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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/8/2022 1:36:50 PM
Energy giant Shell said Tuesday that it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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International
2/13/2022 9:35:11 PM
Greek farmers say they are determined to shut down all the country's major highways to protest rising energy costs.
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Egypt
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Health
2/8/2022 11:04:56 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population has closed down 1,268 private health facilities over the period from 23 January till February 3 over violations and noncompliance with medical standards and regulations.
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World
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International
2/4/2022 5:28:10 PM
German broadcaster Deutsche Welle closed its Moscow bureau on Friday after Russia shut down the media outlet's local operations to punish Germany for banning a service of a Russian state TV network.
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World
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Region
1/30/2022 3:37:36 PM
Yemen's Houthi insurgents have shut down six radio stations in the capital Sanaa, the journalists' union said, with reporters saying the move came after broadcasters refused to air rebel propaganda.
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World
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Region
1/24/2022 10:54:53 PM
Europe's busiest airport shut down in Istanbul on Monday while schools and vaccination centers closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, causing blackouts and traffic havoc.
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World
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International
1/20/2022 4:18:13 PM
The European Union is ordering Poland to pay a fine of nearly 70 million euros ($80 million) for its failure to shut down a disciplinary chamber with the power to suspend or otherwise punish judges for their rulings, an official said Thursday.
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World
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International
1/8/2022 10:57:30 PM
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers. Airport officials shut down security checkpoints at the biggest terminal in Phoenix and schools across the nation struggle to find teachers for their classrooms.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
12/21/2021 1:19:43 PM
Egypt reopened on Tuesday several of the ports it shut down a day earlier due to bad weather conditions nationwide.
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World
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International
12/2/2021 7:38:31 PM
Twitter on Thursday said it had shut down nearly 3,500 accounts that were posting pro-government propaganda in six countries, including China and Russia.
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World
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International
11/17/2021 9:19:06 AM
Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.
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World
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International
11/2/2021 9:57:44 PM
Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people.
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World
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Region
10/26/2021 3:42:17 PM
A cyberattack targeted gas stations Tuesday across Iran, shutting down a government system that manages fuel subsidies and leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines at shuttered stations.
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Business
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Energy
10/19/2021 11:55:00 AM
Power shortages are turning out streetlights and shutting down factories in China. The poor in Brazil are choosing between paying for food or electricity. German corn and wheat farmers can't find fertilizer, made using natural gas. And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a cold winter.
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Business
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Tech
10/14/2021 6:09:58 PM
Microsoft is shutting down its LinkedIn service in China later this year after censorship rules were tightened by Beijing.
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World
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International
10/7/2021 12:56:56 PM
The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma shut down again Thursday due to ashfall from a volcano that has been erupting for almost three weeks.
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Business
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Tech
10/5/2021 3:53:59 PM
Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant.
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World
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International
9/19/2021 3:07:37 PM
On Friday, the Taliban shut down the Women's Affairs Ministry, replacing it with a ministry for the `propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice` and tasked with enforcing Islamic law.
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World
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International
9/11/2021 10:21:26 PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out another pandemic lockdown in the fall, stressing: "The economy and society will not shut down again."
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World
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International
7/6/2021 3:13:50 PM
The northern Navarra region announced that bars and nightclubs will go back to closing at 1:00 am instead of 3:00 am, while the Cantabria region has completely shut down nightlife in several towns
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