Chinese hotels and restaurants are seeking employees amid demand recovery in the services sector after the end of Beijing’s zero-COVID protocols, with a survey by a leading recruiter showing a surge in job openings in the hospitality industry. During the first six days of work after China’s Lunar New Year …
Read More »FDA warns of bacterial contamination in Indian manufacturer’s eyedrops
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against using an eye drop made in India that has been linked to the outbreak of a drug-resistant bacteria leading to adverse events in at least 55 patients in the United States including infections, blindness and one death. The agency said …
Read More »Italy bans popular AI app from collecting users’ data
Italy’s Data Protection Agency said on Friday it was prohibiting artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika from using the personal data of Italian users, citing risks to minors and emotionally fragile people. Replika, a San Francisco startup launched in 2017, offers users customized avatars that talk and listen to them. …
Read More »Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murdering 3
A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three others were convicted of carrying out the murders in 2016, in one of a series of cases of alleged police brutality and …
Read More »Bus overturns in Slovenia resulting in the death of 3, injuring more
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 3 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A bus carrying Romanian citizens traveling to Italy overturned early Friday in northeastern Slovenia, killing three people and injuring several others, authorities said. The accident happened around …
Read More »South Korean court sentences former justice minister to 2 years for abusing his power
A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a former justice minister, Cho Kuk, to two years in prison, after he was found guilty of creating fake credentials to help his children get into prestigious schools, a scandal that rocked the country’s previous government and sparked huge protests. Cho was also …
Read More »German freight train accident kills a 10-year-old boy, critically injures another child
One boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a freight train in western Germany, police said Friday. The boys, ages 9 and 10, were hit by the train in Recklinghausen, in the Ruhr industrial region, on Thursday evening. The elder boy died while the younger …
Read More »Mexico plans to accelerate its push toward renewable energy as global energy costs rise
Mexico was pushed to accelerate its turn toward renewable energy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year drove a sharp increase in global energy costs, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said late Thursday. Ebrard made the comments after taking dozens of foreign diplomats to see a massive new solar …
Read More »Guantanamo Bay detainee Majid Khan resettled to Belize
US officials have found a country to take in a notorious Guantánamo detainee who finished his shortened sentence last year. Majid Khan, 42, has been released from Guantánamo Bay and transported by the U.S. Navy to Belize. US TO RELEASE AL QAEDA OPERATIVE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY Majid Khan was sentenced …
Read More »American tourist arrested for vandalizing Jesus statue at Old City church in Jerusalem
Israeli police arrested an American tourist who allegedly vandalized a statue in a Jerusalem church in the Old City. “We take very seriously damage to religious institutions and sites,” an Israeli police spokesperson said in a statement. “The police will continue to act against acts of violence and vandalism in …
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