Exxon settles Indonesia torture case that led to SEC official's ouster
Exxon Mobil on Monday settled a long-running human rights lawsuit with villagers who claimed soldiers Exxon hired to guard a natural gas facility in Indonesia committed murder and torture.
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Global executions at highest rate for five years - Amnesty report
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt carried out 90% of the 883 recorded in 2022, Amnesty International says.
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Morgan Stanley Weighs Cutting 7% of Asia Investment Bank Jobs
Morgan Stanley is considering a 7% cut in its Asia-Pacific investment banking workforce, with China taking the biggest
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Vladimir Kara-Murza's mother speaks to the BBC
Elena Gordon's son Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted of treason for criticising Putin's war in Ukraine.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sells entire stake in TSMC
Warren Buffett's conglomerate has sold its remaining shares in the world's largest chipmaker, TSMC, after the "Oracle of Omaha" sounded alarms about its homebase of Taiwan.
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Dollar on back foot as U.S. default risk weighs
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO The U.S. dollar remained under pressure on Tuesday, weighed down by the risk of
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SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight chief for Starship role
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON Elon Musk's SpaceX has tapped NASA's former human spaceflight boss Kathy Lueders to help
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World’s Biggest Plant for Ethanol Jet Fuel Expected to Open in 2025
Honeywell International Inc. and Summit Agricultural Group are partnering to build the world’s largest plant making ethanol-based aviation
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Denmark’s Topsoe Plans $300 Million US Factory to Build Hydrogen Electrolyzers
Denmark’s Topsoe A/S is preparing to spend $300 million on a US hydrogen electrolyzer factory in the latest
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Florida rejects social studies textbooks that mention social justice, taking a knee and other content of 'concern'
Florida rejected nearly 35% of social studies textbooks submitted by publishers for approval, including those that referenced social justice and "other information that was not aligned with Florida Law," the state's Department of Education announced Tuesday.
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Explainer: How is the new Google AI search different from Bard chatbot?
By Anna Tong Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday demonstrated an updated core search product that embeds more AI
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Fossil Fuel Influence on US Supreme Court Is Pervasive, Whitehouse Says
A series of revelations in recent weeks about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepting lavish vacations and private-school
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