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Condom named after 007 sold to China
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/05/2017
» SYDNEY -- A Chinese group is buying the condom brand named after fictional British spy James Bond.
US launches missile strike on Syria in response to gas attack
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/04/2017
» WASHINGTON -- The US has fired 59 cruise missiles at targets in Syria two days after Bashar Assad’s regime used poison gas to kill scores of civilians, an act that drew international condemnation and that President Donald Trump called "an affront to humanity."
Trips abroad replace Chinese New Year trek to grandma’s
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/01/2017
» BEIJING/HONG KONG -- Shi Ying will not be making the traditional pilgrimage back to Shanghai to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with her extended family. Instead, they are all going to Japan for shopping and sightseeing.
Japan slowly opens door to foreign maids
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 09/01/2017
» In a Japanese-style apartment, Maria Del Bago learns how to properly bow, clean traditional tatami floor-matting and decipher instructions for a high-tech toilet.
Japan's rust belt counting on robots
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 20/12/2016
» TOKYO: A withering factory town in Japan's Rust Belt is looking for revival through a dose of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "robot revolution".
As El Niño exits, La Niña looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2016
» BOSTON — Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Niño and La Niña that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide.
'Slavery' labels sought for US goods
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/12/2015
» Jarring words could end up on candy bar wrappers, packages of frozen shrimp and even cans of cat food originating in Thailand if some California lawyers get their way.
Slavery labels sought for US goods
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/12/2015
» NEW YORK — “This item may be the product of slave labour.”
World’s oldest rainforests burn as Jokowi scales back promises
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/10/2015
» JAKARTA -- Having promised to extinguish forest fires in Riau in western Indonesia by early October, President Joko Widodo jetted into Sumatra island last week for a progress check. The smoke was so thick his plane couldn’t land, forcing him back to the capital.
Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier's use of slave labour
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2015
» LOS ANGELES — Nestle SA was sued over claims that its Fancy Feast cat food contains fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labour.