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Toyota subsidiary to halt shipment of all models over rigged safety tests
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» TOKYO - Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu said on Wednesday it will suspend shipments of all car models currently in production both in Japan and abroad, following new revelations about its rigging of safety tests.
Water release finds little support in Fukushima
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» SHINCHIMACHI, Japan: Most Fukushima fishermen are tight-lipped but Haruo Ono can't keep his thoughts to himself on Japan's plans to release treated cooling water from the stricken nearby nuclear power plant into the Pacific from Thursday.
Six dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout in Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador terrorized by a wave of violence blamed on a spiraling drug war, authorities said.
Latin American cocaine cartels bring violence to Europe
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» PARIS: "Seventy euros for one, 120 for two," said the cocaine dealer as the young woman opened her door on Paris's chic Left Bank.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
Pie from the sky: drone delivery lands in America
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» FRISCO (UNITED STATES) - The little aircraft appeared out of the blue sky above a Texas home, deposited its payload of a mid-morning snack in the yard and zoomed off, as deliveries by drone start becoming a reality in America.
S Korean truckers end week-long strike
AFP, Published on 15/06/2022
» INCHEON: South Korean truck drivers will return to work Wednesday after reaching an agreement with Seoul to end an eight-day protest over wages and fuel costs that had snarled global supply chains.
UPS exec sees supply chain disarray extending into 2022
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» NEW YORK - UPS is girding for more supply chain problems in 2022 after this year's upheaval, but does not expect the disruption to cause huge spikes in transport costs, the shipping giant's international president Scott Price told AFP.
Germany serves up Covid jabs in the company canteen
AFP, Published on 23/05/2021
» HANAU, Germany: It's well before midday but chemical technician trainer Ralf Scharf is already heading to the company canteen. And lunch is the last thing on his mind.
Canada to slap $2.7bn counter-tariffs on US aluminum
AFP, Published on 08/08/2020
» OTTAWA: Ottawa will hit American aluminum products with C$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) in counter-tariffs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday, in response to "absurd" US levies announced on Canadian goods.