‘Trapped’ illegal workers in Saudi look to COVID-19 for escape

[caption id="attachment_4818" align="alignnone" width="927"] Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong appears during a trial in Vietnam's Lam Dong province on accusations of humiliating the country's leaders. [/caption]...

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‘Weaponized’ Facebook fails to protect civil rights, audit says

[caption id="attachment_4855" align="alignnone" width="872"] FILE PHOTO: Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23,...

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Paris 2024 budget to be ‘studied’ by end of year

[caption id="attachment_4897" align="alignnone" width="925"] IOC president Thomas Bach (L) met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris [/caption] PARIS: Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics...

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Facebook suspends disinformation network tied to staff of Brazil’s Bolsonaro

[caption id="attachment_4803" align="alignnone" width="937"] FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after a meeting at the Ministry of Defense headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease...

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End of an era? Series of US setbacks bodes ill for big oil, gas pipeline projects

A rapid-fire succession of setbacks for big energy pipelines in the United States this week has revealed an uncomfortable truth for the oil and gas...

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United Airlines sending ‘gut punch’ furlough warnings to 36,000 workers

United Airlines said on Wednesday it was preparing to send notices of potential furloughs to 36,000 U.S.-based frontline employees, or about 45per cent of staff,...

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Spanish builders vie to revamp Barcelona’s Camp Nou

[caption id="attachment_4894" align="alignnone" width="927"] FILE PHOTO: La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Atletico Madrid [/caption] MADRID: Four of Spain's largest construction firms are competing...

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EU secures potential COVID-19 drugs from Roche, Germany’s Merck

[caption id="attachment_4722" align="alignnone" width="876"] FILE PHOTO: The peak of Mount Pilatus is seen in the background as workers clean the windows of a building of...

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Formula 1: Age is not the issue, says returning Alonso