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FxwirePro: Buy USD/CHF on dips

Jul 25, 2017 07:38 am UTC| Technicals

USD/CHF has formed a minor bottom around 0.94385 and slightly recovered from that level. The pair jumped till 0.94747 and is currently trading around 0.94698. In the hourly chart, the pair is slightly trading above...

FxWirePro: NZD/JPY hovers around 20-DMA at 82.50, bias lower

Jul 25, 2017 07:05 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/JPY hovers around 20-DMA at 82.50, extends range trade above weekly 200-SMA. Bearish Bat Pattern on daily charts raises scope for downside in the pair. Break below weekly 200-SMA at 82.27 will accentuate...

FxWirePro: USD/ZAR exhibits range bound movement, South Africa’s unemployment rate in focus

Jul 25, 2017 06:51 am UTC| Technicals

USD/ZAR is currently trading around 12.95 levels. It made intraday high at 12.97 and low at 12.90 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 13.05 mark. A daily close...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD consolidating break above 'Triple Top', weakness only on retrace below 0.7385

Jul 25, 2017 06:40 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/USD is seen consolidating upside after break above Triple Top on Friday last week. Modest pickup in the US Treasury bond yields helped the greenback stage a minor recovery and weighed on higher yielding...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD major trend breaks long lasting range, minor trend drifts in sideways but slightly bearish bias – Bid boundary binaries

Jul 25, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Technicals

This month the rallies have hit multi-months highs. The minor trend goes non-directional, bearish RSI divergence MACD signals weakness, swings likely to remain in range. Today, after the test of strong support at 0.79...

FxWirePro: Gold hits one month high, market eyes Fed policy

Jul 25, 2017 06:32 am UTC| Technicals

Gold hits one month high and slightly consolidating at this level for past two days .Market eyes Fed monetary policy meeting which is going to happen on Wed .The yellow metal hits high of $1258 and is currently trading...

FxWirePro: AUD/JPY trades narrow range below 5-DMA, bias lower, stay short

Jul 25, 2017 05:58 am UTC| Technicals

AUD/JPY rejected at weekly 200-SMA, edges lower with Doji formation on weekly and daily charts. Intraday bias has turned bearish with rollover of RSI and Stochs from overbought levels. 5-DMA has turned and MACD is on...

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Economy

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

The Caribbeans sandy beaches, clear turquoise water and vibrant coral reefs filled with an amazing variety of sea creatures have long been the pride of the islands. The big three sun, sea and sand have made this...

Sierra Leone’s bushmeat markets pose serious health hazards – we studied two for six months to find solutions

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Africa doesn’t have a choice between economic growth and protecting the environment: how they can go hand in hand

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Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation

What is it with the Coalition and wages? When, in the final days of the 2022 election campaign, the then opposition leader Anthony Albanese backed an increase in award wages to keep pace with inflation, his opposite...

Net zero is not just good science – it’s also a good deal for ordinary people

As the UK moves into a general election, a misinformed debate over the countrys climate transition and legally binding net zero targets risks further dividing people. Much of this debate in the UK focuses on the cost of...

Politics

Unmarred by Russian spying scandal, Austria’s far-right expected to cruise to victory in European elections

For the Freedom Party of Austria (FP), the weeks are going by like clockwork. The far-right party continues to top the polls. It is expected to clinch a comfortable victory in the European elections on 9 June with almost...

Indian election: Narendra Modi hasn’t delivered the expected landslide – where the BJP may have gone wrong

Narendra Modi may have led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a historic third term, but the landslide victory that many had expected failed to materialise. With half of the 640...

Iran: president’s death has set hardliners jostling for position to replace ageing supreme leader

The death of Irans president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran into political uncertainly. Raisis death has set off an intense power struggle within the Islamic Republic. Irans consitution...

Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power

Indias ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, had hoped for a landslide victory in the countrys six-week general election the largest display of democracy, by far, in a year of voting around the world. But with results...

Trump’s lawyers in lawsuits claiming he won in 2020 are getting punished for abusing courts and making unsupported claims and false statements

Over the past four years, U.S. courts and state bar associations have taken action to protect the integrity of the U.S. judicial system by penalizing attorneys who filed meritless lawsuits claiming without evidence that...

Science

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You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training basically, eye exercises. These exercises include putting pressure on or palming the eye; eye...

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After its birth in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the...

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

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If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back?

Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back? You can read a print version of this story...

Ancient DNA from an extinct native duck reveals how far birds flew to make New Zealand home

Ask a bird lover if they have heard of the extinct giant moa or its ancient predator, Haasts eagle, and the answer will likely be yes. The same cant be said of New Zealands extinct, but equally unique, mergansers a group...

Technology

Hamster Kombat Reaches 150 Million Players, Hints for July Token Airdrop

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Shiba Inu (SHIB) Accepted for Food Deliveries via DevourGO and Coinbase Commerce

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Tesla’s FSD Fleet Hits Shanghai: 10 Cars Set for Pilot Ahead of Public Debut

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Bitcoin Price Nosedives: Whale Activity and High Mining Costs Fuel Market Turmoil

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been experiencing a downward trend over the past few days, resulting in it losing a sizeable portion of the gain it had accumulated in recent circumstances. The price of Bitcoin Has...

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, spent Thursdays annual shareholder meeting discussing the potential role that robotics and autonomous vehicles will play in the future and providing updates on the corporations automobile industry....