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Jane Fonda urges Vienna Opera to cut ties with fossil fuel firms
Jane Fonda urges Vienna Opera to cut ties with fossil fuel firms
by  AFP

US actress and activist Jane Fonda on Wednesday called on the Vienna Opera to end its partnerships with fossil fuel companies trying to "make themselves socially acceptable" by sponsoring cultural institutions while "killing the planet". "These fossil fuel companies are criminal, they are killing people, killing the planet," she told journalists.

Barclays bank shares tumble as bad loans surge
Barclays bank shares tumble as bad loans surge
by  AFP

Shares in Barclays slumped as much as 10 percent Wednesday after the British bank announced a surge in bad loans alongside a drop in annual profits linked to US litigation charges. Barclays booked a charge of £500 million ($605 million) in the final quarter on soured loans linked to "macroeconomic deterioration".

Conspiracy theories on '15-minute cities' flourish
Conspiracy theories on '15-minute cities' flourish
by  AFP

Urban planners are fending off abuse fuelled by conspiracy theories about their "15-minute city" regeneration projects which suspicious social media users claim are the road to "climate lockdowns". Social media users shared an article that falsely claimed residents would be "confined to their local neighbourhood and have to ask permission to leave it, all to 'save the planet'."

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