US airline Delta will offer $30,000 to each passenger on a plane that crashed as it landed at Toronto airport this week, the carrier told AFP on Wednesday. “This gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights” of passengers, a company spok…
New deficit assessment brings French pension reform back on negotiating table
France’s independent public audit office shared its assessment of the pension system deficit with Prime Minister François Bayrou this Thursday. This is the starting point of a renegotiation of the 2023 pension reform which raised the legal retirement …
Cambodian farmers risk lives for rice as U.S. freezes demining aid
by Suy SEEleven-year-old Yeat Saly lies in a hospital bed, a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forehead — one of the many injuries inflicted by an old mortar he found near his village in Cambodia.Parts of the kingdom are still littered with unexploded …
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar – The Associated Press
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar The Associated PressTens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says The GuardianChi…
Maersk launches hunt for next haul of LNG dual-fuel container ships
Chinese shipbuilders in frame for second round of newbuildings
Maersk launches hunt for next haul of LNG dual-fuel box container ships
Chinese shipbuilders in frame for second round of newbuildings
Unveiling Iran’s resistance: Meet those taking a stand against the regime
More than two years have gone by since mass “Woman, Life, Freedom” demonstrations erupted in Iran following the death of Kurdish student Mahsa Amini. She was killed by the Iranian morality police for a few strands of hair escaping from her veil. Recen…
Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$38.6B, the fastest growth in over a year and above ~$38B est., and a ~$6.7B net income, as AI boosts its business (Bloomberg)
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Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$38.6B, the fastest growth in over a year and above ~$38B est., and a ~$6.7B net income, as AI boosts its business — – Revenue beats estimates thanks to strong growth in cloud arm&…
Kylian machine: Mbappé fires Madrid’s Champions League rout of Manchester City
France skipper Kylian Mbappé was hailed in sports newpapers in France and Spain on Thursday for a dazzling hat trick in Real Madrid’s 3-1 destruction of Manchester City in the second leg of their play-off to reach the last-16 Champions League.