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More pain for German car industry as Daimler axes 10,000 jobs

7:46 pm November 29, 2019

Frankfurt Am Main: Luxury automaker Daimler said Friday it would scrap at least 10,000 jobs worldwide, the latest in a wave of layoffs to hit the stuttering German car industry as it battles with a costly switch to electric. The Mercedes-Benz maker said it wanted to save 1.4 billion euros (USD 1.5 billion) in staff […]

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’

10:52 am November 19, 2019

Washington: The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won’t be easily forgotten. I’ve never seen anything like this, Holmes told Trump impeachment investigators, someone calling the President from a mobile phone at a restaurant, and then having a conversation […]

Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes

7:27 pm November 18, 2019

Venice: One of only four oar makers for Venice’s famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing of any help from national or local institutions. “If these phenomena continue to repeat themselves, you have to think about how to defend yourself,” he says. […]

Pope decries that ‘greed of a few’ worsens poverty of others

10:24 pm November 17, 2019

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday decried that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor and lamented the lack of concern about growing income gaps between the haves and have-nots. Francis celebrated a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica dedicated to heightening awareness about poor people worldwide. “We go […]

Two killed in Ukraine ammunition depot blasts

11:19 pm November 15, 2019

Kiev: Two Ukrainian mining engineers were killed and another four injured in blasts at an arms depot in eastern Ukraine near rebel-held territory, officials said Friday. Ukraine’s army said the explosions occurred during a planned disposal of outdated ammunition at a military base near the city of Kharkiv. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed […]