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We will move the following business and economics stories: + Food-share apps seek to help environment + As nations bicker, a greener future evolves in finance + Digital lifeline for refugees in Bulgaria and beyond + Port chaos leaves Liberian fuel pumps dry + Hong Kong border towns welcome virus controls Britain-environment-food-technology-mobile,FOCUS LONDON Jack Convery pops into a London branch of Italian eatery Coco di Mama to grab a cut-price lunch ordered on his smartphone's food-sharing app Karma, one of several that helps cut food waste which is a major producer of climate changing greenhouse gases. 650 words by Veronique Dupont. Pictures by Isabel Infantes. Video by Fay Rajpar Climate-finance-business-environment,ANALYSIS LONDON Away from the toxic atmosphere at climate summit talks, in boardrooms, banks and trading houses, a transformation in green finance is under way. 850 words by Jitendra Joshi Bulgaria-Syria-Iraq-employment-training-refugees,FOCUS SOFIA Single mother-of-two Sara Faizi from Afghanistan faced a dead end when she arrived in Bulgaria in 2018: the former bank branch operations manager needed a job but neither spoke the local language nor had any contacts. But a social enterprise helped her and many others learn how to do work needed for the artificial intelligence industry. 700 words by Diana Simeonova. Pictures by Nikolay Doychinov. Video by Diana Simeonova Liberia-fuel-petrol,FOCUS MONROVIA Liberians have faced long queues at petrol pumps for nearly two weeks as sloppy bookkeeping and poor port infrastructure have triggered economically damaging fuel shortages. 600 words by Zoom Dosso. Photos by Carielle Doe. Video by Orlind Cooper China-health-virus-HongKong-economy,FOCUS HONG KONG Traders in Hong Kong's border towns are lamenting plunging business during the coronavirus outbreak but some residents say they are enjoying the absence of crowds of Chinese mainlanders. 600 words by Su Xinqi. Picture afp
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2020-02-09
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Jack HarknessItalian languageKarmaFood wasteWonder WomanReverse-FlashSmartphoneBulgariaAgence France-PresseManagementEbola virus diseaseGreenhouse gasArtificial intelligenceHong KongAfghanistanLondonSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2FaiziSocial enterpriseBookkeepingMainland ChineseDosso DossiBorder TownsMonroviaStratospheric Observatory for Infrared AstronomyJitendra JoshiKONG (TV)

