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High oil prices could chill Japan’s traditional public baths By Reuters

High oil prices could chill Japan’s traditional public baths By Reuters

5/5 © Reuters. Tokuji Ito (53), the proprietor of Japanese public bathhouse (or sento) ‘Dai-ni Takara-yu’, prepares to open his facility in Tokyo, Japan November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 2/5…

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How customers and workers can give business strategy a badly needed boost

How customers and workers can give business strategy a badly needed boost

COVID forced companies around the world to urgently review their business models. Restaurants switched to selling groceries, passenger airlines moved cargo, and car manufacturers produced ventilators. The pandemic highlighted the importance of fresh thinking in…

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Climate change is likely driving a drier southern Australia – so why are we having such a wet year?

Climate change is likely driving a drier southern Australia – so why are we having such a wet year?

As the climate changes, southern Australia is likely to keep getting drier on average, particularly in the southwest. However, this year has been wet. And yesterday the Bureau of Meteorology announced we are now in…

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BoE ends off-the-record meetings with banks

BoE ends off-the-record meetings with banks

The Bank of England will no longer hold off-the-record briefings with individual financial firms, in a bid to increase transparency. According to a report from Reuters, the BoE said the move was a “permanent step…

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Storm Arwen leaves two dead in UK, triggers power cuts By Reuters

Storm Arwen leaves two dead in UK, triggers power cuts By Reuters

5/5 © Reuters. Cars drive along a snow covered flooded road that fell overnight from Storm Arwen, in Leek, Staffordshire, Britain, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine 2/5 LONDON (Reuters) – At least two people died…

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How African thinkers of the 1980s fed into today’s inequality debates

How African thinkers of the 1980s fed into today’s inequality debates

Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today. Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic and Thomas Piketty have looked at trends in economic inequality on a global scale. Social movements…

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Russian court remands five people in custody after deadly mining accident By Reuters

Russian court remands five people in custody after deadly mining accident By Reuters

4/4 © Reuters. The sign reading “Listvyazhnaya coal mine and processing plant” is seen on a roadside near the mine in the Kemerovo region, Russia, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 2/4 MOSCOW (Reuters) -A court…

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the human costs behind consumer convenience

the human costs behind consumer convenience

With the holiday shopping season upon us, many people will be taking advantage of the low prices and speedy delivery promised by Amazon. The online retail giant is more popular than ever, and it is…

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Ending online anonymity won’t make social media less toxic

Ending online anonymity won’t make social media less toxic

In recent months the government has proposed cracking down on online anonymity. The idea is that attaching online posts to a person’s real name will reduce abuse and increase accountability. Online bullying and misinformation are…

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Slovak governor charged with bribery

Slovak governor charged with bribery

The governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, Peter Kazimir, is being investigated for bribery, according to media reports. The charges are linked to his time as finance minister in the government of former prime…

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