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H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiralling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region.
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China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash

After a year in which a global pandemic turned offices across the world into ghost towns WeWork, the embattled communal office-space company, is making a second attempt at going public.
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WeWork attempts to go public again, this time through a SPAC

More than 60 international agencies are calling for immediate financing to put gains for developing countries back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic led to widening inequalities, the worst recession in 90 years, an estimated 120 million people pushed into extreme poverty and significant losses of tax revenues, trade and foreign investment for many countries.
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Money key to reverse COVID-19 pandemic losses for world’s poorest: report

Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday with technology companies and banks leading the way higher.
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Stocks rise on broad gains driven by banks, tech companies

Canada’s main stock index moved higher to end a relatively flat week as sectors that rely on the economy reopening offset continued losses in technology.
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S&P/TSX composite moves higher on strength of reopening sector led by energy

Angry Indian farmers have abandoned their fields to stage one of the country’s biggest ever protests.
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Farmers across India have been protesting for months. Here’s why

After a decade of stop-and-go progress, the Keystone XL Pipeline spearheaded by Canadian energy giant TC Energy seemed tangible for residents of central South Dakota.
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What happened to two small South Dakota towns after Biden revoked the Keystone pipeline permit

A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, US$915 to be exact, after leaving his job in November.
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Penny dreadful: Georgia man receives final paycheque in coins

As Canada enters a potential third wave of COVID-19, entrepreneurs across the country are left questioning the future of their businesses, with others mourning the loss of what was.
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‘What am I going to do now?’: Entrepreneurs lose hope as COVID-19 rages on

New Zealand will become one of the world’s only countries to offer paid bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage, after lawmakers unanimously approved the motion on Wednesday.
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New Zealand approves paid leave after miscarriage, and encourages the world to follow