For centuries now, since the invention of money, gold has been an investors’ safe haven asset. Prized as a valuable commodity throughout human history, investors tend to move their funds into gold assets during periods of uncertainty, leading to price hikes. As a result, the price of gold is inversely …
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A study of the wildlife trade in three provinces in southern Vietnam produced startlingly clear confirmation for one of the underlying objections to the wildlife trade in Asia — the trading offers an ideal opportunity for viruses in one animal to infect another. In field rats, a highly popular animal …
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Ask a bookworm why they love to read, and you might witness a wistful gaze into the distance as they gush about the wonders of getting lost in another world. As far as book lovers go, Damien Poh is a class example. He even vividly remembers the first book he …
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China this week announced a permanent ban on wildlife trade and consumption that international conservationists greeted as a major step, but one with troublesome loopholes for trade in wild animals for medicinal uses. A wild animal market in Wuhan may have been where the outbreak of Covid-19 began, and pangolins, …
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