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Published by Reuters By Gabriel Araujo and Carolina Pulice SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A forensic exam carried out on human remains found in the Amazon rainforest confirmed on Friday that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, Brazil’s federal police said, adding that a search was underway for a man suspected of involvement in his killing. […]

Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) -Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 on Saturday to its lowest level in 18 months, extending its slide as investors pull back from riskier assets amid rising interest rates. The biggest cryptocurrency was down 7.1% to $18,993 at 0906 GMT, having earlier touched $18,732, its lowest since December 2020. It is down

Published by Reuters UK By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization agreed the first change to global trading rules in years on Friday as well as a deal to boost the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in a series of pledges that were heavy on compromise. The deals were forged in

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion. Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’

Published by Reuters By Hyunjoo Jin and Victoria Waldersee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla has cut job postings by 14% since Chief Executive Elon Musk warned he was worried about the economy, needed to reduce staff and would pause hiring worldwide. Tesla’s actions are a concerning sign of the health of the global economy as

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday said it had sanctioned Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, as part of a new wave of sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis. The Foreign Office said it had sanctioned Lvova-Belova for the forced transfer

Published by Al-Araby South Asia most often appears in the news as an arena for geopolitical competition. China, Russia, and the United States vie to court major players such as India and Pakistan with diplomatic, economic, and military incentives. Today, though, the region is garnering headlines for perhaps a more ominous reason: climate change. “Scorching

Published by The Street By Luc Olinga The cryptocurrency market is in disarray. It lost over $2 trillion in eight months. Bill Gates has never hidden that he was not a fan of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The co-founder of software giant Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Microsoft Corporation Report has just reiterated his aversion to the

Published by Al-Araby Four out of five children in Gaza suffer from emotional distress, Save the Children said on Wednesday, 15 years after Israel slapped a strict blockade on the occupied Palestinian territory. Israel imposed the measure in June 2007, as fighters of the Islamist Hamas movement took control of the densely populated enclave. Since

Published by Reuters By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – With prices surging, 24-year-old Noemi Turi presented her employer in Budapest with a pay request 16% above what she considered acceptable just a few months ago as double-digit inflation across East Europe fuels wage demands. The small business, where the Hungarian university student works as a