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Singapore tackles virus resurgence in some foreign worker dorms
Associated Press, Published on 25/08/2020
» Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority ordered a stop to activities at some construction work sites after a new Covid-19 cluster was found at the country’s largest foreign worker dormitory, raising concerns of a resurgence in virus infections.
Ghosn leaves Japan 'to escape injustice'
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2019
» TOKYO: Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday from Lebanon he was not fleeing justice but instead left Japan to avoid "injustice and political persecution" over financial misconduct allegations during his tenure leading the automaker.
Court finds British labour activist defamed fruit firm
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2018
» The Phra Khanong Provincial Court in Bangkok on Monday ordered a British labour rights activist to pay 10 million baht in damages to a company that filed a civil defamation suit after he helped expose alleged human rights violations at its factory.
Serial bomber strikes again in Texas state capital
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2018
» AUSTIN, Texas: Fear escalated across Austin on Monday after the fourth bombing this month - this time, a blast that was triggered by a tripwire and demonstrated what police said was a "higher level of sophistication" than the package bombs used in the previous attacks.
US immigration raids target 7-Eleven managers
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: US immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an employer under Donald Trump's presidency.
Thousands of N. Koreans toil in US-allied Gulf nations
Associated Press, Published on 28/07/2017
» DUBAI -- As pressure over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme grows, America's most valued Arab allies host thousands of its labourers, whose wages help Pyongyang evade sanctions and build the missiles now threatening the US and its Asian partners, officials and analysts say.
US agents foil Chinese, spirit family out of Thailand
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2017
» BEIJING - Stuck in a Bangkok jail with a deportation order against her, Chen Guiqiu waited with dread over what seemed certain to come next. A Thai immigration official showed her surveillance video of the jail entrance, where more than a dozen Chinese security agents were waiting.
Facebook killer dead by suicide as police close in
Associated Press, Published on 19/04/2017
» ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA - The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death in his car Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania, ending a multi-state manhunt less than 48 hours after it began.
NY ferry fleet builds for summer launch
Business, Associated Press, Published on 06/04/2017
» FRANKLIN, Louisiana: The future of public transportation in New York City is taking shape on the bayous of Louisiana and Alabama.
Malaysians return, Kim's body handed to North Korea
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Nine Malaysians held in North Korea returned to Malaysia's capital early Friday after the government released the body of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, to the North. The exchange ended a bitter diplomatic battle between the two countries more than a month after Kim's murder at Kuala Lumpur's airport.