oil supply disruptions. futures…
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When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States’ supremacy in…
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IMF: $44bn loan deal to Argentina fell short of expectations – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Monetary policy’s effects limited as central bank suffered heavy cashflow losses, evaluation finds…
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Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s. The southern highlands of Mars (which cover about…
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Investing.com — The benchmark Dutch TTF contract for European natural-gas saw a minor rise of 0.2% in early trade, with prices settling at 46.36 euros per megawatt-hour. This rise comes after prices had fallen from…
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