The Federal Trade Commission voted to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the last days of the Biden administration that accused PepsiCo of offering sweetheart pricing to big retailers. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson dissented to the…
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United Airlines reaches ‘industry-leading’ labor deal with flight attendants, union says
by adminUnited Airlines reached an “industry-leading” tentative labor deal for its 28,000 flight attendants, their union said Friday. The deal includes “40% of total economic improvements” in the first year and retroactive pay, a signing bonus,…
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President Donald Trump on Friday cleared the merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, after the Japanese steelmaker’s previous bid to acquire its U.S. rival had been blocked on national security grounds. “This will be…
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Russian armed forces are creating a “security buffer zone” along the border between Russia and Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. “I have already said that a decision was made to create the necessary security…
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Italian police say they chased down a German tourist after spotting him transporting an ancient Roman artifact on a rented e-scooter. Officers apprehended the 24-year-old on Wednesday evening after he was spotted zipping down the…
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U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.…
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Prince William’s new docuseries spotlights ‘one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet’
by adminWildlife rangers are being killed at a rate of nearly two a week, and it’s a toll Prince William has said the world can no longer ignore. This is the reality laid bare in “Guardians,”…
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Germany deploys permanent troops to another country for the first time since World War II
by adminChancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the security of our Baltic allies is also our security” as worries…
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China says Trump Harvard ban will ‘tarnish’ US image as students caught in crosshairs
by adminThe Trump administration’s move to bar Harvard University from enrolling international students has ricocheted across China, with officials and commentators seeing it through one lens: the growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing. “China has consistently…
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Iran doesn’t believe a nuclear deal is likely, sources say, as talks with US set to resume
by adminIran and the United States are set to begin a fifth round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome on Friday amid growing skepticism in Tehran about the chances of a deal as Washington hardens its…