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NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestation
NGO links major chocolate brands to Liberia deforestation
by  AFP

Some of the world's best-known chocolate, from Mars to KitKat, is likely linked to deforestation in Liberia's rainforest despite many brands' claims of sustainability, according to research published by NGO Global Witness Tuesday.

Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
by  AFP

Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers' strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico's Ciudad Juarez.

BBC launches hunt for new boss as Trump row rumbles on
BBC launches hunt for new boss as Trump row rumbles on
by  AFP

The BBC on Monday formally launched its search for a new chief following the resignation of Tim Davie over a misleading edit of Donald Trump that sparked a row with the US president. BBC chair Samir Shah on Monday told a parliamentary committee looking into what went wrong over the Trump edit that news chief Deborah Turness was right to resign over the "error in her division".

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