‘Payment sent’: Travel giant CWT pays US$4.5m ransom to cyber criminals
LONDON: U.S. travel management firm CWT paid US$4.5 million this week to hackers who stole reams of sensitive corporate files...
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US consumer spending rises for second straight month, income drops further
WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer spending increased for a second straight month in June, setting up consumption for a rebound in the...
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Teenagers sentenced to 42 years in jail for killing British policeman
LONDON: Three British teenagers were sentenced to a combined 42 years in jail by a judge on Friday (Jul 31)...
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Alstom gains EU okay to acquire Bombardier’s rail business
France's Alstom SA clinched EU antitrust approval on Friday to acquire Canadian rival Bombardier Inc's rail business in a deal...
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France swelters under heatwave, putting firefighters on alert
PARIS: Intense heat spread across much of France on Friday (Jul 31) ahead of a heavy holiday travel weekend, prompting...
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SAP, Deutsche Telekom to build corona app gateway for European Commission
The European Commission said on Friday it had signed a contract for SAP and Deutsche Telekom to build a software...
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South Africa produces its first ventilators to fight COVID-19
CAPE TOWN: The first of thousands of South African-designed ventilators rolled off a Cape Town assembly line on Friday (Jul...
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How inequality and poverty undermined South Africa’s COVID-19 response
JOHANNESBURG: When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa's government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards...
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Germany puts three Spanish regions hit by COVID-19 on high-risk list
BERLIN: Germany will force people returning from three Spanish regions, including Catalonia, home to Barcelona, to go into quarantine or...
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COVID-19 surge? Warning light is flashing, UK PM Johnson says
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that a recent uptick in infections was a "warning light" which means he...
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Trump planning for US rollout of coronavirus vaccine falling short, officials warn
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump visits Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies' Innovation Center in Morrrisville, North Carolina WASHINGTON: As scientists and...
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Nokia shares jump after cull of low-margin business sees earnings beat
Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia reported an unexpected rise in its second-quarter underlying profit on Friday, amid the COVID-19...
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Australia unveils law forcing tech giants to pay for news
Australia unveiled a draft law Friday to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a...
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Buffett’s Berkshire boosts its stake in Bank of America to 11.8%
REUTERS: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Thursday (Jul 30) it has bought another US$522 million of stock in...
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North Korea returns to growth despite sanctions: Seoul
SEOUL: North Korea's sanctions-hit economy defied the impact of international restrictions to grow for the first time in three years...
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Dutch airline KLM says to shed up to 5,000 jobs due to coronavirus
THE HAGUE: Dutch airline KLM said Friday (Jul 31) it would shed up to 5,000 jobs due to a "crisis...
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‘Unlikely’ that New Zealand traveller en route to South Korea was infected with COVID-19 during transit in Singapore: MOH, CAAS
SINGAPORE: Initial investigations show that is “unlikely” that a traveller from New Zealand who had transited in Singapore en route...
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Google ad rebound offsets Alphabet’s first-ever sales drop
Google's ad sales have recovered since plummeting in March during the coronavirus pandemic, parent Alphabet Inc said on Thursday, easing...
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Philippines extends COVID-19 restrictions in Manila as cases surge
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (Jul 31) extended COVID-19 restrictions in the capital of Manila until mid-August and...
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Basketball: Players kneel during anthem as NBA restarts in Florida
ORLANDO: Players and coaches took a knee during the US national anthem as the NBA season restarted at Disney World...
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