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Hong Kong demands online platforms remove banned protest song
Hong Kong demanded Wednesday a protest song popular during pro-democracy demonstrations be removed from the internet after a court banned it, judging it was a "weapon" to incite violent protests in 2019."It had been used as an impetus to propel the violent protests plaguing Hong Kong since 2019.
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Suspect held in latest attack on German politicians
German police on Wednesday arrested a 74-year-old man suspected of hitting a former mayor of Berlin in the head, the latest in a rash of assaults against politicians in Germany.Officers arrested both suspects, police added, identifying them as a 34-year-old German man and a 24-year-old woman.
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Bain Capital in talks to buy education-software provider PowerSchool, source says
Buyout firm Bain Capital is in talks to take education-software provider PowerSchool private, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The deal, which is still a few weeks away from getting signed, is likely to value PowerSchool somewhere in the $20s per share, according to the source, who requested anonymity as the discussions are confidential. At that price, a deal would value PowerSchool at roughly $6 billion, including debt, based on Reuters calculations.
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European stocks rise but Wall Street slips
European stocks advanced Wednesday, with London striking another record, driven by hopes of interest rate cuts as inflation eases.Sweden's central bank cut its key interest rate for the first time in eight years on Wednesday, citing easing inflation and hinting at two more reductions before year-end.
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India PM Modi's party deletes X post accused of targeting Muslims
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised for targeting minority Muslims during an ongoing national election.On Wednesday the original post had disappeared from the platform, with a notice saying it had been deleted.
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Accountants Don't Want To Help Rudy Giuliani In Bankruptcy Case, His Lawyers Say
The former attorney for Donald Trump has hit a snag in his bankruptcy filing.
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Indian cenbank meets stakeholders to widen scope, reach of UPI
India's central bank held a meeting with stakeholders to discuss potential strategies to further expand the reach of the country's home-grown payments system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), it said on Wednesday. The stakeholders, including banks, the National Payments Corporation of India, third-party application providers and technology service providers, discussed strategies to scale up UPI infrastructure and expand the portfolio of products, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a statem
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