Dow said it would recycle running shoes. We found them for sale in Indonesia
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SECONDHAND shoes are displayed at a shoe shop in Batam, Indonesia, Aug. 4, 2022. — REUTERS SINGAPORE — At a rundown market…
Dilbert cartoon dropped after racist rant by creator Scott Adams
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THE CARTOON Dilbert has been dropped from numerous US newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube. Scott…
1.3M births logged in 2021, deaths jumped by 43%
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES By Bernadette Therese M. Gadon, Researcher Live births registered in 2021 declined10.7% year on year, while births fell 23.8%…
New ‘Lord of the Rings’ films in the works at Warner Bros
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by Pau Llopart Cervello from Pixabay LOS ANGELES – The Warner Bros movie studio is developing new installments in the…
India urges focus on ‘most vulnerable’ at G20 meeting, avoids mention of war
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BENGALURU – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global financial leaders to focus on the world’s “most vulnerable citizens” as he inaugurated a G20 meeting on Friday, the first…
Goldman Sachs CEO, after missteps, to take center stage at investor day
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REUTERS NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s Chief Executive David Solomon faces a reality check from investors on Tuesday as he presents plans to reach key financial goals….
Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years on LA rape conviction
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LOS ANGELES – Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the…
In Bangladesh, new school textbook features transgender people
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by Pexels from Pixabay DHAKA – Wearing bright saris and heavy make-up, many of Bangladesh’s transgenders, or hijras, spend their…
War in Ukraine drags into second year, Russia isolated in UN vote
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Army soldier figurines are displayed in front of the Ukrainian and Russian flag colors background in this illustration taken, Feb. 13, 2022….
White supremacists behind over 80% of extremism-related US murders in 2022
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay WASHINGTON – Mass shootings in the United States accounted for most extremism-related fatalities last year…