TikTok heads to court in fight against US order to sell or face ban
• Sep 16, 2024, 9:38 AM
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TikTok's lawyers are heading to US federal appeals court to argue that a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell or see the app banned in the country is unconstitutional. Also in this edition: Ukrainian women step up into traditionally "male" jobs amid a labour shortage due to Russia's invasion.
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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a percentage point
• 9:45 PM
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The US Federal Reserve lowered its key lending rate by a deeper-than-expected 0.5%, in its first rate cut in more than four years. The move indicates that while monetary policymakers are confident about taming inflation, their focus has shifted to suppor
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Norway now has more electric vehicles than petrol-powered cars
• 8:59 AM
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Norway's road federation revealed on Tuesday that the number of electric vehicles on its roads was now larger than the number of petrol cars. Though diesel cars are still the most common type of vehicle in the country, EVs could overtake them in 2026. In
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