Car bomb blast kills four in Baghdad's Sadr City - police
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3 years ago By Harix — Four people were killed and another 17 wounded in a car bomb attack on Thursday in the sprawling Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical so
BlackRock quarterly profit jumps as assets rise over $9 trillion
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3 years ago By Harix — BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, reported a 16% jump in first-quarter profit on Thursday as investors poured more money into its diverse f
PNG reports 11 COVID-19 deaths, pressuring a fragile health system
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3 years ago By Harix — Papua New Guinea on Thursday reported 11 new deaths linked to COVID-19, a larger than usual increase for the Pacific island nation, which may support conce
Global regulators to refine climate fallout on banks
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3 years ago By Harix — Global banking rulemakers need to undertake further analysis to clarify if lenders need to build up bigger capital buffers to cover possible environmental
Bernie Madoff, disgraced Ponzi schemer, dies at 82
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3 years ago By Harix — Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where he was serving a 150-year senten
As NATO meets, Ukraine says Russia could store nuclear weapons in Crimea
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3 years ago By Harix — Ukraine's defence minister said on Wednesday that Russia was preparing to potentially store nuclear weapons in Crimea and warned that Moscow could attack U
Federal Bureau of Prisons says Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has passed away
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3 years ago By Harix — Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-yea
Canada's migrant farmworkers remain at risk a year into pandemic
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3 years ago By Harix — Pedro, a Mexican migrant worker, knew he had to leave the Ontario cannabis operation where he worked when so many of his coworkers caught COVID-19 that his
Apple backs far-reaching emissions disclosure rules
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3 years ago By Harix — Apple Inc on Tuesday called for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to disclose far-reading emissions information such a
Swiss government defends anti-terrorism law against critcism over child rights
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3 years ago By Harix — The Swiss government on Tuesday defended a new anti-terrorism law that will be put to a nationwide referendum in June and that includes restrictive measure