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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2025
Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained on Wednesday, marking the first time a sitting president has been arrested in the nation's history. Mr Yoon is under investigation for a failed attempt to impose martial law.    His motorcade left his heavily guarded residence, which...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 December 2024
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US and the longest-lived US president, has passed away at the age of 100. The Nobel peace prize laureate has been in hospice care since mid-February 2023.    Mr Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, rose from humble beginnings in rural...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 December 2024
South Korea's acting president, Choi Sang-mok has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system once the recovery work on the Jeju Air crash is completed. On Sunday, the deadliest air accident killed 179 people when an airliner belly-landed and skidded...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 November 2024
Israel has dispatched two planes to Amsterdam to evacuate supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team after they were targeted in an apparent antisemitic attack following a match against Ajax Amsterdam in Europa League match.    The violent incident unfolded on the streets of Amsterdam, as...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 October 2024
The US justice department has filed charges of murder-for-hire and money laundering against Indian government employee Vikash Yadav, also known as Vikas, and Amanat, in connection with his role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil...

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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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