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World / 17 February 2016
Unions outraged at cull of 7k Bombardier jobs
Announcement could shove 1,000 Northern Irish workers onto the dole queue
James Tweedie
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September 3, 2026
Ukraine Invasion / 3 September 2026
Russia to close German cultural centres after Germany does the same following Leipzig Airport incident
3 September 2026
South Asia / 3 September 2026
Survivors of Nepal floods struggling to obtain essential medicines
3 September 2026
North Africa / 3 September 2026
Algerian firefighters still struggling against deadly wildfires
3 September 2026

Disaster prompts president to lift moratorium on death penalty, a move human rights groups say is ‘a retreat into barbarism’

Western Europe / 3 September 2026
Moroccan authorities not behind deadly mass border crossing in Ceuta, Spanish PM says
3 September 2026
Six Counties / 3 September 2026
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3 September 2026
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TRADE unions slammed engineering firm Bombardier yesterday after it announced 7,000 job cuts worldwide, with 1,080 in Northern Ireland.

 

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