‘Payment sent’: Travel giant CWT pays US$4.5m ransom to cyber criminals

[caption id="attachment_8318" align="alignnone" width="973"] FILE PHOTO: A projection of cyber code on a hooded man is pictured in this illustration picture taken on May 13,...

US consumer spending rises for second straight month, income drops further

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8303" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: Shoppers are seen outside a retail store as the phase one reopening of New York City continues during the...

Teenagers sentenced to 42 years in jail for killing British policeman

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8294" align="alignnone" width="978"] File photo of a gavel. [/caption] LONDON: Three British teenagers were sentenced to a combined 42 years in jail by a...

Alstom gains EU okay to acquire Bombardier’s rail business

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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France's Alstom SA clinched EU antitrust approval on Friday to acquire Canadian rival Bombardier Inc's rail business in a deal that will elevate it to...

France swelters under heatwave, putting firefighters on alert

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8280" align="alignnone" width="965"] A dead fish in the dry Doubs river in eastern France AFP/SEBASTIEN BOZON [/caption] PARIS: Intense heat spread across much of...

SAP, Deutsche Telekom to build corona app gateway for European Commission

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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The European Commission said on Friday it had signed a contract for SAP and Deutsche Telekom to build a software platform that would enable coronavirus...

South Africa produces its first ventilators to fight COVID-19

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8297" align="alignnone" width="966"] FILE PHOTO: A health worker walks between beds at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during...

How inequality and poverty undermined South Africa’s COVID-19 response

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8287" align="alignnone" width="991"] FILE PHOTO: Temporary field hospital to deal with an expected surge in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Cape...

Germany puts three Spanish regions hit by COVID-19 on high-risk list

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8277" align="alignnone" width="957"] FILE PHOTO: A traveller walks at the Tegel airport, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in Berlin, on Jul 29, 2020....

COVID-19 surge? Warning light is flashing, UK PM Johnson says

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_8274" align="alignnone" width="960"] Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to local people at the Canal Side Heritage Centre in Beeston [/caption] LONDON: British Prime...