ROME: Italy has authorised a boat operated by the Spanish NGO Open Arms to disembark 265 migrants, including 63 minors, in Porto Empedocle, on the southern Sicilian coast. The NGO’s vessel rescued 169 people in the Mediterranean on Dec. 31 and 96 on Jan. 2. They include at least fourteen women, one of them nine months…...
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Flight attendants fired recently by Hong Kong Airlines complained that they were short-changed, with more than 150 of them not receiving any compensation after their severance pay was offset by their retirement fund. The cash-strapped carrier fired around 250 staff last month, blaming the coronavirus pandemic. A concern group said in a survey of 167…...
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Apple has backtracked on threats to remove the popular utility app “Amphetamine” from the Mac App Store. According to the developer, Apple had threatened to remove the app over its name, saying that it violated guideline 1.4.3 related to “consumption of tobacco and vape products, illegal drugs, or excessive amounts of alcohol.” For those unfamiliar,…...
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A 30 year old UK man changed his name to Celine Dion over the Christmas period. Staffordshire native Thomas Dodd enjoyed a few vinos over Christmas, and woke up one morning to a mysterious letter. It seems that while drunk on Christmas Eve he changed his name, and emerged from his hangover as Mr Celine…...
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'I feel naked without it': 99 per cent of smartphone users experience 'nomophobia'New research suggests nearly all Australian smartphone users experience "nomophobia" – or fear of being without their mobile phones — and more than one in eight has severe symptoms associated with illegal or dangerous behaviour.A national survey of more than 2800 smartphone users…...
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Now that the federal government has begun the process of sending millions of Americans a new stimulus check for $600, scammers are out in force trying to do what they can to steal some or all of that money. The Better Business Bureau has set up a website containing information that people need to know…...
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The story of the pandemic is also a story about debt. One recent survey, conducted in October, found that more than a quarter of respondents had accumulated over $10,000 in new debts during the crisis. One in three had taken out a new credit card. An analysis from Philadelphia found a 70 percent increase from…...
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Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for December 31. I'm Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Send me feedback or tips at ljohnson@businessinsider.com For today's newsletter, the last of the year, we're recapping the year's biggest stories. The pandemic and…...
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Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of BARC India, produced at Killa Court in connection with Television Rating Points...
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Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger called out President Donald Trump's campaign fundraiser emails on Wednesday."Where I feel really bad is just the people that are, you know, struggling during the pandemic are giving President Trump's campaign money for this recount because they believe him, said Kinzinger during an interview with CNN's New Day."And it's just a…...
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