China, Taiwan resume direct flights TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AFP) - China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in the cross-strait relations. Taiwan, China set to launch historic weekend flights TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan and China, political rivals for six decades, will launch direct weekend charter flights on Friday, potentially letting millions of tourists visit the island in a historic move heralding a further warming of relations. Employers cut jobs for 6th straight month WASHINGTON - Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.
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