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“The national immigration authorities have, with immediate effect, suspended the issuance of visas for Korean and Japanese citizens and the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy for South Korean and Japanese citizens,” China’s National Immigration Administration said in a statement. Travellers from scores of countries are eligible for 72-hour visa-free transit through China if they can show proof of pending travel to a third country, with some eligible for a 144-hour stay in certain cities and provinces. That policy was complicated by the pandemic, with China requiring all inbound travellers to undergo mandatory quarantines – a requirement lifted on Sunday. Tokyo said…

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A South Korean manufacturer plans to spend $2.5bn to expand solar power equipment production in the US state of Georgia, a sign that billions of dollars of green subsidies passed by Democrats are sparking new clean energy investment.The move by Hanwha Q Cells to build more solar panels and components in the southern state will mark the largest foreign direct investment in US solar manufacturing, according to fDi Markets. It comes as lawmakers attempt to rebuild the American industrial base and make supply chains less reliant on imports from China.The $369bn climate, healthcare and tax law signed by President Joe…

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to meet one-on-one with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Wednesday as he wraps up his time at the North American Leaders’ Summit. Trudeau begins the day with a keynote speech on the relationship between Canada and Mexico, easily the most overlooked bilateral dynamic on a continent far more seized with relations that involve the United States.The two leaders are to sign a declaration on Indigenous co-operation before Trudeau holds a news conference before departing for Ottawa.If Tuesday was any indication, the afternoon schedule may need to be flexible.Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden stared…

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Stephanie Shore says every room in her flat in Cambridge is covered in mould, and the dripping wet carpets leave her too ashamed to allow anyone to enter her homeA despairing mum says the filthy condition of her flat has left her sleeping on the sofa with her children as she refuses to have anyone over because of the embarrassing state of her home. Stephanie Shore says the mould is “destroying” her – and says it’s causing health problems for her and her kids. The parent feels “abandoned” Cambridge City Council as she deals with dripping wet carpets and terrible…

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Departing flights across the United States were grounded Wednesday morning after the Federal Aviation Administration said it had experienced a computer outage. The FAA said later Wednesday morning it had ordered all airlines to pause domestic departures until 9 a.m. ET. More than 3,700 flights within, to and out of the U.S. were delayed as of around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the online flight tracker FlightAware. Nearly 560 flights were listed as canceled.Click here to follow the live coverage.The FAA said on its website that its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system had “failed.” NOTAM contains information essential to workers…

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United Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport on July 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesA U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage is leading to delays at airports across the country due to ‘ground stops’, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said on Wednesday.The FAA said that it was working to restore a system that alerts pilots to hazards and changes to airport facilities and procedures that had stopped processing updated information.”The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system following an outage. While some functions are beginning…

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