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Moneylife Digital Team 06 August 2024
Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) to make way for the formation of an interim administration. Separately, the Indian government granted an interim stay for Bangladesh's former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, following the collapse of her...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 July 2024
Sir Keir Starmer pledged a phase of 'national renewal' on Friday as Britain's prime minister (PM)-elect after leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the historic general election, gaining over 200 seats. Rishi Sunak, the outgoing PM, conceded defeat, with the Conservative Party...

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Common Dreams 26 June 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday reached a deal with the U.S. government, agreeing to plead guilty to one felony related to the disclosure of national security information in exchange for his release from Belmarsh Prison in the United Kingdom.    A related document was filed in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 June 2024
After enduring nearly 14 years of arbitrary detention in the UK and five years in maximum security prison for his groundbreaking publishing work with WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has arrived home on Australian soil.    JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE!! Watch here: https://t.co/7PlI9fnSMG#AssangeFreed

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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea area near Hualien of Taiwan at 7:58am. Wednesday (Beijing time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).   A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake.   The epicentre was monitored at 23.81 degrees...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 December 2023
Charles (Charlie) Thomas Munger, an American businessman, a legend of the investing world, philanthropist, and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, died on 28th November at the age of 99. Warren Buffet, who controlled the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, described Mr Munger as his closest...

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IANS 30 November 2023
Henry Kissinger, the 56th US Secretary of State known to be as one of the most influential foreign policy figures in American history, has passed away at the age of 100.   Without providing a cause of death, his consulting firm Kissinger Associates said that he died on Wednesday at...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 18 April 2023
As the FTC reviews its Green Guides, misleading environmental claims are rampant.   If you want to save the planet, you’re going to need to do more than rely on advertisers’ environmental claims.   Greenwashing – when ads make something sound better for the environment than it...

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IANS 30 January 2020
Amid the threat of the novel coronavirus, China has asked Tesla to temporarily shut down its Shanghai factory, a move that may "slightly" impact the profitability of the Elon Musk-led electric car company in the first quarter of 2020, top company executives have said.   In a call with...

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IANS 09 October 2018
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle are among the companies that contribute most to ocean pollution with single-use plastics, according to a study presented on Tuesday by the "Break Free from Plastic" initiative.   The environmental movement, launched in 2016, has helped clear the coasts of...

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IANS 31 January 2018
A special evening is knocking at the door of the enthusiastic stargazers as they will get a rare chance of viewing a "super blue blood Moon" on Wednesday.   According to NASA, the January 31 full moon is special for three reasons.    It is the third in a series of...

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IANS 08 September 2017
US-based credit reporting agency Equifax Inc announced on Friday that hackers had gained access to the company's data, potentially impacting approximately 143 million US consumers.   Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the company's website application from mid-May through July and...

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Cezary Podkul (ProPublica) 26 April 2017
In October 2015, Scherrie and Langston Donaldson received a cryptic notice from their landlord, labeled "preferential rent credit removal." At first glance, they weren't sure what to make of it.   "As you know, we have been billing you at a preferential rent for your 2013-2015 lease,"...

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London, UK-based retail chain Marks and Spencer on Monday became the latest firm to pull its online advertising from Google platforms over fears it is appearing next to extremist content.   It follows a UK government decision to remove its adverts from YouTube -- which is owned by...

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IANS 12 September 2016
An Indian businessman owns a staggering number of 22 apartments in Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest building located in Dubai in the UAE, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.   George V. Nereaparambil, a mechanic-turned businessman, says he intends to continue buying more if...

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IANS 07 September 2016
A major Indian Ocean-wide tsunami mock drill involving India and 23 other Indian Ocean countries began on Wednesday to test warning and detection systems.   A tsunami warning was simulated with an earthquake of magnitude 9.2 south of Sumatra, Indonesia in the eastern Indian Ocean at...

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IANS 20 August 2016
Usain Bolt on Friday led Jamaica to the men's 4x100 metres relay gold medal at the Rio Olympics.   Jamaica clocked 37.27 seconds, beating second-placed Japan by 0.33. The United States came third in 37.62 but was disqualified, Xinhua news agency reported.   Canada finished...

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IANS 20 August 2016
In the first gesture to fulfil his pledge that he and his wife made last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million of the social networking giant's shares.   According to a US regulatory filing, The Chan Zuckerberg Foundation and CZI Holdings LLC sold Facebook shares...

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Kushagra Dixit (IANS) 18 August 2016
Watched over by her human admirers, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve's pride, 19-year-old tigress Machli, the oldest big cat ever known to have walked the wilderness, died on Wednesday morning, officials said.   Machli, the most photographed big cat at the reserve, died at 9.40...

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IANS 18 August 2016
A simple reference towards the end of his Independence Day speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown open Pakistan's festering Balochistan wound, rattling a neighbour India has for decades blamed for stoking trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.   Modi, in tit-for-tat tactics, has...

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