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‘Our hands are tied’: Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste
By Carielle Doe MONROVIA (Reuters) - As the sun set over Liberia's vast West Point slum, youth leader Archie Gbezay shook his head as children meandered around dense piles of trash, playing catch with...
Apr 28, 2022
India stands by social-media demands as Musk moves on Twitter
By Krishna N. Das and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has reiterated its position on social-media accountability in response to Elon Musk's pending takeover of Twitter, saying platforms m...
Apr 28, 2022
Weibo shows user locations to combat ‘bad behaviour’
BEIJING (Reuters) - Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, told users on Thursday it would start to publish their IP locations on their account pages and when they post comments, in a bid to combat "ba...
Apr 28, 2022
Former Luxottica CEO Guerra to leave LVMH, keep advisory role
MILAN (Reuters) - Andrea Guerra, the former chief executive of Italian eyewear giant Luxottica, is leaving LVMH after leading its hotel business over the past two years, the French luxury goods group ...
Apr 28, 2022
Indonesia export ban traps 290,000 T of palm oil shipments for India -trade
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indonesia's wider palm oil export ban has trapped at least 290,000 tonnes of the edible oil meant to be headed to India at ports and oil mills in the world's top ...
Apr 28, 2022
Some 1,150 corpses recovered in Ukraine’s Kyiv region since war began – police
KYIV (Reuters) - The bodies of 1,150 civilians have been recovered in Ukraine's Kyiv region since Russia's invasion and 50-70% of them have bullet wounds from small arms, Kyiv police said on Thursday....
Apr 28, 2022
Russia accuses OSCE of handing information to Western intelligence
(Reuters) - Russia on Thursday accused the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of handing information on the location of Russian and pro-Russian forces to Western and Ukrainian...
Apr 28, 2022
Poland says countries paying for Russian gas in roubles should be penalised
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Union should penalise countries that use roubles to pay for Russian gas, Poland's climate minister said, following Moscow's decision to cut off supplies to Poland and B...
Apr 28, 2022
Nasdaq futures jump 2% after Meta earnings beat
(Reuters) - Nasdaq 100 futures jumped more than 2% on Thursday as Meta Platforms shares soared after a stronger-than-expected profit, taking some pressure off growth and technology stocks that have be...
Apr 28, 2022
EU court rules against Meta over German consumer body challenge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Germany's consumer protection association could bring a legal challenge against Facebook parent Meta over data privacy. The C...
Apr 28, 2022
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