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Brussels mulls regulatory action against fake news
Online platforms need to show more accountability, responsibility and transparency, the EU Commission said Thursday, as it presented its assessment of the effectiveness of the…
Uber says will be ’zero emissions’ by 2040
Uber said Tuesday it intends to become a ”zero emission platform” by 2040 and will seek to have all its rides by electric vehicles by…
Coronavirus pandemic is jeopardizing decades of work in reducing preventable childhood deaths, new report finds
Preventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in…
More than 1 billion people face displacement by 2050: report
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced…
India’s Reliance Jio to roll out 100 million low-cost phones by December: Business Standard
Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RELI.NS) telecom unit is looking to outsource the manufacturing of over 100 million low-cost smartphones that will be built on Google’s Android…
A huge mammoth graveyard has been uncovered at the site of Mexico City’s new airport
Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City’s new airport, where construction work…
Starbucks adds plant-based items to Asian menus from Beyond Meat, others
Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) said on Tuesday it will add plant-based food and beverages to menus across Asia from September, including products from Impossible Foods, Oatly…
In Europe, 1 in 8 deaths linked to pollution: report
The EU’s environment agency has detailed how environmental pollution has a deadly impact on Europe’s population. Poorer and marginalized communities suffer the worst of it,…
Co-op launches in-store collection scheme for single-use plastics
Co-op has started an in-store collection system for ”scrunchable” plastics, including carriers bags, yoghurt pots and food wrappers, which will be processed into waste disposal…
U.S. considering ban on cotton from Xinjiang region of China over rights concerns: New York Times
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a ban on some or all products made with cotton from the Xinjiang region of China…
Hungarian researcher wins award for procedure that could cure blindness
Medical scientist Botond Roska has landed a €1 million check from Germany’s Körber Foundation for his groundbreaking research. His gene-based treatment to restore sight has…
Johnson tells EU to agree trade deal by Oct. 15 or ’move on’
Britain has set a deadline of Oct. 15 to strike a free-trade deal with the European Union, and if none is agreed both sides should…
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