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Amazon violated employees' rights by firing outspoken workers: Labour board

The National Labour Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year

Ex-diplomat named as US Global Covid coordinator to combat coronavirus

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a former veteran diplomat and humanitarian aid chief to be a special envoy for US coronavirus vaccine and prevention efforts

Eating our lunch: Joe Biden points to China in development push pitch

Biden and Democratic lawmakers direct Americans eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to overtake the United States in global clout and capacity

GameStop to sell up to 3.5 mn of shares 2 months after price sky-rocketed

Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer said Monday that it will sell up to 3.5 million of its shares with the price still vastly elevated.

Covid-19: Stores open in Greece amid virus surge to help rescue economy

Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in Covid-19 infections, as the country battled to emerge from deep recession

Taiwan investigators ask public for photos of train wreck that killed 50

Prosecutors investigating Taiwan's worst railway disaster in seven decades appealed to the public Monday for any photographs they may have taken of the crash that killed at least 50 people last week

Kosovo gets new president, its second female leader in the post-war period

Lawmakers in Kosovo elected and swore in a new president Sunday for a five-year term, the Balkan nation's second female leader

Jordanian King Abdullah II sends tough message on dissent in royal family

Jordanian authorities said Sunday they foiled a malicious plot by a former crown prince to destabilise the kingdom with foreign support

Europe ramps up vaccinations as coronavirus haunts Easter holidays

The main stadium in the French city of Lyon opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend

Heavy rainfall trigger landslide, floods in Indonesia; 44 people dead

Landslides and flash floods from torrential rains in eastern Indonesia killed at least 44 people and displaced thousands, a disaster relief agency said Sunday. Several others were still missing

Florida declares emergency evacuation after leak at wastewater pond

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters.

Ukraine coronavirus cases: Daily high of 20,000 virus cases reported

Ukraine recorded a new daily high of more than 20,000 coronavirus cases

Vaccine passport efforts draw opposition from US Republican lawmakers

Republicans are portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices

Aiming big, US President Biden is looking to restore faith in government

As Biden preaches patience but acts with urgency, his vision of the powers of the Oval Office is quickly taking shape

Myanmar death toll mounts to 550 amid protests, military crackdown

The civilian death toll in the crackdown by the Myanmar junta has reached 550 since the Feb. 1 coup, a human rights group said Saturday.

Police officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran

A US Capitol Police officer who died Friday after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade was identified as an 18-year veteran of the force

John Krafcik, CEO of Google's self-driving car spinoff steps down

The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job.

Myanmar military cuts wireless internet services amidst coup protests

Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military

Traffic congestion eases further in Suez Canal after ship unblocked

The traffic congestion caused by a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week continued to ease on Friday

Tokyo Games organizers: No decision yet on Osaka rerouting torch relay

A decision has not yet been reached on rerouting the Olympic torch relay later this month around the city of Osaka