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World’s biggest private firms lag listed peers in setting emissions targets: study
The world’s largest privately owned companies are severely lagging their public market peers when it comes to setting climate targets, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Net Zero Tracker released on Wednesday. Just 32 of the 100 biggest private firms have set a target to reach net-zero carbon emissions, compared with 69 of the 100 largest p ...
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Google faces EU antitrust charges over its adtech business: sources
Alphabet unit Google could face EU antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, putting the company at risk of fine in the EU of over a billion euros. Google’s ad business, which generated over $100 billion in sales last year, is Alphabet’s biggest moneymaker. It accounted for about 80% of annual revenue, despite efforts over ...
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Australia suffers flash floods in southeast, Melbourne suburb evacuated
Thousands of people across Australia’s southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Large parts of Victoria state, southern New South Wales and the northern regions of the island state of ...
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Gun attack on central Mexico bar kills 12
Twelve people were killed in a shooting at a bar in central Mexico on Saturday, local authorities said, with growing cartel violence making the region one of the country’s most dangerous. Industrial Guanajuato state has become the site of a raging dispute between two rival groups -- the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco New Generation cartels -- know ...
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8 remedies from turmeric
Turmeric is very familiar to each of us. Turmeric is known to have many health benefits, especially useful for gallstones, hepatitis, gastritis... 1. Pharmacological effects of turmeric Yellow and black turmeric have been used in Eastern medicine for a long time. Both types have anti-inflammatory activity . The rhizomes of yellow and black ...
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Biden vows consequences for Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ decision
President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday "there will be consequences" for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut its oil production target over U.S. objections. His announcement came a day after powerful Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United St ...
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Vietnam wins seat on UN Human Rights Council
Vietnam is one of 14 countries elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2023-25 term. At the election Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York, the U.S., it won 145 out of a total of 189 votes, according to UN WebTV. The 13 other members elected are: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, ...
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Super-rich held accountable for water usage in drought stricken LA
As Los Angeles experiences a historic drought, local authorities are cracking down on excessive water usage by the super-rich. Those who refuse to stop using their swimming pools or watering their expansive gardens in the water deprived area are being threatened with the introduction of newly developed “flow restrictors”. Los Angeles are encoura ...
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EU: Sales ban on products and goods made with forced labor
Around the world, modern slavery is on the rise, and with it, goods and products made under forced labor. The work usually takes place under poor conditions, violence, or threat of violence. The EU Commission is now proposing a ban on the sale and import of products made with forced labor. Bricks, textiles, and electronics. Tobacco, tea, and co ...
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More than 360 migrants rescued at sea trying to reach Britain
More than 360 migrants were rescued Sunday while attempting the perilous crossing between the north coast of France and the south coast of England, in small boats, French officials said. Regional maritime boats and a French Navy patrol ship made multiple trips to rescue groups of people in difficulty in the Channel, the French coastal authority Pr ...
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Samsung’s earnings slump on rapid drop-off in chip demand
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd flagged a worse-than-expected 32% drop in quarterly operating earnings on Friday, as an economic downturn slashed demand for electronic devices and the memory chips that go in them. Samsung’s memory chip shipments likely came in below already downgraded expectations and prices could fall further this quarter, analysts sa ...
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Job growth in US strong in September as labor market forges ahead
U.S. job growth slowed moderately in September while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, pointing to a tight labor market which keeps the Federal Reserve on its aggressive monetary policy tightening campaign for a while. Though the decline in the jobless rate from 3.7% in August was partly because of people leaving the workforce, fewer American ...
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French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature
French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for "the courage and clinical acuity" in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality. In explaining its choice, the Swedish Academy said Ernaux, 82, "consistently and from different angles, examines a life marked by strong dispariti ...
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Samsung, SK Hynix to be spared brunt of China chip crackdown by US
The Biden administration plans to spare SK Hynix and Samsung from the brunt of new restrictions on memory chipmakers in China aimed at thwarting Beijing’s technological ambitions and blocking its military advances, sources said. The Commerce Department, which plans to release new curbs on exports of technology to China this week, will likely deny ...
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Ex-cop kills 38 in gun and knife rampage at Thai children’s daycare center
A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare center in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said. The children at the daycare center in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok, were mostly st ...
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Shoeshine Boy, Union Leader, President of Brazil: A Portrait of Lula da Silva
Lula da Silva grew up in poverty and became president of Brazil. During the military dictatorship, he fought for democracy and workers’ rights. As president, he helped millions of Brazilians out of poverty. Lula was imprisoned by a rigged trial. After his release, he is campaigning against the far-right Bolsonaro for president of Brazil. He won the ...
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Torres Strait Islanders win climate lawsuit against Australia
According to a ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee, Australia has not sufficiently protected the inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands from the consequences of the climate crisis. Rising sea levels threaten the lives, homes, and culture of the indigenous people who have lived on the island for centuries. The government must now compensate th ...
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South Korea, US, Japan stage anti-submarine drills amid North Korea tension
The navies of South Korea, the United States and Japan staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises for the first time in five years on Friday, amid tension over North Korea’s series of missile tests. The drills were held in international waters off the Korean peninsula’s east coast, just a day after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the ...
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Indonesia police say 129 people killed after stampede at football match
At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a football match in Indonesia after a crowd stampede during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appears to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. After the match in East Java province between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended on Saturday night, supporters from the losing team ...
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Moderna refused China request to reveal vaccine technology, Financial Times reports
Moderna Inc has refused to hand over to China the core intellectual property behind the development of its Covid-19 vaccine, leading to a collapse in negotiations on its sale there, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company turned down China’s request ...
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Dollar sweeps to 20-year high, sterling on the ropes again
Nervous financial markets propelled the safe-haven dollar to a fresh two-decade peak on Wednesday as rising global interest rates fed recession worries, while sterling languished near all-time lows on fears over Britain’s radical tax cut plans. The U.S. dollar index against a basket of major currencies rose about 0.5% to hit a new high of 114.70 i ...
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Oil prices fall amid strong dollar, economic concerns
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Thursday as a strong dollar and economic woes outweighed optimism over consumer demand. Brent crude futures fell 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $88.73 per barrel by 0016 GMT while U.S. crude futures fell by 54 cents, or 0.7%, to $81.59. Both benchmarks rebounded in the prior two sessions amid volatile trade after rea ...
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Storm Noru leaves trail of damage in central Vietnam
Many houses have been damaged as trees and fences felled by Storm Noru in Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai Provinces. According to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center, the eye of the storm was in Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai at 7 a.m. with wind speed of 117kph. It is expected to move west at the speed of ...
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Apple says it will manufacture iPhone 14 in India
Apple Inc said on Monday it will manufacture its latest iPhone 14 in India, as the tech giant moves some of its production away from China. The company launched the flagship iPhone 14 at an event earlier this month, where it focused on safety upgrades rather than flashy new technical specifications, with the exception of a new adventure-focused wa ...
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With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to Abe at state funeral
With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honored slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years. The ceremony started at 2:00 p.m. (0500 GMT), with Abe’s ashes carried into the Nippon Budokan Hall in central Tokyo by his widow, Akie, to music from a military band and the booms ...
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Millions in Florida urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ian nears
Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday boarded up homes, packed up their vehicles and headed for higher ground as Hurricane Ian drew near, threatening to bring a deadly storm surge and more than a foot of rain to some areas. Ian churned across the southeastern edge of the Gulf of Mexico headed for Florida after slamming into Cuba earlier in ...
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Denver -US helps homeless people with unconditional basic income
Homeless people in Denver will receive an unconditional basic income starting in November. As part of “Denver basic Income project”, 140 homeless people receive $1,000 per month for a year—with no strings attached. The project not only aims to help those affected, but also to study what the unconditional income is spent on and whether it improves p ...
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Finland gives mothers and fathers equal rights to parental leave
A new family law is now in effect in Finland that redefines the length of parental leave and the amount or duration of child care benefits. For both parents. For the first time, both mothers and fathers are entitled to parental leave of the same length. Both parents receive childcare allowance for 160 days each, which adds up to almost a year. ...
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Spain strengthens rights of domestic workers—social security and minimum wage
The Spanish government is strengthening the rights of caregivers, cleaners, and gardeners. As of October 1, domestic workers and household helpers will be treated the same as employees in other industries. As a result, several hundred thousand workers will have access to social security, minimum wage and unemployment benefits. They care for the ...
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EU Parliament wants sales ban on products that destroy rainforest
The European Parliament has agreed on a regulation to stop the worldwide deforestation of rainforests. Products that contribute to the destruction of rainforests through their production should no longer be allowed to be imported into the EU in the future. With the regulation on “deforestation-free supply chains,” the Parliament wants to make compa ...
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End of Covid pandemic is ’in sight’: WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people. "We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told repo ...
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Typhoon Muifa downgraded to strong tropical storm, but rain, floods loom
Typoon Muifa was downgraded to a strong tropical storm by Chinese weather forecasters on Thursday, but it will bring heavy rains and flash flooding across several provinces as it moves north across populated coastal provinces. The 12th cyclone of the year, which local media said was the strongest tropical cyclone to reach the populous Yangtze Rive ...
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Russia, Belarus not invited to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
Russia and Belarus have not been invited to Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral next Monday which will see more than 100 kings, queens, heads of state and other VIPs attend, a government source said. Neither country will be represented at the ceremony in London, following Russia’s attacks in Ukraine, putting them among a small group of nations which h ...
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US considers China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU
The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter Taiwan action, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The sources said the deliberations in Washington and Taipei’s separate lobbying of EU envoys were both at an ...
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South Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations
South Korea levied tens of millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Personal Information Protection Commission said it fined Google 69.2 billion won ($50 million) and Meta 30.8 billion won ($22 million). The privacy panel said the firms di ...
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70 young TikTok influencers demand: $30 per hour, 1 ½ hours break time and better wages for Amazon employees
Solidarity with Amazon workers on TikTok: More than 70 young and influential TikTok influencers refuse to advertise for Amazon on their social media channels. They will not do so until Amazon drastically improves working conditions for employees. Furthermore they demand that the online giant stops their fight against unions. Put people over (Ama ...
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Scotland bans rent increases and stops evictions
Rent prices are being frozen in Scotland until at least March 2023 – evictions are also to be suspended. The Scottish First Minister sees the cost of living crisis as a “danger to life” and demands an energy price cap from London. This is a “humanitarian emergency”, says Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday in the regional parlia ...
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Spain: free rail travel for commuters for 3 months
The Spanish government of Socialist Pedro Sanchéz wants to do everything to “relieve the middle class and workers”, says the Prime Minister. From September 1st, rail travel in Spain will be free for local and medium-distance trains for three months. In Germany, 52 million 9-Euro tickets were sold in the summer, saving 1.8 million tonnes of CO2, acc ...
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Redistributing 11 billion dollars: Colombia’s left-wing president wants to fight poverty with a wealth tax
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro wants to tax oil exports and the rich. This could raise 11.5 billion dollars a year for the country. Petro wants to use this money to fight poverty among the population and invest in universities and social programmes. This way, he aims for a fairer distribution of wealth in Colombia. Gustavo Petro took office ...
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Germany puts two nuclear plants on standby in energy U-turn
Germany said Monday it would keep two nuclear plants on standby beyond the end of the year in a policy U-turn, as the shut-off of Russian gas supplies sends Europe scrambling for energy sources. Following a new network stress test, two of the three remaining power plants would "remain available until mid-April 2023 in case needed", Economy Ministe ...
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