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In Search Of Soup Dumplings, Thousands On Cycles Clog Roads In Chinese City
The event was part of a trend of young Chinese travelling on the cheap and spending as little as possible at a time of scarce job prospects, when wages are under pressure.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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Opinion: Budget Signals No Achhe Din For Those Looking For Jobs
All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...
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Iraq's Yazidis Who Escaped Mount Sinjar Haunted by Horrors
Exhausted and terrorised, many of the Yazidis of northern Iraq who straggled into this Kurdish town after escaping the Islamic State deathtrap of Mount Sinjar recalled the agony of leaving relatives exposed on the mountain.
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Sugar to substitute oil in fuel production?
Plastic, gasoline, rubber - a lot of everyday items are based on oil. But as this raw material is becoming increasingly scarce, scientists now plan to produce isobutene - a basic compound used in the chemical industry made from sugar. Isobutene is used...
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With even toilet paper scarce, Venezuelan president warms to business
A Venezuelan supermarket puts a stack of toilet paper on its shop floor, and desperate consumers snatch it up within five minutes. A woman's voice over the loudspeaker reminds shoppers each person can only buy four packages.
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In Search Of Soup Dumplings, Thousands On Cycles Clog Roads In Chinese City
The event was part of a trend of young Chinese travelling on the cheap and spending as little as possible at a time of scarce job prospects, when wages are under pressure.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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Opinion: Budget Signals No Achhe Din For Those Looking For Jobs
All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...
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Iraq's Yazidis Who Escaped Mount Sinjar Haunted by Horrors
Exhausted and terrorised, many of the Yazidis of northern Iraq who straggled into this Kurdish town after escaping the Islamic State deathtrap of Mount Sinjar recalled the agony of leaving relatives exposed on the mountain.
-
Sugar to substitute oil in fuel production?
Plastic, gasoline, rubber - a lot of everyday items are based on oil. But as this raw material is becoming increasingly scarce, scientists now plan to produce isobutene - a basic compound used in the chemical industry made from sugar. Isobutene is used...
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With even toilet paper scarce, Venezuelan president warms to business
A Venezuelan supermarket puts a stack of toilet paper on its shop floor, and desperate consumers snatch it up within five minutes. A woman's voice over the loudspeaker reminds shoppers each person can only buy four packages.
