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China Covid: Factory activity shrinks more than expected
A key measure of China's factory activity dipped again in November, according to the latest official figures.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 48, down from 49.2 in October.
It comes as strict Covid…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter lifts rule against Covid-19 misinformation
Twitter has stopped enforcing a policy intended to prevent the spread of Covid-19 misinformation, as its new owner Elon Musk continues to remake its content moderation policies.
The move comes after the mercurial billionaire reinstated a…
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Scholz welcomes Qatar LNG deal as ‘building block’ for energy security in Germany
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed a new deal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar on Tuesday as a “building block” towards his country’s energy security and a sign that Berlin had many different countries to tap for supplies.…
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Global tourism leaders discuss importance of government partnerships as 22nd WTTC Global Summit…
• H.H. Princess Haifa Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Tourism, shares summit opening panel with UNWTO Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili, Anthony Capuano, CEO of Marriott International and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment…
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WTTC unveils world-first global Travel & Tourism climate footprint data
WTTC and Saudi-Based Sustainable Global Tourism Center launch inaugural Environmental & Social Research
Between 2010 and 2019 the sector’s GDP has grown on average 4.3% annually whilst its climate footprint increased by just 2.4%…
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Google Play fee suit by US consumers grows to 21 million users
A US judge in California on Monday allowed litigation against Alphabet’s Google to proceed as a consumer class action of 21 million individuals who accuse the company of violating US anti-competition laws in how it runs its Google Play app…
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Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy after FTX collapse
The troubled crypto firm BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy in the US, as the dramatic collapse of FTX continues to reverberate across the industry.
The company had already halted most activity on its platform, citing…
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CEOs from World’s Six Biggest Hotel Operators Meet in Riyadh
• Hilton, Marriott International, Hyatt, Accor, IHG and Radisson Hotel Group set to help design a better future for tourism at 22nd WTTC Global Summit
• Digital systems, sustainable processes and expansion strategies set to dominate…
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Actor / Entrepreneur Edward Norton to Advocate for Commitment to Sustainability by Tourism Industry…
• Norton will be in conversation with Saudi Tourism Authority CEO Fahd Hamidaddin
• Actor is the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity, President of Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust and co-founder of the Chyulu Hills Carbon Project…
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10,500 toddler bottles and cups recalled over lead poisoning risk
A company has recalled about 10,500 bottles and cups for toddlers over lead poisoning concerns to children if a part of the product breaks off, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has said.
The base of these bottles and cups,…
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