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Sri Lanka Marxists eye selective foreign capital if win presidency
Sri Lanka Marxists eye selective foreign capital if win presidency
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Sri Lanka's main Marxist leader and a key presidential hopeful in elections next month pledged on Monday to selectively welcome foreign investors, especially in green energy, if he wins. Dissanayaka is pledging to scrap Sri Lanka's presidential system and revert the country to the British-style parliamentary democracy, which existed until 1978.

Dutch hit Uber with 290-mn-euro fine over driver data
Dutch hit Uber with 290-mn-euro fine over driver data
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers. It is the DPA's third fine against Uber following fines of 600,000 euros in 2018 and 10 million euros last year. cvo/lth/yad

Big polluters urged to pay as key Pacific summit opens in Tonga
Big polluters urged to pay as key Pacific summit opens in Tonga
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: "If you pollute, you should pay." "We really need to ensure that we continue to push for action from countries that are the most polluting," Tuvalu Climate Minister Maina Talia told AFP on the sidelines of the summit.