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The MOVE index, a similar metric for interest rates, has plummeted since America’s presidential election. Such benign ...

A key priority is the establishment of immediate sustainable, permanent ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. A ...

Hence the Trembita, which is one of several missile projects the country hopes will ignite a resurgence in its domestic ...

At the bottom of the chart are the fundamental particles—quarks, bosons (eg Higgs, w +, w -, z ), protons, neutrons, ...

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To solve it, take the leading letter of ‘the’ (T) and put it on another word for a ‘crime’ (HEIST). Insert the letter at the ...