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A breakdown in negotiations late Thursday night has led to major union movement in the automotive industry. UAW, the labor union representing hundreds of thousands of auto industry workers, called a strike when the deadline to make a new deal passed at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, leading to 13,000 members walking off the job. The “Stand…
Breaking News | Israel | NewsNetanyahu asks Israeli government to back Hamas hostage deal
JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked his government on Tuesday to back a deal to clear the way for the release of some of the hostages that Palestinian Hamas militants took to the Gaza Strip during an Oct. 7 assault on Israel. In a recorded message at the start of a…
Breaking News | News | UkraineZelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet
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Libya’s military chief, 7 others killed in plane crash in Turkey
A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers, and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane. The Libyan delegation was in Ankara for high-level defense talks aimed at boosting military…
Trump orders pause on federal grants, loans, according to internal OMB memo
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