Migrant workers struggle amid Lebanon's conflict

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We hear of the plight of vulnerable women in Lebanon—domestic workers who’ve been cast out by their employers as the crisis in the country deepens. The US’ Federal Trade Commission tells Ed Butler how it plans to enforce new rules requiring American businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up to them.We’ll also look at Ethiopia’s bold leap into the financial markets with its first-ever IPO, aiming to raise $255 million and lay the foundation for a stock exchange. And Amazon dives into the nuclear energy race, joining AI giants in a quest for dominance in the energy sector.
16 Oct 5PM English United Kingdom Business

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