VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the tiny nun who cared for the poorest of the poor one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors just two decades after her death. The Vatican said Friday that Francis …
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China’s counterfeiters aided by Western firms’ weak response
WENZHOU, China (AP) – Alex Theil lost his innocence the day an envelope landed on his desk. It was filled with money from a counterfeiter of Toyota auto parts he’d busted, mistakenly delivered to him by a lawyer hired to help with the raid. Theil was running the office of …
Read More »Volume, quality of Chinese fakes challenge US customs agents
NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. is not winning the fight against potentially dangerous fakes, as corrupt investigators in China help counterfeiters perfect their art and make it easier for counterfeit goods to enter global supply chains. Seizures of counterfeits that can be harmful – including auto parts, semiconductors, and …
Read More »Beijing issues 2nd smog red alert of the month
BEIJING (AP) – China’s capital Beijing issued its second smog red alert of the month on Friday, triggering vehicle restrictions and forcing schools to close. A wave of smog is due to settle over the city of 22.5 million from Saturday to Tuesday. Levels of PM2.5, the smallest and deadliest …
Read More »Portrait of slavery: Fisherman jailed for wanting to go home
BENJINA, Indonesia (AP) – For the past year, The Associated Press has investigated slave labor in Thailand’s $7 billion seafood export industry, resulting in the freeing of more than 2,000 fishermen. This week, the AP came out with another investigation looking at slavery in shrimp processing sheds in Thailand. This …
Read More »Apple names Jeff Williams as chief operating officer
Apple named Jeff Williams as its chief operating officer Thursday, a job that hasn’t been filled since Tim Cook left the position more than four years ago to become CEO. Williams has worked at Apple for about 17 years and supervised the launch of the Apple Watch, which went on …
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