Japan’s influential trade ministry effectively colluded with Toshiba Corp’s management to influence shareholder’s votes on director nominees at last year’s annual general meeting, an independent probe has found. Discrediting the government’s efforts to improve corporate governance in Japan, the investigators’ report lays out how the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and …
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Thousands of Greeks protest ‘monstrous’ labour reform bill
Thousands of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday against government plans to overhaul labour laws which unions say will undermine workers’ rights and let companies bring in longer hours through the back door. Greece’s biggest private and public sector unions staged a day-long strike that brought public transport to a …
Read More »Mumbai building collapse in monsoon rain kills at least 11, mostly children
Building collapses are common in India during the June-September monsoon season when heavy rains weaken the foundations of structures that are poorly built. A three-story dilapidated building has collapsed following the first monsoon downpour in India’s Mumbai, killing at least 11 people, including eight children. Dozens of rescuers were clearing …
Read More »Mosquito hack cuts dengue fever by 77%
Dengue fever cases have been cut by 77% in a “groundbreaking” trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it, say scientists. They used mosquitoes infected with “miraculous” bacteria that reduce the insect’s ability to spread dengue. The trial took place in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia, and is being expanded in the …
Read More »Three Palestinian security officers killed as Israeli forces raid Jenin
Israeli army forces have raided the northern West Bank city of Jenin, fatally shooting three Palestinian security personnel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Adham Yasser Eleiwi, 23, and Tayseer Ayasa, 32, both members of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, were killed by Israeli army gunfire in Jenin early …
Read More »China arrests 1,100 over cryptocurrency money laundering
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part of a growing crackdown on the industry. The country’s bitcoin mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies, although trading in China is banned. Officials …
Read More »EU vows to shield itself from Chinese security threats, Michel says
European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday that the European Union was ready to stand up to aggressive actions by China and Russia, offering support to U.S. President Joe Biden on his first European tour. “We will defend ourselves against practices that pose security risks,” Michel told an online …
Read More »S.Korea pushes for military law change after soldier’s death over sexual abuse
South Korean lawmakers are pushing for reform to reduce the military’s judicial power after a female soldier who had suffered sexual abuse committed suicide, rekindling criticism of the military’s handling of sex crimes. An air force master sergeant, identified by her surname Lee, took her life last month after being …
Read More »Biden has a Brexit warning for Britain: Don’t imperil N.Irish peace
U.S. President Joe Biden will bring a grave Brexit warning to his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Prevent a row with the European Union from imperilling the delicate peace in Northern Ireland. On his first trip abroad since taking office in January, Biden meets Johnson on Thursday …
Read More »Some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray in famine -UN document
An analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates that about 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according to an internal U.N. document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Ethiopian government disputes the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, according to the notes …
Read More »India records world’s highest daily COVID-19 deaths after state revise numbers
India reported on Thursday the highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 in the world, at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. The health department of Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, revised …
Read More »Rockets hit US airbases in Iraq in separate attacks -officials
Rockets hit near U.S. forces and contractors in Iraq on Wednesday, including an air base north of Baghdad and a military base at Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi army and security officials said. The army reported at least three rockets hit Balad airbase, where U.S. contractors are based. Security officials …
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