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Scramble for Sudan's resources fuels brutal civil war
Scramble for Sudan's resources fuels brutal civil war
by  AFP

Behind the civil war tearing Sudan apart for more than two years lie the country's natural riches, with foreign powers vying for control of its gold, fertile farmland and coastline. - Farmland, trade corridor - The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.

Livestream giant Twitch to ban under-16s in Australia
Livestream giant Twitch to ban under-16s in Australia
by  AFP

Livestream giant Twitch will be forced to remove all users under the age of 16 when Australia's strict social media laws take effect next month, Canberra's online regulator said Friday. From December 10, Australia will force social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to remove users under the age of 16 or face hefty fines.

ExxonMobil relaunches natural gas project in Mozambique
ExxonMobil relaunches natural gas project in Mozambique
by  AFP

US energy giant ExxonMobil announced Thursday the resumption of its gas development project in Mozambique, which had been suspended for several years due to a jihadist insurgency. TotalEnergies announced on October 25 that it had lifted the force majeure and resumed its own project in Mozambique after operations were suspended for four years.

US unemployment up even as hiring beats expectations in delayed report
US unemployment up even as hiring beats expectations in delayed report
by  AFP

The US jobless rate crept up in September even as hiring exceeded analyst expectations, according to a delayed employment report published Thursday after a record-long government shutdown. The overall hiring figure was higher than analysts expected, with surveys of economists by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal expecting job gains of 50,000 instead.

Greenpeace says clothes sold by Shein break EU chemicals rules
Greenpeace says clothes sold by Shein break EU chemicals rules
by  AFP

Clothing items sold by Asian e-commerce giant Shein contain dangerous chemicals at levels well in excess of EU rules, Greenpeace charged in a report published on Thursday. Greenpeace Germany said 18 clothing items out of 56 that it sent for testing "contained dangerous chemicals that exceed the limits in the EU's REACH chemical regulation, sometimes severely".