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Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SINGAPORE - Singaporeans bid farewell to a two-year-old panda cub on Wednesday as authorities prepared to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program.
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Nepali TikTok influencers reel after sudden ban
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» KATHMANDU - Nepali influencer Anjana Aryal went from homemaker to entrepreneur by sharing recipes on TikTok, but her lucrative business collapsed last month when the Himalayan republic banned the Chinese-owned short video app.
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US high court to hear challenge to $6bn Purdue opioid settlement
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge on Monday to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.
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'Black Friday' kicks off US shopping season amid economic unease
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» NEW YORK - US retailers' efforts to attract holiday gift buyers build to a crescendo this weekend as the "Black Friday" shopping day kicked off with big discounts.
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US economic uncertainty means bigger 'Black Friday' discounts
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» NEW YORK - The retail sector's efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual "Black Friday" shopping day followed by the newer "Cyber Monday."
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PepsiCo sued by New York state over plastic pollution
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» NEW YORK - New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment.
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Netflix reopens Hollywood movie palace
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The Egyptian Theatre, which hosted Hollywood's first-ever red carpet premiere in its faux hieroglyph-adorned courtyard more than a century ago, reopens this week under the new ownership of Netflix.
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Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» LAUSANNE - A man with advanced Parkinson's disease is now able to walk almost normally again thanks to electrodes implanted in his spinal cord, researchers said on Monday.
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Green and gold fever grips S.Africa ahead of Rugby World Cup final
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - From restaurant cooks to street workers, Springbok jersey-wearing South Africans are ubiquitous in Johannesburg, as a frenzied mood grips the nation in anticipation of Saturday's Rugby World Cup final.
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Amazon to expand drone delivery into Britain and Italy
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» SEATTLE - Amazon on Wednesday said it hopes to expand drone delivery into Britain and Italy by late next year, as it unveiled new warehouse robots and tech in its race to get shoppers what they want quickly.
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