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Exclusive-Ukraine investigates deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide

Published by Reuters UK By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of the forcible deportation of children to Russia since the invasion as they seek to build a genocide indictment, the country’s top prosecutor said in an interview. International humanitarian

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Exclusive-Feeling ‘super bad’ about economy, Musk wants to cut 10% of Tesla jobs

Published by Reuters UK By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives on Thursday seen by Reuters. The message came two days after the world’s richest

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Biden administration to announce $2.1 billion to strengthen food system

Published by Reuters By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will announce on Wednesday more than $2.1 billion in funding to shore up weaknesses in the country’s food supply system exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will unveil the new

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Shanghai revives after two-month COVID lockdown, wary of a new one

Published by Reuters UK By Brenda Goh and Jason Xue SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with shops reopening and people going back to offices, parks and markets, hoping to never go through a similar ordeal again. For many of

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Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers

Published by Mongabay In Sin City, the illegal tiger-farming business is thriving. In new, covert drone footage, tigers and bears pace inside prison-like cement and corrugated steel cages near a casino complex — a newly built, expanded commercial captive-breeding facility on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos. The video, obtained by the Environmental

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Sri Lankan woman rickshaw driver has to queue 12 hours, or more, for fuel

Published by Reuters By Uditha Jayasinghe GONAPOLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -Lasanda Deepthi, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan woman, plans her day around fuel queues. The driver of an auto-rickshaw on the outskirts of the commercial capital Colombo, she keeps a close eye on the petrol gauge of her sky-blue three-wheeler before accepting a job to make

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13 Palestinian children killed since January, says UNICEF

Published by Al-Araby The UN agency for children’s rights, UNICEF, has called on “all parties to the conflict” to “protect all children, at all times, everywhere” following the killing of thirteen Palestinian children by Israeli troops over the past six months. “Since the beginning of the year, 13 Palestinian children have been killed in the

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Shanghai to lift ‘unreasonable’ curbs on firms, Beijing eases restrictions

Published by Reuters UK By Emily Chow and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Sunday “unreasonable” curbs on businesses will be removed from June 1 as it looks to lift its COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing reopened parts of its public transport as well as some malls and other venues as infections stabilised. The Chinese

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US ‘concerned’ after UN human rights chief visits China

Published by The Bangkok Post WASHINGTON: The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipulate” the UN human rights chief’s visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a million people in indoctrination camps. Michelle Bachelet’s long-planned trip this week took her to the far-western Xinjiang

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