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Top scientists call for an end to daylight saving time: Experts warn clock change fuels a rise in cancer, traffic accidents and sleep issues – and claim it should be ditched entirely

With the clocks set to go forward this Sunday, many of us will be dreading losing an hour of sleep.  And if you think putting the clocks forward each is a literal waste of time, you are not alone. Top sleep scientists say that shifting the day by just an hour can have massive consequences

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The Rise and Fall of Paper Money in Yuan China, 1260–1368

By Hanhui Guan, Associate Professor at Peking University, Nuno Palma, Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, and Director of The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development at University Of Manchester, and Meng Wu, Postdoc Fellow in Economics at University Of Manchester. Originally published at VoxEU. In early-13th century China, the Mongols introduced the

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US home sales rise in February by most in a year

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Sales of existing homes made the biggest jump in a year last month on improved housing supply, according to industry data released on Thursday, as mortgage rates held at slightly lower levels. Existing home sales advanced 9.5 percent in February from January to an annual rate of 4.38 million, seasonally adjusted, the National

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Trudeau government survives no confidence vote over Canada carbon tax rise

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government on Thursday survived a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition Conservative Party over Canada’s carbon tax, which looks set to be a major issue in an election likely to be held next year. Legislators voted 204-116 to defeat the motion introduced by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who says the

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The Rise of Indonesia’s Banks – The Diplomat

In the late 1990s, during the Asian Financial Crisis, the Indonesian banking sector essentially collapsed. The crash of the rupiah pulled back the curtain and revealed that the balance sheets of many banks were stuffed with bad loans. Many of them went under, or had to be rescued and recapitalized by the government. Four such

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