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Tesla's Elon Musk found not liable in trial over 2018 'funding secured' tweets
A U.S. jury on Friday found Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk and his company were not liable for misleading investors when Musk tweeted in 2018 that he had "funding secured" to take the electric car company private.
Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul's posh Gangnam district
Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people.
Davos 2023: Greta Thunberg accuses energy firms of throwing people 'under the bus'
Greta Thunberg called on the global energy industry and its financiers to end all fossil fuel investments on Thursday at a high-profile meeting in Davos with the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis
China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.
After 30 years, Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital
Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer.
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads innocent in the FTX fraud case - October trial set
A judge set an Oct. 2 trial date.
China's COVID spike not due to lifting of restrictions, WHO director says
Cases were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, the director said, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike.
'Tough times': Warnings sound over China's rapid 'zero-COVID' exit
A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-COVID' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.
Elon Musk says 'I have too much work on my plate'
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he was working "at the absolute most amount...from morning til night, seven days a week" when asked about his recent acquisition of Twitter and his leadership of automaker Tesla Inc .
Xi tells Scholz China, Germany should step up cooperation in turbulent times
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday touted the need for greater cooperation between China and Germany amid "times of change and turmoil" in a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the first G7 leader to visit China since the pandemic began.
Heatwaves force early Spanish wine harvests, nighttime picking
Their head-mounted flashlights swaying in the darkness, workers at the Bodega Andres Morate vineyards resemble fireflies from a distance as they roll their wheelcarts from one vine to another cutting grape bunches at night.
