Washington, DC: The managing director of the International Monetary Fund has nominated Kenji Okamura as the fund’s next deputy managing director. The IMF said Kristalina Georgieva had made her nomination known to the fund’s board of…
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2/2 © Reuters. COP26 President Alok Sharma receives applause during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble 2/2 By Valerie Volcovici GLASGOW (Reuters) – It was very…
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Two billion people live in countries where development outcomes are affected by conflict and violence. By 2030, up to two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor could live in these fragile regions. Because of the security…
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Mobile phones and online technologies are frequently used by perpetrators of domestic and family violence to coerce, control and restrict the freedoms of victims and survivors. Recent death reviews have found that stalking by technology…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — How much time does Joe Biden have before oil gets to $100 a barrel? Almost every oil trader and his grandmother – which is everyone, really – seems…
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From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor unions have been among the strongest advocates for workplace safety measures. So it came as a surprise to many that some unions have resisted the imposition of…
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While the art of conversation in machines is limited, there are improvements with every iteration. As machines are developed to navigate complex conversations, there will be technical and ethical challenges in how they detect and…
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Despite rapid progress on research into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), more work is needed in some important areas, a Bank for International Settlements working paper says. Raphael Auer and co-authors identify cross-border CBDCs as…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from a chimney at a coking factory in Hefei, Anhui province October 2, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo By Jake Spring and Kate Abnett GLASGOW (Reuters) -Negotiators closed a deal setting…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Family foundations significantly shift their priorities as times change and new generations take over their leadership. That was our main finding…
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