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In a press statement released on Friday, financially-embattled State-owned defence industrial group Denel reported that it was trying to get an extension to the court-ordered deadline for it to pay its workers their full salaries. In a judgment handed down on August 4, the Labour Court had ordered Denel to pay all outstanding employee salaries and other obligations by August 7 (Friday).  Denel had failed to meet its salary and other financial obligations towards its staff during May, June and July. Читать дальше...

JD Wetherspoon has written to its head office staff to say that nearly a third of them risk losing their jobs amid a round of cuts at the pub chain. The company said that 110 to 130 of the 417 roles in its head office could be made redundant as it scales back its expansion.

According to an order issued by the excise department on Thursday, liquor shops in the city will now open from 10 am to 10 pm instead of the earlier timing of 10 am to 9 pm.

JDS Supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday greeted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for his party's landslide victory in the island nation's parliamentary elections

Gilead's remdesivir to be tested with Merck KGaA's interferon vs. COVID by NIH

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Last night, the Trump administration issued a pair of stunning executive orders against Chinese technology companies, banning US transactions with the companies after a deadline of September 20th. Most of the immediate focus has been on TikTok, which was targeted through its parent company ByteDance — but the second order could have a far more unpredictable impact, targeting text app WeChat and its parent company Tencent.

Ann Heron’s murder at her home near Darlington is the only unsolved murder in the county for 70 years.

Experts weigh in on the practical value of air cleaners to address COVID-19 and other problems. Here's what they said.

Burning Man has launched a website called Kindling, where Burners can get a taste of the event virtually. There's also a drive-thru art show for those who are missing all the action

Clubs in English football’s second tier were spending more on wages than they were earning before the pandemic.

The Kinloss-based P-8 Poseidon monitored the ship in its first operational mission.

08/07/2020 News & Commentary – National Security

News & commentary by Dave Maxwell. Edited and published by Daniel Riggs.         

“We urge Vice President Biden to choose her to join the ticket," the announcement reads.

The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus has jumped by 98.

Saad Aljabri claims in a lawsuit that Mohammed bin Salman dispatched a hit squad to kill him in Canada

The political scientist assessed the possible prospects for a way out of this situation. According to political expert Semyon Uralov, the main responsibility rests with those people who, using their authority and status as an expert, political scientist and observer, dispersed the version about “PMCs” and “Russian trace”. “It was these people who tried to […]

Although many Republican lawmakers are still wary of crossing President Donald Trump, many of them are no longer quite so eager to be seen as his staunch defenders. The Los Angeles Times reports that the president has shown “little interest” in twisting Republicans’ arms on passing a new economic relief package during the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Neil Lennon bids to bolster the Premiership champions' attack.

Jeffrey Epstein “sex slave” Virginia Giuffre claimed that sex with foot-licking fetishist Prince Andrew was “the longest 10 minutes of my life,” according to a new report. Giuffre made the lurid claim in a manuscript for “The Billionaire’s Playboy Club’” — her memoir about her alleged abuse at the hands of the late multimillionaire, his...

Some students who are studying abroad are currently experiencing difficulties when trying to return to their universities.

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