The semi-official Fars news agency reported that a first secretary at the Swiss embassy had fallen from a tower in Tehran.

The skyline of Tehran, Iran.
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A senior employee at the Swiss embassy in Iran died after falling from a building, state media said.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/swiss-diplomat-iran-dies-fall-from-high-rise-building-reports-2021-5

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 Hartalega Holdings Bhds net profit jumped 565 per cent to RM2.89 billion in the financial year ended March 31, 2021 (FY21) from RM433.62 million a year ago. Revenue surged 129 per cent to RM6.69 billion from RM2.92...

Revenue surged 129 per cent to RM6.69 billion from RM2.92 ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/04/hartalegas-net-profit-soars-to-rm2.89b-in-fy21/1971590

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 Bursa Malaysia remained in positive territory at mid-afternoon, buoyed by persistent buying in selected heavyweights, led by Petronas Chemicals. At 3.05pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) bagged 2.65 points...

Market breath was positive with gainers surpassing...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/04/bursa-malaysia-stays-higher-at-mid-afternoon7/1971592

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COVID-19 vaccines developed in China are in use around the world. Those developed in India, Kazakhstan and Cuba are being used domestically. Heres a closer look at the inactivated and conjugate vaccines developed in middle-income countries and not available in Canada...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/inactivated-conjugate-covid-19-vaccines-1.6011962?cmp=rss

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Kuwait’s government is barring unvaccinated residents from traveling abroad starting later this month, the latest attempt to tame the spiraling coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf Arab sheikhdom...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-kuwait-bar-unvaccinated-traveling-abroad-77479863

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Dubai: UAE airlines are reducing flights to Pakistan after the country placed a limit on the number of international passengers.
"Following regulations being updated by the Pakistan authorities, from 5 May a limit will be placed on the number of international passengers allowed to travel into and ...

https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/uae-airlines-cut-flight-numbers-to-pakistan-after-government-move-1.1620113925950

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The monument, put up by local Communist Party members, ignited deep-seated divisions over Stalin's legacy...

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/04/russias-last-stalin-avenue-removes-dictators-bust-days-after-installation-a73815

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The monument, put up by local Communist Party members, ignited deep-seated divisions over Stalin's legacy...

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/04/eponymous-bust-on-russias-last-stalin-avenue-dismantled-days-after-installation-a73815

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[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) which would be domiciled at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040209.html

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Escalating business rates on anaerobic digestion (AD) operators threaten the UKs ability to meet its net zero targets, according to industry leaders...

https://www.fginsight.com/news/news/anaerobic-digestion-operators-call-for-business-rate-cut-118992

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Online "lists" - 10 things you ought to know about ... - are generally just so much clickbait cack. But here's one you'll want to read: 25 Things Everyone Used to Understand. Sample:
[2] Who and what you are is only partly self-determined. And its not the larger ...

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitalistsWork/~3/z_JVKW2FflY/a-culture-war-manifesto.html

#google

Political Calculations' initial estimate of median household income in March 2021 is $66,248, an increase of $244 (or 0.4%) from the initial estimate of $66,004 for February 2021. As expected, this change coincides with the lifting of coronavirus lockdowns imposed by several state and local ...

https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2021/05/median-household-income-in-march-2021.html

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Selling your business can change your life. Moving onto your next challenge, safe in the knowledge that your clients and team are looked after, is an exciting prospect that has likely crossed the minds of many small business owners.Selling your business can change your life. Moving onto your next ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2021/05/04/five-ways-to-make-your-small-business-sale-ready/

#Forbes

[Daily Trust] The Lagos State Government has directed all public and private schools in the state to resume for the third term 2020/2021 academic session on Tuesday May 4, 2021...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040237.html

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[Nation] In their widely acclaimed treatise known as The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels announced that the history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. Suffice it to mention that class struggle is essentially political struggle...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040247.html

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Liquor prices in Uttar Pradesh have increased after the state government imposed a 'corona cess' from Tuesday...

https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/liquor-prices-in-up-increase-with-corona-cess-121050400398_1.html

#business-standard

From 1 May, the new EU rules on the energy labelling of on-road tyres apply at consumer level. Updating the label first introduced for car and van tyres in 2012, the new rules require that tyres for buses and lorries must now be labelled and offer a new pictogram, where relevant, to highlight tyres ...

https://www.tyrepress.com/2021/05/labelling-for-truck-bus-tyres-begin-as-new-eu-rules-take-effect/

#Tyrepress

The former president made a dig at the Utah senator in a statement, calling Romney a RINO (or Republican-in-name-only) again.

Donald Trump delighted in Romney being booed off stage at a GOP convention, calling him a stone cold loser.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images...

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-romney-stone-cold-loser-after-senator-booed-2021-5

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Although Bitcoin is the best performing mainstream asset of 2020, beating out gold, stock indices, oil trading, and anything else, Ethereum has outperformed the leading cryptocurrency by market cap by a large margin. Ethereum rallied from $130 to $490 in 2020 alone and remains up well over 180% year...

https://www.forexcrunch.com/primexbt-analyst-expects-bitcoin-to-catch-up-to-ethereums-defi-driven-success-2/

#ForexCrunch

[Daily Trust] Five months after a series of bilateral talks between the Nigerian government and authorities in Ghana aimed at addressing the nearly a decade-long controversy that led to the closure of Nigerian traders' shops in Ghana, the issues have not been resolved...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040186.html

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[The Conversation Africa] Throughout West Africa, the artisanal fishing sector is a crucial source of livelihoods and food security. For instance, in Nigeria artisanal fishing accounts for 80% of the fish consumed and supports the livelihoods of about 24 million people...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040187.html

#AllAfricaNews

EU Lawmakers Pledge To Reject EU-China Investment Deal In First Meeting On Beijing's Sanctions

Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times,

Members of European Parliament have vowed to reject the EU-China Investment Agreement that was awaiting ratification over Chinas human rights abuses ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-lawmakers-pledge-reject-eu-china-investment-deal-first-meeting-beijings-sanctions

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Find out at the Anywhere Workspace Event Promo The last year has blown apart any pretence of having a perimeter behind which you can corral your users, keeping them both focused on the job and secure...

