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FILE PHOTO: A sign announces the manufacturing complex of Foxconn PCE Technology, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Asian firms eye Mexico as China risks grow
A sign announces the manufacturing complex of Foxconn PCE Technology, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. - REUTERS HONG KONG/TAIPEI/MEXICO CITY: Taiwan-based electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron are among companies eyeing new factories in Mexico, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, as the US-China trade war and coronavirus pandemic prompt firms to reexamine global supply chains. The plans could usher in billions of dollars in badly...
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Delta doubles cabin cleaners in 'pit stop' revamp, buys kits
CHICAGO: Delta Air Lines has doubled its staffing to handle revamped pre-flight "pit stops" for deeper cleaning and wants to ensure that tray tables and restroom door handles are germ-free with a new testing process, an executive told Reuters. Airlines' efforts to reassure travelers of their safety during the pandemic have spurred a behind-the-scenes scramble to complete the enhanced cleaning that they are promising without sacrificing...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2019, Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC. - Facebook on August 20 said its executives are fielding questions from the US Federal Trade Commission on an antitrust fact-finding mission. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Facebook to pay 104m euros in back taxes in France
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC. - AFP PARIS: Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website.Facebook was not immediately available for comment. The French Finance Ministry said it could not comment on individual...
Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (C) celebrates with teammates and the trophy after Bayern won the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon on August 23, 2020. (Photo by Manu Fernandez / POOL / AFP)
Bayern worthy winners of Champions League
LISBON: Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (C) celebrates with teammates and the trophy after Bayern won the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon. - AFP LISBON: It will be remembered as the strangest of Champions League seasons but it has ended with a familiar name on the trophy after Bayern Munich got the better of Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday's final...
Pakistan's Azhar Ali (L) makes his ground to avoid the run out attempt by England's Stuart Broad (R) on the third day of the third Test cricket match between England and Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southern England on August 23, 2020. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. NO ASSOCIATION WITH DIRECT COMPETITOR OF SPONSOR, PARTNER, OR SUPPLIER OF THE ECB
Rizwan adamant Pakistan can save Test
SOUTHAMPTON: Pakistan's Azhar Ali (L) makes his ground to avoid the run out attempt by England's Stuart Broad (R) on the third day of the third Test cricket match between England and Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southern England. - AFP SOUTHAMPTON: Mohammad Rizwan insisted all was far from lost for Pakistan after they were made to follow-on 310 runs behind in the third Test against England despite a superb unbeaten century from...
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - AUGUST 23: Takuma Sato of Japan celebrates winning the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 23, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year's race was run without fans in attendance due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images/AFP
Japan's Sato holds off Kiwi Dixon to win second Indy 500 crown
INDIANAPOLIS: Takuma Sato of Japan celebrates winning the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year's race was run without fans in attendance due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. - AFP WASHINGTON: Japan's Takuma Sato held off Scott Dixon over the final 20 laps Sunday to capture the 104th Indianapolis 500, taking his second Indy 500 victory after his first front-row start. The...
Aida Merhi, a resident of the badly-affected Karantina neighborhood of the Lebanese capital, shows her damaged house to the director of Medecins du Monde's (MDM) mental health programme on August 11, 2020, follow this month's earth-shaking explosion which killed more than 170 people and wounded more than 6,000. - MDM or Doctors of the World, an international charity, spent several days in the levelled Karantina district, overlooking blast site. Its staff knocked on doors in the area to offer residents free psychological support. In the first days after the explosion, residents were too busy seeking medical treatment or clearing debris from their homes. But as a kind of normality slowly returned, they seemed more ready to speak, Jouane told AFP. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Beirut faces mental health crisis after blast
BEIRUT: Aida Merhi, a resident of the badly-affected Karantina neighborhood of the Lebanese capital, shows her damaged house to the director of Medecins du Monde's (MDM) mental health program, after the earth-shaking explosion which killed over 170 people and wounded more than 6,000. - AFP BEIRUT: More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still...
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Angry Belarusian protesters defy army, flood the capital
MINSK: This grab taken from a video shows President Alexander Lukashenko holding an automatic rifle and wearing body armor as he arrives at his residence in Minsk, not far from where opposition protests are taking place. - AFP MINSK: Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk, briefly gathering near the president's residence,...
In this photo taken on August 7, 2020, a sign of the National University of Singapore is displayed at the campus entrance in Singapore. - Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticised as too lenient for their crimes. (Photo by Catherine LAI / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Singapore-justice-rights-gender, FOCUS by Catherine LAI
12 days for assault: Fury at weak penalties for attacks on women
SINGAPORE: A sign of the National University of Singapore is displayed at the campus entrance in Singapore. Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn. _ AFP SINGAPORE: Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticized as too lenient for their...
TOPSHOT - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (2L) walks at the International Airport in Bamako upon his arrival on August 22, 2020 next to by Malick Diaw (L), the Vice President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People). - A delegation of West African leaders headed by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan arrived in the Malian capital Bamako on August 22 on a mission to restore order after a military coup. (Photo by ANNIE RISEMBERG / AFP)
Mali junta agrees to free president, wants 3-year military rule
BAMAKO: Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (2nd left) walks at the International Airport in Bamako upon his arrival next to by Malick Diaw (left), the Vice President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People). – AFP BAMAKO: The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted president, a source in a visiting West African...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a face mask arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on August 24, 2020. - Abe earlier in the day returned to hospital on August 24 for more medical checks, a government spokesman said, a week after a first visit that fuelled growing speculation about his health. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Japan leader 'second hospital visit within days' sparks concern
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a face mask arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to take care of his health and do his utmost at his job, he said yesterday, after a second hospital visit within days sparked concern whether he could stay on as leader of the world's third biggest economy. The visit came as Japan's longest-serving prime minister surpassed a...
Water runs along the streets of Santo Domingo causing the collapse of houses on August 23, 2020 as Tropical Storm Laura batters the region. - Tropical Storm Laura hammered Hispaniola island with heavy rain killing at least three people in the Dominican Republic and five in Haiti, and was set to become a hurricane on Tuesday. (Photo by Erika SANTELICES / AFP)
Thousands evacuate; dueling storms take aim at US Gulf Coast
SANTO DOMINGO: Water runs along the streets of Santo Domingo causing the collapse of houses as Tropical Storm Laura batters the region. - AFP HOUSTON: Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to flee, and flooding roads in Haiti's capital, with damage across the region expected to worsen this week. Marco, which strengthened into...
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