Japanese government exposed to 40per cent of US$6.7 billion Nissan loans: sources

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The Japanese government has guaranteed most of a loan to Nissan Motor Co from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), a source said, taking its...

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Australia turns to idled factories to pull it out of COVID-19 slump

September 6, 2020September 7, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10456" align="alignnone" width="959"] Undated handout photo of H2X Australia's prototype vehicle. [/caption] SYDNEY: In 2017, the last car Australia built rolled out of a...

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Struggling Australian newswire turns to crowdfunding

September 6, 2020September 7, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10459" align="alignnone" width="742"] AAP was relaunched in early August by a philanthropist-led consortium just months after staff were told the company would shutter. [/caption]...

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Trump blasts media, Democrats over report he disparaged US troops

September 6, 2020September 7, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10446" align="alignnone" width="963"] US President Donald Trump is seeking re-election in part on his vocal support of the US military. [/caption] WASHINGTON: US President...

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US job growth seen slowing in August, unemployment rate falling below 10per cent

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020

U.S. job growth likely slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy's recovery from the COVID-19 recession. [caption...

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Virgin Australia creditors approve airline’s purchase by Bain Capital

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10415" align="alignnone" width="980"] FILE PHOTO: A rainbow from a passing rain shower sits over Virgin Australia aircraft at Sydney's Airport in Australia, Aug 5,...

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Nepal police fire tear gas to stop religious rally amid Covid-19 surge

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10377" align="alignnone" width="931"] Nepalese police take cover during a protest after locals tried to pull the chariot of Rato Machhindranath in Lalitpur, Nepal September...

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Warships join fight to put out fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10373" align="alignnone" width="979"] The New Diamond, a tanker chartered by Indian Oil Corp and carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil,...

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Australian writer detained in China says will ‘fight to the end’

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10352" align="alignnone" width="891"] Yang Hengjun, author and former Chinese diplomat, who is now an Australian citizen, displays a name tag in an unspecified location...

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Brazil tops four million cases amid signs pandemic slowing

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_10349" align="alignnone" width="999"] People enjoy Copacabana beach, amid the outbreak of Covid-19, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 9, 2020. [/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO:...