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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.
Qantas confirms personal data of over a million customers leaked in breach
Reuters, Published on 09/07/2025
» Australia's Qantas Airways said on Wednesday more than a million customers had their phone number, birth date or home address accessed in one of the country's biggest cyber breaches in years.
Travellers to get full refund for delayed flights in Malaysia
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Airlines in Malaysia will have to give passengers the option of a refund if their flight is delayed for five hours or more, as the Southeast Asian nation joins countries beefing up consumer air-travel rights.
Australia's Qantas to pay $79 mln to settle flight cancellation case
Reuters, Published on 06/05/2024
» SYDNEY: Australia's Qantas Airways agreed to pay A$120 million ($79 million) to settle a regulator lawsuit over the sale of thousands of tickets on already cancelled flights, in an attempt to end a reputational crisis that has engulfed the airline.
Climate campaigners ‘losing trust in COP’
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» DUBAI - Environmental campaigners are losing faith in the UN-led COP climate process after signs that a phase-out of fossil fuels may not be agreed in Dubai, a leading activist said on Tuesday.
Napoleon's letters from Russian campaign on sale, hat sets record
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» NEW YORK - Eleven letters sent by Napoleon Bonaparte, including dispatches from the Kremlin, have gone on sale following the blockbuster auction of the diminutive French emperor's hat for $2.1 million.
Spain opens preliminary sex abuse probe over suspended chief Rubiales' kiss
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» BARCELONA - Prosecutors at Spain's top criminal court said Monday they had opened a preliminary investigation into Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales' forcible kiss on the lips of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on grounds it could constitute a crime of "sexual assault".
ChatGPT drafts law as Latin America seeks to regulate AI
Diana Baptista of Thompson Reuters Foundation, Published on 11/07/2023
» MEXICO CITY: When Costa Rican lawmakers wanted to draw attention to the need to regulate artificial intelligence, they asked ChatGPT to write a new law to do it for them.
Climate: Paris summit vets revamp of global lending institutions
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» PARIS - The leaders of France and Barbados, joined by other leaders and the heads of multilateral development banks, pushed Thursday for an overhaul of the international financial system to better tackle poverty, climate change and other 21st-century challenges.
Paris climate summit opens with call for ‘finance shock’
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron told global leaders Thursday that no country should have to choose between tackling poverty and dealing with climate change at a summit tasked with reimagining the world’s financial system.