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2 mn readNippon Steel and US Steel are suing the US government over blocking a takeover, claiming that President Joe Biden “ignored the rule of law to gain favor” with trade unions. The two companies also alleged that Biden, who is entering the last weeks of his presidency, stopped Nippon Steel buying US Steel to pursue his […]
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< 1 mn readew Orleans authorities are responding to a “mass casualty incident” in which at least 10 people have died and 30 have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the city’s bustling Bourbon Street area during the early hours of New Year’s Day. A spokesperson for the New Orleans Police Department confirmed initial […]
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2 mn readThe official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., the White House confirmed Monday. The Carter Center releases a statement saying the family has accepted an invitation from Congress for Carter, who died Sunday at 100, to lie in state at the Capitol […]
Continue reading "‘An exceptional man’: Jimmy Carter state funeral set for Jan. 9. Live updates"2 mn readWall Street’s main indexes were subdued in light trading volumes on Thursday, as rising yields limited gains in equities, while investors looked for a year-end boost from the so-called Santa Claus rally. Yields on U.S. government bonds inched higher across the board, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR hitting its highest since early May […]
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6 mn readFrom Colombia’s upcycled sewer pipes to spheres suspended in the sky in Canada, capsule hotels have been reinvented for a new generation of travellers. By night, the world’s first capsule hotel (founded in Osaka, Japan in 1979) must have looked like a morgue, with neat rows of narrow sleeping capsules each containing a recumbent body. […]
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4 mn readTicking is the predominant sound inside Bala Muhammad’s tiny watch-repair shop, tucked away on a bustling street in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. It is like a time capsule from a different era with numerous clocks hanging on the wall and small tables at the entrance full of his tools and watches in various […]
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