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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – A nuclear power plant on the front line of the Ukraine war again lost external power, U.N. inspectors said on Saturday, fuelling fears of disaster while Moscow kept its main gas pipeline to Germany

The Ukrainian president accused Moscow of “trying to attack with poverty and political chaos” after it indefinitely suspended natural-gas flows to Europe through a vital pipeline.

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How we work, when we work, how much we work – it’s all shifting on a scale not seen in decades. (Image credit: Andrea Renault/AFP via Getty Images)

Sarah Friar, chief executive of Nextdoor Holdings, takes a somewhat Pollyannaish view of how the neighborhood social networking platform will fare during the next downturn. “Nextdoor is still really well positioned to continue to show growth even in an outright

China aims to lift births, but some demographers expect its population to shrink as soon as this year as job uncertainties push young people to delay having children.

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Lapid swipes at Netanyahu for clashing with White House in 2015, says Biden administration is attentive to Israel’s concerns with emerging agreement

While many see the display as more about Catholic-Protestant sectarianism than politics, Irish support for Palestine factors in. Either way, local Jews would like to see it stopped