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Tanzania Maasai fear VW 'greenwashing' carbon credit scheme
Tanzania Maasai fear VW 'greenwashing' carbon credit scheme
by  AFP

Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen -- dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" -- could destroy her community's way of life. - 'Scam' - Several researchers and NGOs believe the Maasai are unwitting participants in a vast "greenwashing" scheme by Volkswagen.

Chinese businesswoman faces jail after huge UK crypto seizure
Chinese businesswoman faces jail after huge UK crypto seizure
by  AFP

She lived a life of luxury that earned her the nickname "goddess of wealth", but Chinese businesswoman Zhimin Qian now faces a long jail sentence after police made the UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth over $6 billion.

Markets boosted by hopes for deal to end US shutdown
Markets boosted by hopes for deal to end US shutdown
by  AFP

Equities rallied Monday on hopes that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record-breaking 40-day impasse. The US president told reporters that "it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending".

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