Qantas cutting 20% of jobs in post-COVID restructure

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[caption id="attachment_3149" align="alignnone" width="876"] The coronavirus pandemic has forced Qantas to cancel nearly all its international flights until at least October and slash domestic routes...

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Healthcare News

Australia deploys 1,000 troops to Melbourne COVID-19 outbreak

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3140" align="alignnone" width="804"] Medical workers staff a drive-through COVID-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne on Jun 23, 2020. [/caption]...

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Magnitude-5.9 quake strikes New Zealand’s Milford Sound area

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3137" align="alignnone" width="884"] Screengrab from USGS. [/caption] WELLINGTON: A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck near Milford Sound in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island on...

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Business News

Relief for Lufthansa after top shareholder backs rescue deal

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3161" align="alignnone" width="925"] Employees of German airline Lufthansa hit the streets to encourage shareholders to back a bailout plan. [/caption] FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Lufthansa's...

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Football: Liverpool on brink of title, Man Utd make top four move

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3184" align="alignnone" width="788"] Liverpool's Fabinho (right) celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Crystal Palace during the English Premier League football match. [/caption] LONDON:...

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Business News

Commentary: COVID-19 is our chance to shake up economics

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

The economics profession widely overlooked the importance of social and institutional pre-conditions, says former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu. [caption id="attachment_3165" align="alignnone" width="845"] US...

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Coronavirus yet to peak in Americas: WHO

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3130" align="alignnone" width="854"] A COVID-19 patient is treated at the Oceanico hospital in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [/caption] GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic has...

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Trump administration labels Huawei, Hikvision as backed by Chinese military

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3152" align="alignnone" width="888"] The US contends that Huawei is too close to the Chinese government and that its equipment could be used as a...

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Business News

Dow ends 2.7% lower as increased COVID-19 cases slow US recovery

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3169" align="alignnone" width="815"] FILE PHOTO: The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New...

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Iraqi doctor bets on plasma treatment in search of COVID breakthrough

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_3134" align="alignnone" width="879"] A nurse wearing a protective face mask and gloves shows blood plasma from a person who has recovered from the coronavirus,...