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Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 explores why high intelligence can fail during basic logical reasoning tasks. President Donald Trump's 7-word take on interest rates is due for a reality check The El Niño ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin is back in Cyprus after a four-month absence and is scheduled to have separate meetings with the two leaders on Monday. She will stay ...

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU Mainstream politicians are rarely direct. It is part of the ...

Elephants moving along the corridor beneath the Meru-Nanyuki highway. The over 50km long tunnel has reduced human-wildlife conflict. [File, Standard] Herds of elephants have been straying onto my inch ...

The South African Reserve Bank’s (Sarb) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will on Thursday announce whether it will hike the repurchase rate (repo rate) as a response to the Middle East conflict.

Is America heading toward a national debt crisis? As an economic adviser to President Biden and an economist active in mainly Democratic policy circles since the late 1980s, I’ve spent most of my ...

When it comes to the upcoming offseason in the NBA, there is no question that the Los Angeles Lakers will be at the fore of potential changes. As things stand, the Lakers are one of the few teams with ...

ORLANDO, Florida, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. long bond has been in the spotlight recently, with the 30-year Treasury yield piercing 5% and nearing its highest level in two decades. But Washington has ...

Bank of America predicts the Federal Reserve will delay lowering interest rates until the second half of 2027, mainly due to strong inflation and resilient job growth. Bank of America Global Research ...

Inflationary surges and economic slowdowns set off by the war in Iran, tariffs and other Trump policies have forced monetary officials to adjust, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes ...