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Destruction Of 46,000-Year-Old Indigenous Site In Australia Results In Ouster Of Rio Tinto CEO
An explosion in a tunnel in Australia that led to the destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Indigenous site in Australia while Rio Tinto as expanding an iron ore mine has forced the resignation of the company’s CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques under… Read More ›
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Google And Twitter Pledge To Be Tough To Block Voting Misinformation In US
Further strict measures to clamp down on misinformation online prior to the presidential elections in the United States are being taken by Google and Twitter, the two companies have said. Ahead of the November vote a flood of false claims… Read More ›
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IATA Says 8,000 Jumbo Jets Will Be Needed To Deliver Cvoid-19 Vaccine Globally
According to the global airline industry the “largest transport challenge ever” for the industry will be faced in shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that doing so will require the equivalent… Read More ›
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Concerns Over ‘Arbitrary Punishment’ Against European Companies By China Raised By EU Business Group
According to the deductions of an a European business industry group, with a more politicized business environment between the European Union and China, there is a threat of “arbitrary punishment” for European companies by China. Concerns over travel restrictions imposed… Read More ›
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Beijing Says US Is ‘Bullying’ Chinese Tech Companies
Chinese tech companies are victims of “naked bullying” of the United States, said Beijing while criticizing the US actions against Chinese tech companies. These comments from China come at a time when a new set of global guidelines for… Read More ›
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New Visa Restrictions To Target US Media Imposed By China
As tensions between the United States and China getting worse, new visa restrictions on foreign journalists working for US news organizations in China have been imposed by Beijing as both countries continue to target each other’s media outlets. Instead of… Read More ›
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UK Threatens To Change Divorce Agreement Putting Brexit In Crisis Again
Following the United Kingdom threatening on Monday to undermine the exit agreement between Britain and the European Union unless the EU agreed to free trade terms by next month, the exit of the UK from the EU seem to have… Read More ›
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Cvoid-19 And Other Factors Created A Rollercoaster Year For Global Coffee Market
The extent to which the global coffee industry has been severely hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic which is reflected by the figures from those countries that are the biggest markets for coffee. According to Euromonitor International, after a long… Read More ›
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‘The World Could Look Like 1900 Again’, Warns Former World Bank Head Robert Zoellick
If various countries do not work together to get out of the current crisis created by the novel coronavirus pandemic and other factors, the world could look like it did in 1900, warned the former head of the World Bank…. Read More ›
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Sale Of Organic Food And Drink In UK Surges During Lockdown
During the novel coronavirus pandemic induced lockdowns in the United Kingdom, the demand and sale of organic food and drink rose sharply. Over the past year, the demand and sale of such products have grown at a rate that as… Read More ›