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The laws governing prostitution in Canada — not sex work itself — are creating inequality, a lawyer told the Ontario Superior Court on Tuesday as part of a constitutional challenge.
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Prostitution laws, not sex work, source of ‘structural inequality,’ says lawyer

Apple Music is about to cross a huge milestone, offering its eye-and-ear-popping 100 millionth song on the streaming service.
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Whole lotta zeros: Apple Music crosses 100M song barrier

Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report issued Monday by the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, giving the public its first glimpse into the growing problems at Zelle.
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Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds

Landowners and workers in the tobacco-growing district of Celikhan squeezed between mountains in southeast Turkey are among millions grappling with the country’s economic turmoil, including record inflation and a weakening currency.
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Record inflation squeezes Turkish tobacco workers, owners

A theatre in Hungary’s capital will sit through a cold and quiet winter after its managers chose to shut it down rather than pay skyrocketing utility prices that are putting a squeeze on businesses and cultural institutions across Europe.
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Music stops: Energy costs close Hungary theatres for winter

When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said the vessel was carrying grain stolen by Russia and urged Lebanese officials to impound the ship.
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Russia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin’s war

Sweden has sent a vessel capable of ‘advanced diving missions’ to the Baltic Sea area where ruptured undersea pipelines had leaked natural gas for days, the Swedish navy said Monday.
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Sweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks

Gains in the energy sector as the price of oil rose to top US$80 a barrel helped Canada’s main stock index surge more than 400 points higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.
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S&P/TSX composite up more than 400 points as oil tops US a barrel

Europe faces “unprecedented risks” to its natural gas supplies this winter after Russia cut off most pipeline shipments, the International Energy Agency said Monday, warning that European nations could wind up competing with Asia for already scarce and expensive liquid gas that comes by ship.
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Experts: Europe faces ‘unprecedented risk’ of a gas shortage

The British government on Monday dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows.
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U.K. scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil