Image copyright Getty Images Uber has closed a customer support office in downtown Los Angeles, laying off around 80 workers. Some of the roles are expected to be moved to the company’s operation in Manila in the Philippines. Most of the staff affected worked on liaising with drivers, processing documents and dealing with account issues. […]
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Now that the holidays are over, it’s the time for off-season deals in cities like Seattle, Boston and Dublin. The skies may be gray and the sidewalks slushy, but you’ll face fewer crowds in the museums, find tables at hot restaurants and have a better shot at getting those theater tickets everyone’s talking about. And
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DENVER — Jason Dickinson encountered quite a few bumps in the road on his route to the NHL. Good thing for his trusty truck. Dickinson was up and down between the Dallas Stars, and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Texas Stars, a total of 17 times during the 2017-18 season. Sometimes, the forward would
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When a rebellion rose against the Qaddafi government in 2011, prompting the intervention of the United States and NATO, Mr. Hifter returned to Libya, building up a powerful faction. In 2014, with an interim government in place after Colonel Qaddafi’s death, Mr. Hifter and his forces launched a broad offensive in Benghazi, Libya, called Operation
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s push to prevent China from dominating the market for advanced technologies has put it on a collision course with the same American companies it wants to protect. Firms that specialize in microchips, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other industries have grown increasingly alarmed by the administration’s efforts to restrict the flow
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The U.S. government is making good on its warning to Americans who chose to remain on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan: They can’t return home for at least two weeks after they come ashore By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer February 19, 2020, 12:31 AM 2 min read The U.S. government made
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The hosts of “Here to Make Friends” just want to talk it out. Peter Weber and Victoria Fuller dove headfirst into their latest argument during this episode of “The Bachelor.” If you’ve been disappointed with the pilot’s decision-making skills throughout the season, his actions this week won’t come as a shock. The drama involves country
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That possibility fuels organizations working to expand Israel’s tech sector, such as The Hybrid, which helps Arab-led start-ups scale up, and WMN, an advocacy and mentoring organization for women entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv and the north of Israel. Tech has also taken hold in Jerusalem, and is growing in Nazareth as well as cities near
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SHANGHAI — China has flooded cities and villages with battalions of neighborhood busybodies, uniformed volunteers and Communist Party representatives to carry out one of the biggest social control campaigns in history. The goal: to keep hundreds of millions of people away from everyone but their closest kin. The nation is battling the coronavirus outbreak with
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Artem Anisimov and Jean-Gabriel Pageau had two goals each as the Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 February 19, 2020, 6:41 AM 3 min read OTTAWA, Ontario — Artem Anisimov and Jean-Gabriel Pageau had two goals each as the Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Tuesday night. Vladislav Namestnikov, Drake Batherson and
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