Explainer-Could Biden steer the U.S. Senate into changing the filibuster?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has sounded increasingly open over the past month to changing the Senate’s filibuster tradition to bypass [...]
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Explainer: Germany's next government faces three big economic challenges
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has steered Germany through many crises over the past 16 years, but she has also left behind [...]
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: ‘I would expect this number to continue,’ Professor Baker says of 45 cases
Two of the country’s leading epidemiologist says today’s high Covid-19 case numbers are simply the result of Auckland moving down alert levels which [...]
Explainer-What is the Treasury yield curve and what is it telling us?
(Reuters) – A hawkish shift from the U.S. Federal Reserve last week has focused attention on the shape of the yield curve. Here’s [...]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Concerns if ‘explosive’ Delta variant identified
Stricter measures than for past outbreaks could be on the cards if the Australian visitor turns out to have had the “explosive” Delta [...]
Inflation re-cycling: Chinese exporters pass higher costs on to customers around the world
BEIJING (Reuters) – A metal coatings plant in China’s manufacturing hub has been hit by price increases of up to 30% for raw [...]
Colorado lawmakers look to expand access to birth control, abortion services through Medicaid
Reproductive health care finds itself of some importance this year in the Colorado legislature, with bills that would make it easier to get [...]
What'sHerName podcast explores women's history
Like most podcasters, Olivia Meikle happily watches the number of listeners jump when her favored subject gets its moment in the sun — [...]
What is the U.S. Senate filibuster and why is everyone talking about it?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pressure is growing among President Joe Biden’s Democrats to end the filibuster, a long-standing Senate custom that requires a supermajority [...]
COVID-19: Volunteers to be exposed to virus in world-first study in UK
The UK is to host a world-first study in which volunteers will be deliberately exposed to coronavirus to work out the smallest amount [...]