Tom Hanks Sparks Quarantine Debate in Queensland, Australia
The return of oscar winning actor Tom Hanks to Australia sparked a debate in Queensland聽parliament on Sept. 9 between Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Liberal National Party parliamentarians over Queensland’s mandatory quarantine program. American Actor, Hanks, 64 arrived at Coolangatta’s Gold Coast Airport in Queensland on Sept. 8 to resume filming for director Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, five months of testing positive for COVID-19. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles and Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young arrive at a press conference to give an update on Queensland COVID-19 Border Controls in Brisbane, Australia on June 30, 2020. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)It was expected that Hanks would undergo mandatory hotel quarantine like all new arrivals. However, an exemption to the rule enables industry groups like the…
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics has decided to cease production at its only TV factory in China by the end of November, a spokesman said on Monday, the latest in a series of moves by the South Korean firm to shift production from the world’s second-largest economy.
The TV factory in Tianjin is the only Samsung Electronics TV production base in China, the spokesman said. The decision is part of “ongoing efforts to enhance efficiency” in its production facilities, Samsung said in a statement earlier.
The factory has about 300 workers, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. Samsung declined to comment on the number of workers, but said some of the workers and equipment are expected to be retained.
The latest exit leaves Samsung Electronics in China with a home appliance factory in Suzhou and chip production facilities in Suzhou and Xian.
The decision follows Samsung Electronics’s display unit confirming separately last week that it is selling off a majority stake in its Suzhou liquid crystal display (LCD) production unit to TCL Technology Group Corp’s Star Optoelectronics Technology unit.
Samsung Display said in March it decided to end all of its production of LCD panels in South Korea and China by the end of this year.
In August, Samsung said it will halt operations of its last computer factory in China.
Focus News: Samsung to Stop Production at Sole China TV Factory by November
Fire Destroys Overcrowded Greek Refugee Camp, Forces Thousands to Flee
LESBOS, Greece鈥擳housands of migrants fled fires on Wednesday that tore through an overcrowded camp under coronavirus lockdown on Greece’s island of Lesbos. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called ministers to an emergency meeting but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The fire broke out at Moria camp just after midnight Tuesday, fire officials said. By early morning, most of Moria was a smouldering mass of burnt containers and tents, with a few people picking through the debris for their possessions, television footage showed. The European Union stood ready to assist Greece “in these difficult times”, European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas said in a tweet after speaking to Mitsotakis. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. Authorities were investigating whether there was arson. Moria was “probably totally destroyed”, Migration…
