BuzzFeed News is ‘beginning the process’ of closing down, CEO tells staff
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti told staff the ‘difficult news’ in an internal email on Thursday
Day: April 20, 2023
Podcast: holding multinationals to account, Agent Orange on stage, ten years of gay marriage
France’s pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environmental violations wherever they do business. Also, a Franco-Vietnamese theatre director brings Vietnamese history to life on stage. And…
Russia’s ad campaign to recruit more soldiers after losses in Ukraine invasion: ‘Be a man’
A British military intelligence report has suggested that Moscow is seeking to recruit up to 400,000 professional soldiers on a volunteer basis
Pope’s cathedral ‘regrets’ Anglican ceremony on main altar
The pope’s cathedral in Rome has acknowledged that an Anglican bishop and 50 priests celebrated an Anglican service on the main altar in violation of the Catholic Church’s rules
Jason Liberty earns almost $11m in first year as Royal Caribbean chief executive
He made even more in his last year as chief financial officer
Czechia Trends Toward Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization
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WATCH: Mexicans hold earthquake drills amid fears it could become ‘reality’
In Mexico, most earthquakes originate in the Pacific Ocean and as the sound of an alarm can travel faster than a seismic wave, it has given way to the development of an alert system in the centre of the country.
Major German airports come to standstill amid strikes
Aviation security personnel strikes have seen hundreds of flights canceled in several major German airports
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SpaceX Giant Rocket Explodes Minutes After Launch from Texas
SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.