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China redoubles first-aid for its economy with support for banks and workers

Sep. 26, 2024 07:14 AM EDT

China is redoubling its first-aid for its economy, targeting banks, workers and poor families as the ruling Communist Party prepares to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Unconfirmed reports Thursday by the South China Morning Post and Bloomberg...

Pope marvels at Singapore's skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant workers not be forgotten

Sep. 12, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the...

Rains wash out a highway in China's Tibet region, stranding 130 people

Jul. 10, 2024 04:41 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday for more than 130 people including some tourists who were trapped in a mountainous town in China's Tibet region after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway, China's state media said. Those trapped...

Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment

Jul. 02, 2024 21:00 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled to death when his arm was cut off by a piece of farm equipment. The landowner abandoned the bleeding worker and failed to call an ambulance,...