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War-crimes probe into the conflict is essential

  By officially accusing the Russian military of committing war crimes in Ukraine, President Joe Biden’s administration has seemingly confirmed the obvious. Vladimir Putin’s troops have so far attacked apartment buildings, hospitals, shopping centres and schools during their invasion of Ukraine. They’ve cut countless Ukrainians off from food, heat, electricity and running water. Thousands of civilians have been wounded or ...

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US plane crash investigators head to China for 737 probe

  Bloomberg A team of US airplane accident investigators and technical experts could head to China as soon as this week to help unravel the mysterious crash of a Boeing Co 737 jet earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The Chinese government has issued visas to NTSB investigators, along with technical advisers for the US Federal ...

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Austin airport warns of jet-fuel shortage

  Bloomberg Austin, Texas, airport officials warned of an impending jet-fuel shortage amid a surge in travel to and from the state’s capital city. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport issued a fuel-shortage alert and urged airlines to carry extra fuel or send in more supplies via tankers, said Sam Haynes, a spokesperson. With 282 flights scheduled for today & 1,600 + more ...

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Europe’s mall giant pivots to social network for recovery

  Bloomberg Europe’s biggest mall landlord plans to turn half a billion shoppers into a huge new advertising audience. After two-years of turmoil unleashed by Covid-19, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is working on how it can leverage its shoppers as it charts its recovery to pre-pandemic levels. At the heart of its strategy is a plan to track, monitor and profile the 550 ...

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Amazon gets its ‘sell’ rating for first time in two years

  Bloomberg A BNP Paribas Exane analyst slapped a sell-equivalent rating on Amazon.com Inc’s stock, the first time in two years anyone on Wall Street has been bearish on the shares. Amazon’s capital spending is going to be much higher than the market expects, while profit margins will be hurt by “inflation shocks,” analyst Stefan Slowinski said in a phone ...

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UK airport handler Menzies accepts $750m Kuwaiti bid

  Bloomberg UK airport ground-handling specialist John Menzies Plc accepted a $750 million takeover bid from Kuwaiti suitor Agility Public Warehousing Co that had been sweetened for a third time. The Menzies board backed the offer of 608 pence a share in cash after Agility subsidiary GIL International issued a formal proposal, the companies said. The bidding had started with ...

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Lululemon surges over optimistic outlook

  Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc delivered a sales forecast for this year that exceeded analyst estimates, suggesting that the company is overcoming supply-chain snags that disrupted operations earlier this year. The athletic-wear retailer expects sales to reach as much as $7.62 billion in the current fiscal year that ends next January. The average analyst estimate was $7.2 billion. The company’s ...

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Ukraine crisis: Russia says no breakthrough in talks

Bloomberg The Kremlin said there are no breakthroughs in talks with Ukraine as skeptical Nato allies evaluate whether Russia’s promise to scale back military operations in Ukraine marks a turning point in the conflict or simply a tactical shift. Attacks continued to be reported near Kyiv. President Joe Biden said he’ll wait and see whether Russia delivers on a pledge ...

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Lavrov on first China visit since Russian invasion of Ukraine

Bloomberg Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China for talks on Afghanistan, his first visit to the world’s second-biggest economy since the war in Ukraine started. Lavrov’s plane landed on Wednesday in the eastern province of Anhui, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Twitter. He’s set to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers of countries bordering Afghanistan, Interfax reported ...

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Ukraine war turns tide of UK Tory support back to Johnson

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, dubbed a greased piglet by a predecessor for his ability to get out of a tight political spot, appears to have won over critics from his own Conservative Party through his handling of the war in Ukraine. Just six weeks ago, Johnson’s premiership was in peril after a series of allegations that he and ...

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