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Trapped, abandoned: Filipino workers lured to Poland by shadowy agents

Posted by March 27, 2024

Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities. On a bitterly cold night in February, Robby* was finishing up his shift on a production

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Djokovic, Ivanisevic split after 12 Grand Slam victories

Posted by March 27, 2024

The world number one ends a hugely successful, seven-year partnership with coach Goran Ivanisevic.World number one Novak Djokovic has ended his highly successfu

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Donald Trump’s social media company soars in Wall Street debut

Posted by March 27, 2024

Trump Media & Technology Group closes 16 percent higher, giving the company a market capitalisation of nearly $8bn.Shares of former Donald Trump’s social

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Malaysia’s airport fee hikes leave bad taste in travellers’ mouths

Posted by March 27, 2024

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Entrepreneur Jehan Abu Bakar is fuming that she will soon have to pay more in airport fees whenever she flies from her home in Malays

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China’s Xi meets foreign business leaders amid jitters over economy

Posted by March 27, 2024

Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese President Xi Jinping met with American business leaders and academics at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, state media has report

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Visa, Mastercard reach $30bn settlement over credit card fees

Posted by March 26, 2024

Merchants have long accused the payment network of charging inflated ‘swipe fees’ when shoppers use their cards.Visa and Mastercard have reached an estimate

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Retailer and supplier charged over sale of ‘Allah’ socks in…

Posted by March 26, 2024

The socks were found in a store on the outskirts of the capital prompting outrage among Muslims who regard the product as insulting.A Malaysian court has charge

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Six still missing after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

Posted by March 26, 2024

Six workers are missing and presumed dead following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the United States city of Baltimore, as authorities called a

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‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in…

Posted by March 26, 2024

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to carry his fe

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‘Feel less and less like playing’: Vinicius Jr in tears…

Posted by March 26, 2024

Real Madrid winger says he ‘will stay because that way the racists can continue to see my face more and more’.Brazilian winger Vinicius Jr broke down in tea

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Former China football chief given life sentence for ‘huge’ bribery

Posted by March 26, 2024

Chen Xuyuan’s sentencing concludes a wide-ranging anticorruption probe involving top football officials in China.The former chief of China’s national footba

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‘Eyes of the world on us’: Boeing shakes up leadership…

Posted by March 26, 2024

Seattle, United States – For those watching developments at Boeing, the question was not whether there was going to be a shake-up at the top, but when. When B

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