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Lake Maracaibo: Venezuelans in run-down oil heartland hope Trumps plan will bring revival
“You can’t lose 22,000 technical people in a company and expect that nothing happens,” says Jorge, not his real name, who was dismissed at the time. He says the shake-up aimed to align the company with political priorities and that much of the experienced management resisted, ultimately losing their jobs.
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Why did China execute 11 members of the Myanmar Ming mafia family?
China has also prevailed on Thailand and Cambodia to extradite two Chinese business figures accused of running scam empires, She Zhijiang, who built an entire city in Myanmar’s war-torn Karen State, and Chen Zhi, who amassed wealth and power with his Prince Group conglomerate in Cambodia. The Chinese government has also brought tens of thousands…
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Pakistans crackdown on dissent about much more than Imran Khan
Dawn newspaper – the oldest in Pakistan, founded in 1941 by the country’s founding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah – has taken a financial hit for its reporting. In December, Dawn Media Group said it had been subject to an unannounced ban on government adverts, firstly on its newspaper, then on its TV and radio outlets,…
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Ive worn an Oura Ring for years, and this free data tool showed me results my app never has
Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Simple Wearable Report turns Oura data into a lab-style report. The free tool provides an option to upload to chatbots. You can use it to send to doctors or query an AI. Health trackers like Apple Watchesand Oura Ringsalready do a fine…
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Hong Kong firm, Elior Group sign deal to set up aircraft dismantling centre
A French aeronautics services company and a Hong Kong aviation engineering company signed a joint venture deal on Thursday to establish an aircraft dismantling and parts trading facility in the city, with operations targeted to begin within the year. But the project’s launch will hinge on the availability of a separate plot of land with…
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Venezuelan MPs approve bill to open up oil sector to private firms
The assembly, dominated by lawmakers who are allies of former president Nicolás Maduro, passed the bill with the backing of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed office after Maduro was seized in a US military operation earlier this month.
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Opinion | Trumps power politics is paving the way to a G2 world order with China
At Davos, US President Donald Trump declared he had “always had a very good relationship with President Xi” Jinping, calling the Chinese leader “an incredible man”, “highly respected by everybody”. Trump also praised TikTok’s decision to transfer parts of its US business to a consortium of US investors, thanking Xi on social media. This broadly…
