Meta and Shopify urged to act as scale of ‘ghost stores’ preying on Australian online shoppers revealed | Consumer affairs

There have been more than 140 “ghost” stores operating online in Australia falsely marketing themselves as local brands and selling everything from poor quality clothing to counterfeit sports labels – or nothing at all. Affected customers have told Guardian Australia that if the products they bought from these sites actually arrived, they were of “rubbish”…

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Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide | Singapore

Singapore’s ruling party has notched a resounding win in general elections, official results have shown, giving the prime minister, Lawrence Wong, the clear mandate he sought from voters. Wong’s long-ruling People’s Action party crossed the threshold of 49 seats early on Sunday to form a majority government in the wealthy city-state’s 97-seat unicameral legislature, with…

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