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Germany allows smaller Chinese stake in Hamburg port
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» BERLIN - Germany's coalition government on Wednesday allowed a Chinese firm to take a smaller-than-planned stake in a Hamburg port, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz resisted calls to ban the controversial sale outright.
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Tech giants to donate Covid vaccines to Taiwan in China workaround
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese tech giants Foxconn and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced Monday they will each donate five million coronavirus vaccine doses to the government in a deal with a China-based distributor.
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Baltimore Sun deal sets up major test for nonprofit news model
AFP, Published on 14/03/2021
» BALTIMORE - After years of staff cuts, shrinking budgets and declining readership, the Baltimore Sun finally has some good news to report about itself: a deal for a new nonprofit group to take over, and potentially revive the struggling newspaper.
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Ex-minister gets life in Vietnam graft case
Published on 28/12/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Saturday sentenced an ex-minister to life imprisonment in a multi-million-dollar corruption case in which another minister and a dozen executives also received lengthy prison terms, state media reported.
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Juventus make De Ligt world's most expensive defender
AFP, Published on 18/07/2019
» ROME - Dutch central defender Matthijs de Ligt, one of the most coveted young players in world football, signed Thursday for Juventus from Ajax for a fee of 75 million euros ($84.2 million) plus add ons.
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Amazon to pull plug on China retail operations
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» SHANGHAI - Amazon is planning to close down online retail operations catering to consumers in China, in an apparent admission of defeat to local e-commerce rivals such as Alibaba, a report said on Thursday.
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Disney closes $71bn deal for Fox entertainment assets
Associated Press, Published on 21/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Disney has closed its US$71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment business, putting "Cinderella," "The Simpsons," "Star Wars" and "Dr Strange" under one corporate roof.
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Apple's bombshell and the trillion-dollar question
AFP, Published on 04/01/2019
» WASHINGTON - Apple's bombshell news -- a sharply weaker revenue outlook and lower iPhone sales -- has raised questions over the future of the California giant, which until recently had been seen as the undisputed innovation leader in the tech sector.
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'If they die drop them in a forest': the ringleader behind the migrant death truck
AFP, Published on 14/06/2018
» KECSKEMéT (HUNGARY) - At the start of his trial last June, Samsoor Lahoo flashed a boyish smile at the cameras as he entered the packed Hungarian courtroom in handcuffs to face charges over the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants rammed into a truck in 2015.
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Australian regulator approves logistics giant takeover
AFP, Published on 21/07/2016
» SYDNEY - The break-up of Australian logistics giant Asciano between local and international suitors cleared a key hurdle Thursday after the nation's corporate regulator approved their Aus$9.05 billion (US$6.78 billion) bid.
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