© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard…
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United will be watched live on television by football fans around the world – but not if they live in the UK. The reason for this is the decades-old “3pm…
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Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to unloved Australian animals that need our help. Spiny-tailed skinks (Egernia stokesii badia), known as meelyu in the local Badimia…
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“As central banks, we are fundamentally open to innovation,” said Burkhard Balz, executive board member of the Bundesbank, speaking in Singapore in November. The future of central banking looks inextricably bound to innovation. Over the…
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nicholas was expected to bring high winds and heavy rain to the middle and upper Texas coasts late Monday night and Tuesday, less than two weeks after Hurricane Ida…
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The prodigal son returns. In the last few days of a frenzied football transfer window, Manchester United pulled off a dream signing, welcoming Cristiano Ronaldo back to his former club. Excitement over his return to…
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A new law gives Australian police unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception and altering data. These powers, outlined in the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill, raise concerns over potential misuse, privacy and…
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© Reuters. (Reuters) – A weather system located near southeastern Mexico and the southern and central Gulf of Mexico has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National…
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South Africa’s unemployment figures have made for grim reading for a long time. The latest for the second quarter of 2021 were, by several measures, gloomier than usual. The official unemployment rate for the second…
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There are several regional monetary unions in the making in Africa, including the East African Community (EAC), the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). There was even…
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