© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker waits in line in the ocean outside the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April…
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Recent inflation numbers from Nigeria are creating serious concern over the rising cost of food items in the country. But this is not Nigerians’ first encounter with food prices running hot, as the spikes date…
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Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. Why are there so few craters on Earth? (Ivon, 11, Butterworth, South Africa) Thank you for the great…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 34/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held a virtual meeting today. Members discussed vulnerabilities in…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier gestures during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dave Graham 2/2 By Sharay Angulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s Economy…
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President Joe Biden ordered a release of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Nov. 23, 2021, as a part of a coordinated effort with five other countries to tamp down rising fuel prices. The…
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The Reserve Bank of India has formed a training college for supervisors, as part of a broader attempt to strengthen its supervisory work. The college has been conducting limited teaching online since May 2020, but…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) vessel is seen near oil tanks at the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)’s Dalian Petrochemical Corp in Dalian, Liaoning province, China October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer.…
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Fall 2021 has been filled with a steady stream of media coverage arguing that Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram social media platforms pose a threat to users’ mental health and well-being, radicalize, polarize users and…
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The world around us, and the way researchers study and understand it, changes all the time. The constant change means that what we know through science also shifts. Take the airborne nature of SARS-CoV-2: early…
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