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Taxi operators facing bankruptcy in Japan hit 10-year high, according to survey
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The number of taxi operators going bankrupt in Japan has reached a 10-year-high, according to a new survey conducted by local business information provider, Tokyo Shoko Research. Surging energy costs and a shrinking manpower pool due to an ageing population were cited as major reasons for their bankruptcy. However, with the recovery of inbound travel, the…
Inflation in the West forces Vietnam factory lay-offs
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Lay-offs have swept through Vietnam’s manufacturing hubs as Western countries experience a drop in consumer demand. The purchasing power of shoppers in the United States and Europe, the two major Western markets for goods produced in Vietnam, has plummeted due to inflation and soaring energy costs caused by the war in Ukraine. Workers said their situation…
US Democrat senator slams Biden
West Virginia’s Joe Manchin has called out the US president for pledging to shut down America’s coal-fueled power plants US Senator Joe Manchin, one of the most powerful lawmakers in Joe Biden’s own Democrat party, has blasted the president for vowing to shut down America’s coal-fueled power plants, unleashing an unusually candid rebuke of the leader just three days before the congressional midterm elections. “President…
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Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest [...]
Two injured in a clash between Maldivians and Indians in Maldives led to the arrest of a Maldivian. Media reported the incident near Hulhumale's Central Park, around 7 km from [...]
QatarEnergy will pay China State Shipbuilding Corporation billions of US dollars for 18 tankers in a deal hailed as the industry’s biggest shipbuilding contract ever. [...]
