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Russia seizes shares of Danone and Carlsberg subsidiaries: decree
Russia took control of shares belonging to French agribusiness Danone and brewer Carlsberg, according to a decree published on Sunday. The decree signed by President Vladimir Putin says the Russian state would "temporarily" manage shares belonging to Danone Russia and to Baltika, which is owned by Carlsberg.
'Call of Duty' to remain on Playstation
Tech giants Microsoft and Sony reached a deal to keep releasing the popular "Call of Duty" video games on the Playstation game console, Microsoft announced Sunday. Sunday's "binding agreement" means that "Call of Duty" games will continue to be released on both the Xbox and the Sony Playstation.
UK formally signs up to trans-Pacific trading bloc
The UK government on Sunday hailed what it said was its biggest trade deal since Brexit, as it formally signed a treaty to join a major Indo-Pacific bloc. For Brexit supporters, it has been seen as a chance for the UK to join other trading blocs with faster-growing economies than those closer to home -- and boost the country's international geopolitical and economic clout.
Yellen says Ukraine aid is the best boost for global economy
Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the "single best" way to aid the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, along with boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress. Yellen also pointed to efforts to tackle debt distress faced by struggling economies, bank reform and a global tax deal, and warned it was "premature" to talk of lifting tariffs on China.
Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought
An oppressive heat beats down on the central Iraqi province of Babylon, where drought and rising temperatures are hitting bees and honey production hard. Three decades on and now in her early 50s, Maamuri has 250 bee hives in the province of Babylon, dozens of which she keeps in the courtyard of the family house.
Losses stack up for FTC's Khan in US antitrust crackdown
FTC chairman Lina Khan is on a mission to embolden US competition enforcers, but a series of court defeats has sowed doubt that she will put an end to decades of Washington's light-touch approach to antitrust regulation. "They are out on the frontier of antitrust," said John Lopatka, from Penn State's School of Law on Khan's fresh approach to enforcing competition policy.
San Francisco's race for robo-taxis cleaves sharp divide over safety
A driverless taxi slows down on a dark San Francisco street and is quickly surrounded by a group of masked figures. Using traffic cones stolen from the streets, the activists have been disabling driverless taxis operated by Waymo and Cruise -- the only two companies currently authorized in San Francisco.
Lebanon economic crisis means more work for craftsmen
Among meandering alleyways in the historic market of Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, cobblers and menders are doing brisk business, as an economic crisis revives demand for once-fading trades. "Repairs are in high demand," said Bizri, 48, who learned the trade from his father.
London's new 'super sewer' to end Thames pollution blight
The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London's "super sewer" 40 metres (130 feet) to the bottom of an enormous vertical shaft. The new 25-kilometre (15-mile) "super sewer", which is 7.2 metres in diameter, snakes from west to east following the curves of the river.
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