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/05/04/vmware_anywhere_workspace_event/

#TheRegister

Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income.Tags: divorce, income
Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce ...

https://flowingdata.com/2021/05/04/divorce-rates-and-income/

#FlowingData

Given that Blockchain applications are currently on the proof-of-concept stage, it is important for companies looking to be early beneficiaries of this technology to be aware of the potential competition risks...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/is-advancement-in-blockchain-technology-giving-birth-to-new-frontier-of-competition-law/2245536/

#TheFinancialExpress

LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered a high-quality 254 ct Type II white diamondfrom the Leteng mine, in Lesotho...

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/gem-recovers-254-ct-diamond-2021-05-04

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Exclusive: Corfu, Crete, Kos Rhodes and Zakynthos as well as Spains Canary Islands are singled out as low risk...

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/holiday-uk-covid-foreign-office-b1841640.html

As OPEC fades OMEC moves into view.As OPEC fades OMEC moves into view...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timtreadgold/2021/05/04/goodbye-opec-hello-omec-a-shift-from-petroleum-power-to-minerals-power/

#ForbesBusinessNews

ROME The pandemic was just bearing down on Italy when the trial began of two young American men, charged with the murder of Italian police officer near their hotel while they were on vacation in 2019. On Wednesday, after more than 14 months, defense lawyers will wrap up their arguments, and the two...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436543

#TheChinaPost

UNITED NATIONS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in a U.N. Security Council meeting Friday chaired by Chinas foreign minister on strengthening global cooperation and the key role of the United Nations in harnessing international action to tackle the worlds conflicts and crises...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436564

#TheChinaPost

Goodyear has introduced a new generation of tyres for specialised container handling machinery such as reach stackers. The tyre maker says the GEN II versions of its EV-4S and EV-5S bring a range of new technologies to improve efficiency, stability and durability.
The post Goodyear debuts new-gen ...

https://www.tyrepress.com/2021/05/goodyear-debuts-new-gen-container-handling-tyres/

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Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after strong corporate earnings and economic data lifted stocks on Wall Street. Hong Kong, Sydney and Seoul advanced. Tokyo and Shanghai were closed for holidays. On Monday, a strong dose of positive earnings reports and economic data that showed the U.S. ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436578

#TheChinaPost

WELLINGTON, New Zealand A well-known New Zealand businessman who was found with hundreds of child sex abuse images gave up his knighthood Tuesday before it was stripped from him. Ron Brierley last month pleaded guilty to three charges in an Australian court, sparking a rarely invoked procedure to ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436584

#TheChinaPost

CAIRO As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out of fuel while ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436585

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These findings were published in the journal Science and were led by researchers at Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, and University College London...

https://www.financialexpress.com/health-3/single-dose-of-pfizer-in-covid-19-survivors-boosts-response-against-key-strains-says-study/2245517/

#TheFinancialExpress

There will be three types of people in the NBA two weeks from now. Group 1 is those who wont be in the play-in tournament. Group 2 is those who will use it to get to the playoffs. Group 3 is those who will make the tournament and see their seasons end there. Group 1 []
Analysis: Those who ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2436605

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Petrol price on Tuesday was increased by 15 paise per litre and diesel by 18 paise as state-owned fuel retailers started passing on the increase in international oil prices to consumers...

https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/petrol-price-up-15-paise-diesel-18-paise-after-over-two-week-hiatus-121050400423_1.html

#business-standard

In this podcast, we take stock of India Inc's March quarter performance. Listen in...

https://www.business-standard.com/podcast/markets/earnings-analysis-q4-report-card-fy22-outlook-amid-2nd-covid-wave-121050400439_1.html

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[SAnews.gov.za] Police Minister Bheki Cele has welcomed the arrest of three suspects charged with attempted murder, extortion, kidnapping and intimidation...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040173.html

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Samsung in turn asks for access to clean 'leccy at high-level love-in A high-level meeting between the Vietnamese government and Samsung has seen each party make a mutually beneficial request of the other, highlighting the success of the relationship - and the fact that both see room for improvement...

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/05/04/vietnam_samsung/

#TheRegister

What is the outlook for USD/JPY? Here is their view, courtesy of eFXdata: Credit Suisse discusses USD/JPY outlook andlikes longs via options around current levels. In our Q2 Outlook,we argued for an expected range of USDJPY 107.00 112.50 for the quarter, arguing that moves to the low end of ...

https://www.forexcrunch.com/usd-jpy-in-107-112-50-range-for-q2-buy-on-moves-into-the-low-end-of-the-range-credit-suisse/

#ForexCrunch

Christian Owens, founder and CEO of Paddle, discusses his journey from selling website-building services door-to-door and a young teen to launching one of Europe's fastest-growing scale ups

The Spark is a new podcast fromComputingwhere we speak to the founders of some of the world's most exciting ...

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4030679/spark-parents-bank-balance-explain-selling-software-online-wasn-illict

Bill and Melinda had met at Microsoft in 1987 after she joined the firm, and the two had decided to get married in 1994...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-separating-after-27-years-of-marriage/2245507/

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