Uber, Yandex Ride-Sharing Services Can Merge in Russia, Regulator Rules

Uber and Yandex's ride-sharing businesses can merge in Russia, anti-monopoly regulator FAS ruled on Friday, but stipulated that the combined company not bar drivers from working for competitors. Uber and Yandex, often

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Uber Execs Traveling Globe to Reassure Regulators After Controversies

Uber executives are travelling the globe to reassure regulators that the company is changing the way it does business, after a string of controversies, including a data breach, hurt the ride-hailing

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Fears for world’s rarest penguin as population plummets

Almost half the breeding population of the world’s most endangered penguin species, the yellow-eyed penguin, has disappeared in one part of New Zealandand conservation groups believe commercial fishing is to blame.

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Indonesia: the world’s volcanic hotspot

Indonesia, where more than 40,000 people have been evacuated over fears of an imminent volcanic eruption at Mount Agung on Bali, is the world's most volcanic area. The Southeast Asian

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