There are only four known species of horseshoe crabs alive today. But the fossil record shows that hundreds of millions of years ago they came in a huge range of shapes and sizes. In our…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato 2/2 By Liz Hampton and Scott…
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A cocoa pricing agreement designed to protect farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana from destitution is being circumvented by multinationals, the main buyers of cocoa beans. Cocoa is the plant from which chocolate is made.…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref no: 9/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for Asia held a virtual meeting today to discuss vulnerabilities and financial stability issues affecting Asia…
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Bite marks, in the form of traces left on bones by the teeth of scavengers or predators, are not uncommon in the fossil record. These marks are sometimes impressively large. What they show is that…
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Finance minister Grant Robertson has sparred with the RBNZ over house prices Once a world-leading, single-minded guardian of price stability, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is increasingly answering to a diverse range of…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold tumbled to two-month lows on Tuesday, taking a new crack at mid-$1,700 lows as the dollar rebounded, before late buying support rescued longs in the yellow metal from deeper…
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The United States, Europe and other wealthy parts of the world have already vaccinated large parts of their populations, yet vaccine rates in poor countries are lagging badly. That’s why the surprise announcement this spring…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref no: 10/2021 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held a virtual meeting today. Members had a…
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A report from the US task force dedicated to investigating UFOs — or, in the official jargon, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) — has neither confirmed nor rejected the idea such sightings could indicate alien visits…
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