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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit plans to cut 30% of workforce: CEO Ben Zhou

The layoffs are part of an ongoing reorganisation aimed at refocusing efforts, and reductions will be across the board

Woman slips into coma after AstraZeneca vaccine dose against Covid-19

Diagnosed with rare, serious condition

Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests: Attorney general

Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country's attorney general said, according to a media report

EU agrees on $60 per barrel price cap on Russian oil, say reports

Restrictions an attempt to squeeze Kremlin's crude oil revenues

Layoffs happening and likely to hit hundreds: CNN to employees

Employees at the company had been anxiously bracing for the layoffs since Licht informed them last month that "unsettling" changes lie ahead

TikTok's new challenge luring young kids to their deaths: Report

Blackout challenge, also called the 'pass-out challenge', encourages kids to hold their breath until they fall unconscious, sometimes with the help of objects

China adds risks to global growth as factories take a hit on Covid controls

Manufacturing PMI at 48 for Nov against 49.2 a month ago, services sector activity fell to 46.7

S Korea scrambles jets after China, Russia planes enter air defence zone

Wagner Group may get terror tag

China hints at relaxing zero-Covid norm; IMF chief urges targeted policy

Police leveraging powers of the country's surveillance apparatus against protesters

China's Covid zero strategy: Xi holds few cards to end historic protests

Beijing says it won't set up gates to block access to Covid-hit compounds anymore

Rise in cigarette taxes, first EU-wide vaping levy on the cards

The changes to legislation, part of a push by Brussels to cut smoking rates, will increase the EU's minimum excise duty on cigarettes from 1.80 euros to 3.60 euros per pack of 20

'Down with Xi': Open defiance as public protests erupt across China

China's rare public protests opposing stringent Covid lockdowns turned political on Sunday with protestors shouting slogans against President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party

We're hiring, says Elon Musk; Twitter 2.0 to have payments feature

His "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App" will have features like encrypted direct messages (DMs), longform tweets and payments, according to the tweet

Fear of quarantine camps, not Covid-19 pandemic, is shutting Beijing down

Going out in the capital of Beijing means having to scan a QR code to enter venues like shops and restaurants, or to even take public transportation

Pre-Budget meet: Farmers' bodies ask govt to lift export ban on wheat

They also demanded that the government should focus on increasing domestic output of local oilseeds such as soyabean, mustard, groundnut and sunflower, instead of palm

Done with layoffs, Elon Musk says he wants to go on hiring spree

Plans engineering teams in India, japan Indonesia, and Brazil

China Covid-19 cases near record high since pandemic began: Report

Over 28,000 new infections reported nationwide; Beijing shuts businesses, schools in hard-hit districts, tightens rules for entering the city

Shadow of India-China tussle, high inflation over Nepal elections

About 18 million people are eligible to vote for the 275-member Parliament, as well as the 550 members of seven Provincial Assemblies

SKM alleges breach of assurance by Centre, to hold marches on Nov 26

The group will also celebrate November 19 as 'Fateh Diwas' to commemorate the repeal of the laws

FDA approval for human consumption of lab-grown meat in the US

It's already possible to purchase some types of lab-grown meat in the world. Two years ago, Singapore became the first nation to approve the sale of cultivated meat