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Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon to be sentenced for fraud
Singapore (AFP) - The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company will be sentenced Monday for cheating banking giant...
Boeing strike will hurt Ethiopian Airlines growth: CEO
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Africa's biggest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, is feeling the effects of a bitter seven-week strike at plane maker Boeing,...
Jeff Beck guitar collection to go under the hammer in January
London (AFP) - A collection of guitars and other musical equipment owned by influential rock guitarist Jeff Beck will go...
Stiff business: Berlin startup will freeze your corpse for monthly fee
Berlin (AFP) - Becca Ziegler is only 24, but she already has her death planned out: her corpse will be...
Satirical US outlet The Onion buys conspiracy site Infowars
Washington (AFP) - Satirical news outlet The Onion said Thursday it had acquired Infowars, a conspiracy-laden website whose owner made...
Workers stage walkout at US maker of Fallout video game
San Francisco (AFP) - Hundreds of US workers at the video game giant behind Fallout staged a one-day strike Wednesday...
UK’s The Guardian stops posting on ‘toxic media platform’ X
London (AFP) - Britain's The Guardian newspaper announced Wednesday it would no longer post content from its official accounts on...
7-Eleven owner announces counter-bid to foreign buyout
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Wednesday its founding family had offered a counter-bid to a takeover...
Australian airlines cancel Bali flights after volcano erupts
Jakarta (AFP) - Several Australian airlines on Wednesday cancelled their flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali,...
7-Eleven owner considers going private to avoid foreign buyout: reports
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is considering going private by buying back its own shares in a...
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