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Continental to cut jobs, close factories in restructuring exercise
FRANKFURT: Continental AG mapped out a sweeping restructuring plan set to last a decade that will affect as many as 20,000 jobs worldwide, part of the German manufacturer’s effort to restore profits while enduring sluggish vehicle production in key markets.
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UK’s Johnson goads opponents to call for election after court drubbing
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson taunted his rivals on his return to Parliament today, goading them to either bring down the government or get out of the way to allow him to deliver Brexit. Waving his arms and yelling “come
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Transcript confirms Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Biden
US President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in coordination with the US attorney general and Trump’s personal lawyer, according to a summary of a momentous telephone call released by the
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Netanyahu tasked by Israel’s president to form new government
JERUSALEM: Israel’s president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election. But right-wing Likud party chief Netanyahu, facing a looming indictment on corruption
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Dr M: Me, anti-Semitic? I’m just exercising free speech
NEW YORK: Accused of being anti-Semitic, Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad contends that he is merely exercising his right to free speech when commenting on the Jews. “Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews
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Amazon fires: Bolsonaro accuses media of ‘lying’
UNITED NATIONS: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the media yesterday for “lying” about the fires in the Amazon and criticised international concern for the rainforest as fuelled by interest in the region’s biodiversity and mineral wealth. A day after shunning
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Thunberg returns fire after Trump’s Twitter taunt
UNITED NATIONS: Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg yesterday shot back at US President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump’s taunting remark. Late on Monday Trump
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House begins Trump impeachment inquiry over call to Ukraine leader
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US House of Representatives yesterday launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, accusing him of seeking foreign help to smear Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of next year’s election. The inquiry ensures a partisan
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Supreme Court rules Johnson suspended Parliament unlawfully
LONDON: The UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday that prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down Parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, but a defiant prime minister said he disagreed and vowed that Britain would leave the EU
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Dr M: Let’s end Rohingya’s suffering now
NEW YORK: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it now. Speaking at his first engagement since
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