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Oil set for steady gains as economies shake off pandemic blues: Reuters poll By Reuters

Oil set for steady gains as economies shake off pandemic blues: Reuters poll By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The price of gasoline is shown on a gas pump at an Arco gas station in San Diego 2/2 By Sumita Layek and Bharat Gautam (Reuters) – Oil prices will…

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breaking the glass ceiling is a win for all women

breaking the glass ceiling is a win for all women

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as director general of the World Trade Organisation. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asks Dr Monica Orisadare, an assistant professor…

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A new advance in the search for substances to replace fat in food

A new advance in the search for substances to replace fat in food

It’s well known that obesity is developing into a growing global health problem. In Africa alone, the number of overweight children under five has increased by nearly 50% since 2000. Obesity is a risk factor…

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Oil Down, Investors Look to OPEC+ Meeting for Production Stance By Investing.com

Oil Down, Investors Look to OPEC+ Meeting for Production Stance By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was down Friday morning in Asia, ending the week on a low note. The global market tightened as investors await an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries…

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Poor rural infrastructure holds back food production by small Nigerian farmers

Poor rural infrastructure holds back food production by small Nigerian farmers

Agriculture is an important part of development and poverty mitigation in low income countries. It depends on infrastructure such as good roads, safe drinking water, adequate power supply, a market network, modern communication services and…

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How High Can Copper Fly? This Metals Trader Expects $12,000 By Bloomberg

How High Can Copper Fly? This Metals Trader Expects $12,000 By Bloomberg

© Reuters. How High Can Copper Fly? This Metals Trader Expects $12,000 (Bloomberg) — could surge above a record to $12,000 a ton in 18 months on new demand from green initiatives, a leading metals…

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Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice

Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice

Google “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s not yet a year old, and much of the buzz stems from…

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We can’t trust big tech or the government to weed out fake news, but a public-led approach just might work

We can’t trust big tech or the government to weed out fake news, but a public-led approach just might work

The federal government’s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which passed the Senate today, makes strong points about the need to regulate misinformation. In response, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, Redbubble and Twitter have…

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Texas governor vows to overhaul electric grid operator after storm failure By Reuters

Texas governor vows to overhaul electric grid operator after storm failure By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Houston 2/2 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday pledged to overhaul the state’s electric grid operator after a massive blackout left residents…

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why a WTO waiver may not be enough

why a WTO waiver may not be enough

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the race to make vaccines and other useful technologies more accessible to people around the world, has once again highlighted the tension between intellectual property rights and the promotion of public…

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