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Twitter fired more employees after Elon Musk said layoffs had ended

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Dozens of Twitter employees have reportedly lost their jobs last week, despite CEO Elon Musk promised layoffs had ended in November, after he made drastic cuts to the company’s workforce shortly after completing his $44 billion takeover.

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Solar energy is transforming rural India, but more can be done

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It was mid-October and 44-year-old potter Raghuram Kulal was busy on the wheel making a mud pot. Like any traditional potter, his fast-moving fingers were giving new shape to wet soil. But there was one thing that differentiated the wheel running in front of him from traditional one—this was running on solar energy.

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Ukrainians keep returning home as the war enters its second year

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Millions of Ukrainians fled their country after Russia’s invasion last February. But as the conflict enters its second year with no end in sight, millions of others have also become “returnees,” moving back to their homes, often despite continued danger, and often with their children.

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How Russia's economy unexpectedly survived a year of war and sanctions

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It didn’t take long after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 for Western sanctions to come crashing down on Moscow—volley after punitive volley of economic constraints, all designed to hobble Russia and its citizens from transacting on the world market.

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