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6 Product Swaps That Help Me Avoid Trips to the Store

Photo by Olesia Bilkei / Shutterstock.com “Reduce, reuse, recycle” has been an Earth-friendly motto for years, but it’s perhaps never been more pertinent. With stay-at-home orders prevalent and shopping trips limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, using less and reusing what we have is good for the planet and for …

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MAS Confirms Singapore Recession, First Negative Quarter Since 2009 Global Financial Crisis

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has confirmed that the country “will enter into a recession this year”, in a macroeconomic report released today. This major economic downturn has been brought on by the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. Singapore’s economy already contracted 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first …

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Coronavirus Diplomacy: How China’s Red Cross Serves the Communist Party

Donations flooded in to fight the virus devastating the city of Wuhan, and the ruling Communist Party directed them to a group it could trust: the Chinese Red Cross. Bearing the familiar red-and-white logo, it looks just like any Red Cross group that rushes to disasters, deploys medics and raises …

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