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Council to award grants for environmental projects
Staffordshire County Council is offering £1,000 to schemes that benefit the local environment.
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China moves to boost foreign investment in domestic tech companies
China published measures on Friday aimed at promoting overseas investment in its technology sector, in a latest bid to attract foreign investors amid signs some are considering shifting away from the world's second-largest economy. China will support overseas institutions to issue yuan bonds in the country, and also encourage tech companies, including foreign-invested ones, to raise money via bond issuance, the commerce ministry said in a statement. The government will also facilitate foreign
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Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.
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Nigerian court adjourns Binance and executives' tax evasion trial to May 17
A Nigerian court on Friday adjourned a tax evasion trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to May 17 after the matter was stalled because the exchange has not been formally served with the charges. Binance and its executives Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is a regional manager for Africa, face four counts of tax evasion.
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Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from Chinese App Store
The Chinese government ordered the iPhone maker to delete the apps due to ‘national security concerns’
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'Rumbling' sound heard as earthquake hits Derbyshire village
The earthquake was reported by people more than 25 miles away from the epicentre near Belper.
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Small earthquake detected on county border
The earthquake at Newport on Wednesday measured 1.5 on the Richter scale.
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