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China locks down city of 9 million as Omicron ripples across country
Health authorities reported 4,770 new infections across the country, the bulk in the northeastern province of Jilin, as the city of Shenyang in neighbouring Liaoning province was ordered to lock down late Monday
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Terramation: The 'green' burial trend gripping the US
Thousands of Americans are choosing "green" burial — which eschews chemical embalming as well as materials like concrete or metal which come with climate-harming carbon footprints — each year
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US says Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingyas
Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since 2017 after a military crackdown that is now the subject of a genocide case at the United Nations' highest court in The Hague
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Ukrainians told to shelter after leak at ammonia plant
Sumy regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said there had been an "ammonia leakage" at the Sumykhimprom facility, affecting an area within 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles) of the plant, which produces fertilisers
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Cigarette butts, oyster sacks, airbags: the craziest objects that have been transformed into fashion pieces
There are few fashion companies that have not already jumped on the upcycling wave, a process that consists of transforming waste or unused objects into more attractive products or materials
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Is she, isn't she? Anna Sorokin still in US amid deportation rumors
Sorokin's lawyer Manny Arora confirmed to a British tabloid that he had filed an emergency appeal late Monday to stop a deportation order; US immigration says she never left the ICE detention facility
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Little oxygen and low pay: Venezuela's risky world of small-scale mining
A mining town has 50 small-scale mines run by 22 cooperatives, each made up of eight to 10 workers, who earn no more than $120 a month; the lack of oxygen deep inside the mines makes for precarious and "exhausting" work conditions
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Ukraine launches website for cryptocurrency donations
The "Aid for Ukraine" website in partnership with crypto-firms FTX and Everstake will funnel donations to Ukraine's central bank, and can accept donations in 10 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, ether, tether and dogecoin
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War in the Tiktok era: Tragedy, humor and deceit
From bomb-shelter cooking tips to walking through rubble to a Rihanna song, and battling misinformation, this is the first war of the TikTok era
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Battling sanctions, Moscow threatens Western companies with arrests, seizures
Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to several foreign entities — via calls, letters and in-person visits — including to Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, IBM and more
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As Covid-19 grips again, can China's zero-Covid strategy hold?
After two years of virtually closed borders, mass testing, targeted lockdowns and quarantines, China's strategy is being stress-tested like never before as cases surge across the country