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Starbucks laying off 1,100 corporate workers this week, CEO Brian Niccol announces

< 1 mn readStarbucks will lay off 1,100 corporate employees as Brian Niccol, the new CEO of the Seattle-based coffee chain, plans to streamline operations. The announcement, which the company made Monday in a press release, comes after senior leaders in January began “evaluating the role, structure and size of” its global corporate divisions. Those whose positions are […]

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‘A very special cuisine’: Nick Kwek’s culinary adventures around Sabah

5 mn readBBC’s Discovering the World’s Table sees food writer Nick Kwek journey to his ancestral homeland of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, where he eats pufferfish with the Bajau Laut sea nomads, learns the art of rice wine-making and is given a secret hangover cure. Pristine turquoise waves lap our boat as we depart the harbourfront in […]

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The little bug with a big appetite turning organic waste into sustainable fertiliser

5 mn readThese tiny soldiers can eat four times their own weight in organic waste – and turn it into sustainable fertiliser. With a unique ability to consume nearly any form of organic matter it comes across, one small but mighty insect is becoming a tool to address the growing problem of organic waste and soil degradation. […]

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Trump challenges Congress’ power with plan to shutter USAID

4 mn readDonald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority represent another unprecedented move by a president who, since taking office two weeks ago, has been testing the limits of his office by defying longstanding legal and political principles, legal experts told CNN. The decades-old agency appeared to be in […]

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Teamsters plan strike at Costco on February 1

2 mn readMembers of the Teamsters union have authorized a strike against Costco on February 1 unless they reach a deal with the warehouse retailer before the current contract expires on January 31. The union said 18,000 Costco workers are set to go on strike at 56 of the company’s warehouse stores spread across five states after […]

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Türkiye’s agricultural exports soar to record of $36.2B in 2024

2 mn readTürkiye’s agricultural sector boosted its sales last year by approximately 3% compared to the year earlier to achieve the highest annual export of all time, according to a report on Sunday. The sector’s exports surged by 3.3% annually to $36.2 billion in 2024, according to data compiled by the Anadolu Agency (AA) from the Turkish […]

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