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USA Danimarca Regno Unito
Uber defends business model at UK tribunal on worker rights
Uber told a British employment appeal tribunal yesterday its drivers were self-employed, not workers entitled to a range of benefits, less than a week after it heard it would lose its London licence. The US ride-hailing service has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi ...
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USA Regno Unito
US move against Bombardier risks reprisals
Dispute over new jet threatens trade war that drags in Canada and UK
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Malta
10 illegal bird trapping sites unveiled
Ten trapping sites with active clap nets have been discovered by the Committee Against Bird Slaughter since mid-August, despite the season being closed. It said most of the sites were located in the south, with four very large sites found in the fields around Żurrieq and Safi. CABS wildlife crime officer Fiona ...
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Giappone Kuwait
Malaysia bans all citizens from travelling to North Korea
Malaysia has banned its citizens from travelling to North Korea as the country faces increasing diplomatic pressure over its weapons programmes. The foreign ministry announced the ban in a statement on Thursday and said it would last until further notice. The travel ban could affect an Asian Cup qualifier football match between ...
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Malta
Main market v Prospects
In February 2016, the Malta Stock Exchange launched Prospects to offer small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) an alternative source of raising finance through the capital market. Since its launch, there have been five issuers on Prospects and many investors may be questioning the difference between the main market and prospects. Today’s ...
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Malta
CABS operation unveils 10 cases of illegal bird trapping
While the European Court of Justice is expected to decide any moment about the future of finch trapping on Malta, poachers continue to trap protected bird species during the closed season, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) said. In the last six weeks members of the organisation have conducted ...
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USA Malta
Hunting illegalities: PM not closing season, says he can’t take decision on his own
Despite the mounting number of hunting illegalities, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday skirted around questions on whether he would close down the hunting season by telling journalists that recent amendments to the law mean that he cannot take that decision unilaterally.With more than six protected birds confirmed shot since the ...
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Malta
TMID Editorial: Public access to public property - FKNK shoots itself in the foot
In having pressed charges against a BirdLife activist for trespassing in Miżieb, the FKNK hunting lobby has ended up shooting itself in the foot. And by having chosen to open the can of worms that is the hunting federation’s supposed rights over the whole of Miżieb and L-Aħrax tal-Mellieħa, two areas ...
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Giappone Albania
Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for a snap election on Oct. 22.Abe is widely seen as trying to reconsolidate his grip on power within the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party, so he can extend the term of his premiership next year. The ...
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Cina India USA Regno Unito
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91
Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91.Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family ...