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Google cuts hundreds of ‘Core’ workers, moves jobs to India, MexicoGoogle cuts hundreds of ‘Core’ workers, moves jobs to India, Mexico

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, US, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Just ahead of its blowout first-quarter earnings report on April 25, Google laid off at least 200 employees from its “Core” teams, in a reorganization that will include moving some roles to India and Mexico, CNBC has learned. The Core unit is responsible for building the technical foundation behind the company’s flagship products and for protecting users’ online safety, according to Google’s website. Core teams include key technical units from…
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June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 TaufanTaufan

Mozambique-China rosewood trade: The illicit business fuels an insurgencyMozambique-China rosewood trade: The illicit business fuels an insurgency

Forests with valuable trees – not just rosewood – are divided up into chunks, or concessions. Anyone who wants to log these areas must pay a fee to the authorities. These are typically licensed to a Mozambican national – the middleman – and rented out to Chinese logging firms. Trading sources who did not want to be named estimate that 30% of the timber logged in Cabo Delgado is at high risk of coming from emergency-occupied forests. There are thought to be three main forested areas in Cabo Delgado where logging and timber sales take place: Nairoto; Muidumbe and Mueda,…
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June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 TaufanTaufan