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Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes Indonesia’s Mentawai region -EMSC

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia’s Mentawai island region on Tuesday, according

Death toll triples to more than 300 in recent China flooding

(AP) — More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said

Citing Taliban violence, US expands Afghan refugee program

(AP) — The Biden administration on Monday expanded its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens

Activists: Belarus sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland

(AP) — A Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland after alleging that

Belarus athlete ‘safe and secure’ in Tokyo as Poland, Czech offer visas

(Reuters) – A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she

Twitter’s Dorsey leads $29 bln buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay

(Reuters) – Square Inc (SQ.N), the payments firm of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) co-founder Jack Dorsey,

New Zealand human rights commission launches inquiry into housing crisis

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission on Monday launched an inquiry into the country’s

Square to buy Afterpay for $29 bln as buy now, pay later booms

(Reuters) – Square Inc (SQ.N) will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay Ltd

Zoom reaches $85 mln settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

(Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its

Bezos loses appeal of NASA’s plans to use Musk moon lander

(AP) — The federal government Friday rejected an appeal by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin