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Beeswax in Nok pots provides evidence of early West African honey use

Beeswax in Nok pots provides evidence of early West African honey use

The honeybee is the world’s most important pollinator of food crops and beekeeping plays an important global economic role. Around 1.6 million tonnes of honey is produced annually and wild honey is also known to…

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Surging Lumber Costs Are Derailing U.S. Chicken-Farm Expansion By Bloomberg

Surging Lumber Costs Are Derailing U.S. Chicken-Farm Expansion By Bloomberg

© Reuters. Surging Lumber Costs Are Derailing U.S. Chicken-Farm Expansion (Bloomberg) — Soaring costs for building materials and animal feed are prompting Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:) Inc. to put off building a new chicken-processing plant even…

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Africa’s free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

Africa’s free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

For all its stutters and missteps, there can be little argument that the European Union (EU) has largely lived up to its ambitious billing: to create stability and growth on a continent that, for a…

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How pots, sand and stone walls helped us date an ancient South African settlement

How pots, sand and stone walls helped us date an ancient South African settlement

If you go for a walk in the green hills of Mpumalanga in the north east of South Africa, you may stumble across some stone walls. Either stubbing your toe or appearing through the grass…

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Oil prices dip on concerns about possible return of Iranian supply By Reuters

Oil prices dip on concerns about possible return of Iranian supply By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford 2/2 By Sonali Paul and Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE (Reuters)…

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Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds joining fight against climate change

Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds joining fight against climate change

One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in how hedge funds and other investors view sustainability. Exxon Mobil Corp. has been fending off a so-called proxy…

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Extreme heat drives ‘high risk’ summer for U.S. power, especially in California By Reuters

Extreme heat drives ‘high risk’ summer for U.S. power, especially in California By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Power lines are shown as California consumers prepare for more possible outages following weekend outages to reduce system strain during a brutal heat wave amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease…

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How ‘allyship’ can make LGBT+ staff feel less excluded in the work place

How ‘allyship’ can make LGBT+ staff feel less excluded in the work place

More than 40% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people experience conflict – such as being undermined, humiliated or discriminated against – at work, according to a recent report. This figure rises to 55% for transgender…

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why Microsoft finally dumped Internet Explorer

why Microsoft finally dumped Internet Explorer

Tech giant Microsoft recently announced the retirement of its longstanding web browser, Internet Explorer, in favour of its newer product, Microsoft Edge. With support for Internet Explorer only set to last until June 15, 2022,…

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Gold Up, Breaks Past $1,900-Mark as Inflation Concerns Linger By Investing.com

Gold Up, Breaks Past $1,900-Mark as Inflation Concerns Linger By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was up on Wednesday morning in Asia, erasing its 2021 losses as signs of inflationary pressures stoked investor concerns and the U.S. Federal Reserve assured investors on…

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