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Oct 2023
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2030 Soccer World Cup to be held on thre...

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From the BBC World Service: The 2030 Soccer World Cup will be held in six countries on three different continents, so how will it affect the bottom line — the money the hosts could make and the cost of building infrastructure? Indonesia has the second highest number of TikTok users worldwide, many of whom use the e-commerce feature, TikTok Shop. But following protests by traders in Jakarta who say it’s damaging their business, the feature has been removed. Plus, the problem of bed bugs in Paris has become so serious that sniffer dogs have been deployed to try and root out them out.

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