Global News
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Russian traders in China smell profit as Ukraine sanctions bite
Russian businessmen in China are being contacted by companies from Belarus and Russia to open trade lines as Western sanctions choke supply chain, finances
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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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A Palestinian and an American Jew start a travel company. They want to win the Nobel
A defining feature of the tour company they founded in 2009 is the "dual narrative" tour, in which a group of tourists is led by two guides: one from either side of a long-standing conflict or division that has affected the area that the group is visiting
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Ukraine war threatens to cause a global food crisis
A crucial portion of the world's wheat, corn and barley is trapped in Russia and Ukraine because of the war, while an even larger portion of the world's fertilizers is stuck in Russia and Belarus
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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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A Russian rapper brings his banned antiwar message to Istanbul
Earlier this week, instead of playing one of his long-anticipated, sold-out arena shows in Russia, Oxxxymiron gave an antiwar concert in a packed club in Istanbul. A crowd of Russians, many of whom had left their own country, filled the club, chanting "No to war!" and "Glory to Ukraine!"—slogans that could now get them jailed at home
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America: Divided by Donald Trump, is united by Ukraine
After two years of political divisions and economic disruptions bolstered by an unending pandemic, many Americans say they are coming together around a common cause: support for Ukraine, a country under daily siege by Russian forces
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Apps and oranges: Behind Apple's bullying on trademarks
The iPhone maker has gone after dozens of entrepreneurs and small businesses and corporations in recent years for applying to trademark the word 'apple' or logos of the stemmed fruit
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Starbucks CEO retires; Howard Schultz steps in as interim chief executive
Kevin Johnson managed to lead the company to robust revenue and growth amid the pandemic, but amid the recent employee or 'partner' protests against work conditions, in an abrupt move Starbucks announced his retirement after 13 years at the company, six as CEO