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As OPEC Eases Oil Cuts, Renewable Energy Investments Remain Steady

Neanda Salvaterra — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

As OPEC and external allies such as Russia move to ease steep cuts in production on the back of expectations of a fragile recovery in demand, the pace of investments into renewable energy is expected to continue, say analysts. The rise in the use of renewable energy is viewed by some ESG investors as key […]

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Instagram, Whatsapp May Be Big Fake News Threats in 2020 Election, Report Says

Jonathan Berr — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:27:10 +0000

The spread of fake news on U.S.-based social networks like Instagram and WhatsApp will be a bigger threat to the U.S. electoral process next year than foreign sources, an NYU report released this week predicts. The findings of “Disinformation and the 2020 Election” offer a twist on the 2016 presidential campaign, when the Russian government […]

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Time to Prepare for Nuclear Winter: Author Bryan Walsh

Keshav Pandya — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:54:35 +0000

A nuclear-powered explosion in northern Russia on August 8 bore frightening similarities to the Chernobyl disaster three decades ago because of government secrecy and misleading response. The event also highlighted the ongoing threat of nuclear disasters to the planet’s survival. It’s a “clear and present danger, decades after the Cold War,” says former Time Senior […]

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Russia’s Fintech Booms As Smartphone-Savvy Grandmas Go Cashless

Anastasia Ustinova — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 21:40:42 +0000

Russians are increasingly using mobile wallets to pay for groceries and bills as cashless technologies disrupt the financial services industry, extending their reach across the world’s largest country. The number of purchases made with smartphones has jumped nearly threefold over the past year, according to Yandex.Money, the largest online payment service in the country. Russia […]

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Putin’s Daughter to Manage $633 Million Advanced Cancer Treatment Project

Anastasia Ustinova — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:04:54 +0000

Maria Vorontsova, who is reported to be President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, is a shareholder of a company involved in the development of the largest private investment project in Russia’s healthcare, BBC Russia reported today. Vorontsova holds 20% in Nomeko, which may become a managing company of the proposed 40 billion ruble ($632.9 million) state-of-the-art […]

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Russian Scientist Plans Gene-Edited Baby Following Chinese Experiment

Ron Day — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 22:23:07 +0000

On Our Radar: Deals we are paying attention to, for their impact on industry Russian scientist Denis Rebrikov told Nature he’s planning the same experiment a Chinese scientist did last year that the rest of the world is more uneasy about: edit an embryo’s genes, implant them in a woman and create a baby. Like […]

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