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London protesters demand water companies clean up sewage-tainted rivers
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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions
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As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground
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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
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A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024’s most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?
NEW YORK — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making…
Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease
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Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch junior minister for finance quit Friday following criticism of his…
Stock market today: Global stocks are mixed after a sharp decline on Wall St driven by Big Tech
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Colm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Colm McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the…