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White House's Kudlow sees scope for 'something positive' coming out of US-China talks
National economic council director, Larry Kudlow, confirmed that top US and Chinese trade officials would meet in early October and said he saw the potential for "something positive" to come out of thirteenth round of negotiations.
New York Attorney General heads up Facebook antitrust investigation
New York attorney general Letitia James confirmed on Friday that she was heading up a bipartisan investigation into social media giant Facebook following allegations of antitrust breaches.
H&M halts leather purchases from Brazil to fight rainforest wildfires
Fashion retailer H&M announced on Thursday that it had stopped purchasing leather from Brazil until assurances were given that it was not contributing to the harm being done to the Amazon rainforest.
Shell, BP, Equinor and Total not aligned with Paris climate agreement
Major oil and gas companies such as Shell, BP, Equinor and Total are not aligned with the Paris climate agreement and are in fact undermining the fight against the climate crisis with investments worth $50bn in fossil fuel projects, new research alleged.
Brexit: UK opposition to vote against second snap poll vote
UK opposition parties said they would not support a motion for a snap general election if it was tabled by the government on Monday.