TikTok CEO to testify before US Congress in March
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify in March to US lawmakers in Washington where the Chinese social media app…
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Ukraine officials, lawmakers banned from travelling abroad
Kyiv, Ukraine | AFP | The Ukrainian government has banned senior public servants and lawmakers including women from travelling abroad…
3 years ago
Hong Kong’s sovereign wealth fund suffers record loss
Hong Kong, China | AFP Hong Kong's half-trillion-dollar investment fund set up to defend the financial hub's currency has suffered…
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Japan reactor shuts down after alert, no radiation rise seen
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | A reactor at a Japanese nuclear power plant automatically shut down on Monday after an…
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Schoolkids lost third of a year’s learning to pandemic: study
Paris, France | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 School-aged students lost more than a third of a year's worth of learning…
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Renault to reduce stake in Nissan, rebalancing alliance
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 French automaker Renault will slash its stake in Japanese partner Nissan as part…
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next crisis: Red Cross
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 by Robin MILLARD All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the…
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WHO says Covid still an international emergency
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023 Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest…
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Philips cuts 6,000 more jobs after sleep device recall
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) - Embattled Dutch medical tech maker Philips said on Monday it will slash 6,000 more jobs worldwide…
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Horn of Africa drought drives 22 million to hunger
K'ELAFO, Ethiopia (AFP) - From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger…
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