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‘I am spent’: Ash Barty’s shock retirement from tennis offers some vital career lessons
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‘I am spent’: Ash Barty’s shock retirement from tennis offers some vital career lessons

Ashleigh Barty of Australia smiles as she attends a media opportunity at Kooyong on February 24, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Graham Denholm | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Career coaches believe the shock move by the world’s number one tennis player Ash Barty to retire from the sport at the age of 25 offers […]

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provides ‘greater focus’ for NATO troops in the Baltics
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provides ‘greater focus’ for NATO troops in the Baltics

TAPA, ESTONIA – French soldiers in Tapa military base. Fred Marie/art In All Of Us | Corbis News | Getty Images TAPA, Estonia — Just 70 miles away from the Russian border and an hour’s drive west of Estonia’s capital, thousands of NATO troops are on alert in case President Vladimir Putin decides to attack. […]

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One of Putin’s top aides quits, reportedly in opposition to the Ukraine war
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One of Putin’s top aides quits, reportedly in opposition to the Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin seen with Anatoly Chubais, who has reportedly quit as Russia’s climate envoy, in 2016. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images A high-ranking and long-standing aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin has quit his role as Moscow’s climate envoy due to his opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Earlier […]

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Black box found from Boeing passenger jet that crashed in China, state media says
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Black box found from Boeing passenger jet that crashed in China, state media says

Paramilitary police officers conduct a search at the site of a China Eastern Airlines plane crash in March 2022 in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China’s southern Guangxi region. AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — One of the two black boxes containing data from Monday’s China Eastern Airlines plane crash has been found, Chinese state […]

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Zelenskyy says 100,000 people trapped in Mariupol; German leader says Putin destroying Russia’s future
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Zelenskyy says 100,000 people trapped in Mariupol; German leader says Putin destroying Russia’s future

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Japan lawmakers to impose further sanctions on Russia Members of Japan’s lower house of parliament applaud as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on screen via video link at the House of Representatives office building in Tokyo on March 23, 2022. Behrouz Mehri | Afp | Getty Images Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has […]

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Omicron’s ‘stealth’ subvariant BA.2 could go ‘wild’ in Europe before going global, top epidemiologist says
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Omicron’s ‘stealth’ subvariant BA.2 could go ‘wild’ in Europe before going global, top epidemiologist says

Doctor Immanuel Hardtmann holds a syringe with the vaccine Moderna in a temporary vaccination center inside the Excursion boat Alexander von Humboldt on the first day of the #HierWirdGeimpft (Get Vaccinated Here) Covid-19 vaccination campaign on September 13, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Carsten Koall | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — While war […]

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AstraZeneca takes stake in a start-up that helps doctors conduct clinical trials virtually
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AstraZeneca takes stake in a start-up that helps doctors conduct clinical trials virtually

Medical syringes and small figurines of people are seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo displayed on a screen. On Saturday, March 26, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — AstraZeneca said Wednesday it has invested in Huma, a U.K.-based medical technology start-up, as part of a broader commercial tie-up […]

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India’s rupee-ruble trade arrangement with Russia may be ready in a week, says export body chief
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India’s rupee-ruble trade arrangement with Russia may be ready in a week, says export body chief

India is expected to announce a payment arrangement that would allow trade with Russia to continue, the president of an Indian exporters’ association told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Wednesday.  The so-called rupee-ruble trade mechanism could come as early as next week, according to A Sakthivel, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO).  The […]

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Tencent quarterly profit surges 60% despite slowest revenue growth on record
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Tencent quarterly profit surges 60% despite slowest revenue growth on record

Tencent’s twin-skyscrapers at Shenzhen Bay Start Up Plaza in Nanshan business district. Nikada | Getty Images Tencent reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record in the fourth quarter of 2021 as the Chinese technology giant continues to feel the impact of Beijing’s regulatory tightening on the domestic technology sector. However, the company posted a […]

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UK inflation hits fresh multi-decade high of 6.2% on surging energy prices
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UK inflation hits fresh multi-decade high of 6.2% on surging energy prices

LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 23: On the day that Britain officially enters a recession shoppers walk through Liverpool city centre on January 23, 2009 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Figures announced today confirm that the UK is officially in a recession for the first time since the early 1990s after GDP fell in two successive […]

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