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EU draft law would require firms to check suppliers for human rights, environmental ethics
By Simon Jessop and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will unveil on Wed...
22nd February, 2022
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Germany not affected by reports of Credit Suisse data leak – finance ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany does not think it is affected by a leak of Credit Suisse client data that...
22nd February, 2022
Banking
Credit Suisse denies wrongdoing after client data leaked to media
VIENNA (Reuters) – Credit Suisse said on Sunday it “strongly rejects” allegations of wrongdoing afte...
21st February, 2022
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UK pledges $34 million to enhance security in Indo-Pacific
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Britain committed 25 million pounds ($34 million) to strengthen security in the In...
17th February, 2022
Investing
Norway’s Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta’s pressure on surveillance tech
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Norwegian telecom firm Telenor is selling its Myanmar operation...
16th September, 2021
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Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights chief said the “triple planetary crises”...
14th September, 2021
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Merkel says Germany to keep evacuating from Kabul but needs U.S. – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will keep evacuating people from Afghanistan as long as it is respo...
25th August, 2021
Business
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn secure Afghan users’ accounts amid Taliban takeover
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had move...
20th August, 2021
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Thousands of Afghan rights workers at risk – UN
GENEVA (Reuters) -The top United Nations human rights official expressed fear on Tuesday for the saf...
18th August, 2021
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Human rights claims undermine China’s investment abroad, report finds
(Reuters) – China’s efforts to be seen as a responsible investor overseas are at risk fr...
11th August, 2021
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Biden says Afghan leaders must ‘fight for their nation’ as Taliban gains
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on...
11th August, 2021
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Defiant Belarus leader shrugs off sanctions, says athlete was ‘manipulated’
By Natalia Zinets, William James and Elizabeth Piper KYIV/LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A defiant Pre...
10th August, 2021