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Kenyan president slams 'unfair' global lending system
Kenyan president slams 'unfair' global lending system
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Kenyan President William Ruto does not hold back when describing the global lending system: it is "unfair, it's punitive, it doesn't give everybody a fair chance". French President Emmanuel Macron told the summit, which ends Friday, that the global financial system needs a jolt as "countries shouldn't ever have to choose between reducing poverty and protecting the planet".

Small but powerful: tiny data centre heats UK swimming pool
Small but powerful: tiny data centre heats UK swimming pool
Business and Economy
by  AFP

A leisure centre in Exmouth, southwest England, is using a small data centre to heat its indoor swimming pool, trialling an innovative solution that reduces its energy bills and carbon footprint. He added that "not only it reduces our energy costs and our gas consumption, which was the primary benefit but... we reduce our carbon footprint".

The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls
The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The Titanic inspired a tear-jerking blockbuster and expeditions to its watery gravesite -- including a fatal one this week -- but viral TikTok videos peddle a stunning conspiracy theory: the ship never sank. He alluded to an oft-repeated conspiracy theory that the company that built the Titanic purposely sank the Olympic, another one of its ships, as part of an elaborate insurance fraud.

Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe
Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe
Business and Economy
by  AFP

As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community spread across social media, triggering extreme online responses, including incitements to violence. The surge in online disinformation and vitriol is all the more worrying after a spate of violence during Pride events last summer in Europe.