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International relations WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange gives an interview on Australian radio as his attempt to gain political asylum in Ecuador continues. (The Guardian) South China Sea dispute: China criticizes Vietnam for passing a law that claims sovereignty of the Spratly Islands. (The Sydney Morning Herald) China asks the Philippines to refrain from "influencing public opinion ...
Business and economics World stock markets [which?] hit their lowest level in 2012. (The Guardian) Health Gonorrhoea soars in England. (BBC) International relations China arrests a security ministry official on suspicion of spying for the United States; the official is reported to have been blackmailed by the CIA. (BBC) The Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan begin direct trading. (Yomiuri ...
Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha, it was invented by Italian engineer Luigi Di Ponti in 1933 [3] [4] [5] who sold the patent to Alfonso Bialetti, an aluminum vendor. It quickly became one of the staples of Italian culture. Bialetti Industries continues to produce the original model under the trade name "Moka Express".
In 1933, Bialetti founded the brand and focused on manufacturing moka pots. The company was later operated by his son Renato Bialetti. [3] After a period of crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, Bialetti merged with Rondine Italia in 1993 [4] and founded a new company named Bialetti Industrie S.p.A., based in Brescia. [5]
Business and economics Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. (RTE) Air France announces its decision to cut just under 10% of the total workforce (more than 5,000 jobs) by the end of next year in an attempt to restore profitability. (BBC) Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 15 major world banks: UK (The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and ...
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One of the best post-Christmas sales we look forward to every year is Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale, which typically kicks off the day after Christmas and lasts for a couple of weeks.Ring in the ...
[22] 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. 2012 – A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.