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Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» SYDNEY - An Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million (US$59 million) on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, ending a five-year legal battle over the workers' rights.
Fires, strikes, pandemic and AI: Hollywood workers can't catch a break
AFP, Published on 25/02/2025
» BURBANK (UNITED STATES) - Dutch Merrick isn't really in a party mood for this year's Oscars.
Under-fire Scholz to trigger German elections with confidence vote
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» BERLIN - Germany's embattled centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz traded angry blows with his top rival ahead of a parliament vote Monday that was expected to trigger the process towards February 23 elections.
Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Twitter's owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a "hellscape," but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft.
Red faces in France over Olympic mascots made in China
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PARIS: The choice by Paris 2024 Olympics organisers of a cuddly red Phrygian cap as the Games' mascot is proving a harder sell than expected, after critics pounced on the fact that most will be made in China -- and others couldn't help seeing a symbol of feminine sexuality.
UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers in war-hit north
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in the country's conflict-torn north.
Cartoon dreams: Netflix's Japan anime school targets booming demand
AFP, Published on 22/10/2021
» TOKYO: Armed with a set of pencils and a feather to sweep away eraser dust, Hitomi Tateno is training the next generation of anime artists at a new Netflix-funded academy as global demand for the Japanese genre soars.
Phones, consoles, gadgets to cost more as chip crisis bites
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Prices of popular gadgets such as PlayStations and iPhones could rise because of microchip shortages caused by a "perfect storm" of coronavirus-driven demand, supply chain disruptions and trade war stockpiling, experts warn.
Hong Kong courts groan under weight of protest trials
AFP, Published on 28/05/2020
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's courts are clogged with a backlog of protester trials nearly a year after an explosion of huge pro-democracy rallies, with hundreds of mostly young demonstrators facing the prospect of lengthy jail terms.
Chinese hitmen jailed over repeatedly outsourced murder
AFP, Published on 23/10/2019
» BEIJING - A string of hitmen who repeatedly subcontracted a murder to each other -- then failed to go through with the job -- have been jailed in China.