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No more 70-hour work weeks? China clamps down on 996 overtime culture
Amid mounting public backlash, court rulings, and employee fatigue, Chinese companies are slowly dismantling the once-glorified 996 culture in favour of legal work limits
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Donald Trump gives UK five-week deadline after reprieve on steel tariff
The longer UK steel and aluminum exports are subject to US tariffs the more questions will be raised about Starmer's decision to become the first country to settle with Trump
Trump calls Xi 'very tough' after accusing China of breaching trade pact
Donald Trump ramps up US-China tensions, alleging Beijing violated a May minerals agreement, as trade talks with Xi Jinping stall, fresh visa curbs stir diplomatic unease
Trump signs order hiking steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%, exempts UK
The order said that raising the existing tariffs would offer stronger support to domestic industries and help reduce or eliminate the national security threat posed by imports of steel, aluminium
China weighs ordering up to 500 Airbus jets during EU leaders' visit
The European planemaker rose as much as 2.3 per cent in early Paris trading. Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, which makes engines for Airbus's widebody aircraft, rose as much as 0.7 per cent in London
Boulder community to hold vigil after 12 injured in firebombing attack
A vigil was scheduled for Wednesday evening at the local Jewish community centre to support those impacted by the attack
China cracks down on illegal mining amid escalating US trade tensions
Beijing enforces tighter export controls and whole-chain oversight of critical minerals as US-China trade and technology disputes intensify
Salvador court convicts 3 ex-army officers in 1982 killing of 4 journalists
A jury made up of five women convicted the three men of murder in a lightning trial that began Tuesday morning in the northern city of Chalatenango
Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolts China, no casualties reported so far
According to the NCS, the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km, which makes it more likely to be followed by aftershocks
Who was Sana Yousaf, 17-year-old Pakistani influencer shot dead at home?
Sana Yousaf, 17, was shot dead in her Islamabad home by a visiting relative. Police are probing rejected advances and honour killing as possible motives
Strawberry Moon to hang lowest in decades - here's what makes it special
June's full moon, the last of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere, is also known as the Strawberry Moon. Here's all you need to know
US scientists warn that Donald Trump's cuts will set off a brain drain
As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability
Trump urges senators to sign his big bill of tax breaks into law by July 4
It's a potentially tumultuous three-week sprint for senators preparing to put their own imprint on the massive Republican package that cleared the House late last month by a single vote
FBI arrests Chinese researchers for smuggling lethal crop pathogen into US
US warns of agroterrorism threats after arresting a University of Michigan researcher and her partner for allegedly bringing a deadly fungus into the country
Google agrees to reforms in $500 mn antitrust settlement with shareholders
Google parent Alphabet will invest $500 million over a decade to overhaul compliance under a shareholder antitrust lawsuit
Israel targets Hamas in Gaza, rejects UN criticism over aid distribution
In one incident, forces struck a Hamas operative positioned near a weapons depot, triggering secondary explosions that confirmed the presence of stored munitions
Brazil's President Lula signs law to expand affirmative action policies
The changes apply to candidates applying for permanent and public employment positions across Brazil's federal administration, agencies, public foundations, public companies
Environmentalists slam Trump admin's push for oil, gas drilling in Alaska
Oil has been Alaska's economic lifeblood for decades, and Dunleavy has continued to embrace fossil fuels even as he has touted other energy opportunities in the state
Rockets fired from Syria for first time since Assad's fall, says Israel
Syrian state media reported that Israel shelled the western countryside of Syria's Daraa province after the rocket launch
Broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China, says US
The pathogen is known as Fusarium graminearum, which can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people, the FBI said in a court filing in Detroit
