Stop Sextortion – bereaved parents’ appeal to Nigerian criminals

BBC Mark and Ros Dowey have made a direct appeal to criminals involved in sextortion The parents of a British teenager who took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion have made a direct appeal to criminals in Nigeria to stop “terrorising” the vulnerable. Murray Dowey, from Dunblane, was only 16 when he ended his life last year. It is thought he had been tricked by criminals in

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Shell wins landmark climate case against green groups in Dutch appeal

Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cuts its carbon emissions by 45%. The Hague court of appeal said it could not establish that Shell had a “social standard of care” to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount, even though it agreed the company had an obligation to citizens to limit emissions. Three years ago,

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Nestle’s KitKat signs Formula 1 deal as CEO Freixe seeks broader appeal By Reuters

By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Nestle (NS:)’s KitKat brand has signed a global sponsorship deal with Formula 1 as new Chief Executive Laurent Freixe seeks to change the way the world’s biggest food company markets its core, multi-billion-dollar brands. A senior executive told Reuters exclusively that the Formula 1 deal had been struck to cover the period between late 2025 and 2028, and the aim was to improve KitKat’s

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American Airlines loses US appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance By Reuters

By Nate Raymond (NS:) and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines (NASDAQ:)’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:) violated federal antitrust law. Siding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge’s ruling blocking the airlines’ “Northeast Alliance,” which had allowed the two carriers to coordinate

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