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Foxconn worker falls to death in China
A Foxconn worker fell to his death in China, the company which assembles products for Apple said Thursday, following a series of fatalities that sparked concern about conditions at its plants. The 23-year-old, identified only by his surname Xie, fell from his rented apartment in the southwest Chinese city of…
Armstrong banned from Nice Ironman: organisers
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will be denied entry to the Nice leg of the Ironman series due to an ongoing doping investigation into the American, the event organisers said Thursday. Armstrong, whose career has been dogged by unfounded allegations of doping, is the subject of fresh allegations…
Amnesty says Syria committing crimes against humanity
Syria is committing crimes against humanity as part of state policy to exact revenge against communities suspected of supporting rebels, Amnesty International said in a report. The London-based rights group called for an international response after claiming it had fresh evidence that victims, including children, had been dragged from their…
British PM says politicians and press ‘too close’
British Prime Minister David Cameron said ties between politicians and the media had become “too close” as he began giving evidence on Thursday to a public inquiry into press ethics. “It has been too close and I think we need to try and get it on a better footing,” Cameron…
Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs globally by end of 2013
Finland’s Nokia, one of the world’s biggest mobile phone makers, on Thursday cut its outlook and said it planned 10,000 job cuts by the end of 2013 amid massive additional cost-saving measures. “These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure…
Shell scraps biofuels plan over Brazil native land
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Shell subsidiary that makes biodiesel in Brazil has dropped controversial plans to buy sugar cane grown on land taken from indigenous people, according to Survival International. The company, Raizen, was set up in 2010 by Shell and Brazil’s biofuels giant Cosan to make biofuel from…
Man awarded $25 million for workplace racial harassment
NEW YORK — A US jury has awarded $25 million in damages to an employee of ArcelorMittal, a Luxembourg-based steel company, who for years endured racial harassment at his workplace, his lawyer said. Elijah Turley, an African-American, had testified in a three-week trial that racial slurs and other incidents from…
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