A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck about 115 kilometres east of Melbourne in Victoria, causing damage to buildings and forcing residents to evacuate across the city. The quake, which started near Woods Point at a…
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The Reserve Bank of India agreed to pay out 571 billion rupees ($7.6 billion) to the government this financial year, following a closely watched board meeting on August 14. The Indian government has been seeking…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker is seen at Jose refinery cargo terminal in Venezuela in this undated file photo./File Photo By Deisy Buitrago, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick CARACAS/HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venezuela has…
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It is a year since Horizon Nuclear Power, a company owned by Hitachi, confirmed it was pulling out of building the £20 billion Wylfa nuclear power plant on Anglesey in north Wales. The Japanese industrial…
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Legislators around the world are being asked to reconsider how to regulate the latest developments in gene technology, genome editing and gene silencing. Both the European Court of Justice and the New Zealand High Court…
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4/4 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lorries are seen at an HGV parking, at Cobham services on the M25 motorway, Cobham, Britain, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo 2/4 By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain…
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A trade deal between the UK and the US was once counted as a great potential prize of Brexit. But now those plans have been delayed, with no clear timetable in sight. Downplaying expectations of…
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Yesterday’s earthquake in eastern Victoria shook the ground for hundreds of kilometres around and damaged buildings as far away as Melbourne – and took many people by surprise. While Australia doesn’t compare with seismic hotspots…
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The National Bank of Angola has finally reopened its office in the south-east of the country, after delays to the renovation project. The site, located in Menongue, was last open in the mid-1990s. According to a…
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5/5 © Reuters. People take part in the Global Climate Strike of the movement Fridays for Future in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang 2/5 BERLIN (Reuters) – In one of the world’s most…
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