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The days of energy deregulation are over in Europe
After decades of promoting a free-market approach to the electricity and natural gas industries, European governments are taking back control of these vital functions, thanks to the Russian war
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Once idols, now othered Chinese entrepreneurs leave the country
Wealthy and powerful entrepreneurs in China were once idolized by the public, doted on by the government and courted by foreign investors. They built the Chinese economy into a powerhouse. Now billionaire tycoons are the outsiders
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Queen Elizabeth II—Britain's longest-reigning monarch—dies at 96
Earlier Thursday, Buckingham Palace said that the queen had been placed under medical supervision and that her doctors were "concerned" about her health. The royal family later announced her death online
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From BP to Shell: Energy majors exaggerate green performance while drilling deeper into oil, gas
Industry watchdog InfluenceMap analysed more than 3,400 public communications from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies in 2021, and found that while 60 percent of all messages contained at least one "green" claim, only 12 percent of the five's new spendings were earmarked towards low-carbon activities in 2022
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Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045
Extreme heat risk will expand to 64 nations by 2045—representing 71 percent of current global food production—including major economies China, India, Brazil and the United States
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The Great Resignation: Businesses struggle to fill jobs
From Germany to Australia, the Great Resignation is putting businesses worldover on the backfoot
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Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises: UNDP report
The Human Development Index has steadily risen for decades, but began sliding in 2020 and continued its fall in 2021, erasing the gains of the preceding five years, the UNDP report says, which means we die earlier, we are less educated, and our incomes are going down
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China export growth slows sharply in August: official data
Apart from the impact of sporadic Covid-19 lockdowns in the country, the slowdown in trade also comes as global demand for Chinese products weakens with energy prices soaring and the United States facing the threat of recession
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This helmet allows motorcyclists to breathe cleaner air
In order to protect road users from polluted air, which can also carry viruses, equipment manufacturers are now coming up with all kinds of ways to make the air we breathe on the street healthier
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Ireland's data watchdog fines Instagram $402 million over children
The Data Protection Commission had launched an investigation in late 2020 into concerns about how Meta-owned photo-sharing platform handles children's personal data
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As an ex-Uber executive heads to trial, the information security community reels
Joe Sullivan was a rock star in the information security world. One of the first federal prosecutors to work on cybercrime cases in the late 1990s, he jumped into the corporate security world in 2002, eventually taking on high-profile roles as chief of security at Facebook and Uber. Then he was fired in 2017