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  • ActualitésBusiness Insider

    Russia is betting big on Cuba as it courts alternative economic partners

    Russia is expanding economic and trade ties with Cuba as over 100 companies start operations in sectors like heavy industry, energy, and agriculture.

    3 min lecture
  • EntrepriseReuters

    China's Longi says it will lay off about 5% of employees

    BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Longi Green Technology Energy, the world's largest solar manufacturer, said in a statement on Tuesday that it will lay off about 5% of its employees. It added that online information about the company's plans to lay off 30% of its employees is false. Longi's website says the company had 60,601 employees as of April 2023.

    1 min lecture
  • ActualitésHuffPost

    Gaza Reporter Says Israel Stripped, Blindfolded Journalists During Al-Shifa Raid

    Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul recalled his arrest by Israeli forces while covering the attack inside Gaza's largest hospital.

    4 min lecture
  • ActualitésReuters

    Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

    Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Rafah and central parts of the Gaza Strip, Gaza health officials said. In the southern Gaza city of Rafah near the Egyptian border, where over 1 million Palestinians have sought shelter, 14 people were killed and dozens others wounded in strikes that hit several houses and apartments, Gaza medical officials said.

    2 min lecture
  • ActualitésNextShark

    Thailand to ban recreational marijuana by end of 2024

    Thailand, which decriminalized cannabis in 2022, is poised to reverse course and snuff out the recreational market by the end of the year. Draft legislation banning recreational cannabis use is already up for cabinet approval, aiming for full implementation by the end of 2024, reported Reuters. Under the new measures, medical marijuana would remain legal.

    2 min lecture
  • Actualitésdpa international

    West slams fraught Russian election as China's Xi congratulates Putin

    Western governments came out on Monday to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin's landslide win in a vote they say was neither free nor fair, while China, Moscow's main ally amid increased international isolation, sent congratulations. With all of the ballots counted, the electoral commission awarded Putin a landslide win of 87.28% of votes on Monday afternoon, a record result that observers say was only possible through force, repression and fraud. Voter turnout was officially put at 77.44%.

    5 min lecture
  • ActualitésWBRE

    Vietnam veteran from Jessup needs kidney donor

    JESSUP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Lackawanna County Vietnam veteran who was exposed to the chemical known as Agent Orange during the Vietnam War is trying to get medical attention. He is suffering from kidney failure due to the chemical and is in desperate need of a kidney donor. 28/22 Reporter Jason LiVecchi met with […]

    2 min lecture