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China’s tit-for-tat levies on US set to take effect

Peter Hoskins Business reporter Getty Images China has also imposed export controls on 25 rare metals China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are set to come into effect on Monday as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs. […]

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Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The kingdom reiterated that ‘the Palestinian people have a right to their land’ and cannot be ‘expelled’. Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be used to establish a Palestinian state. In a statement on Sunday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry accused Netanyahu of attempting to “divert attention” from […]

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Atletico boss Diego Simeone laments missed chances in Madrid derby

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone said his team paid the price for missed opportunities in a heated LaLiga derby at Real Madrid on Saturday after Kylian Mbappé cancelled out Julián Álvarez’s opener for the visiting side. Atletico were unable to make the most of the chances they created during a dominant start to the game. […]

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No excuses to not build 1.5m new homes, Rayner says

Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said there are “no excuses” to not build the 1.5 million new homes Labour promised in its election manifesto. The government has said it will meet the house-building target in England by 2029, before the next general election. BBC analysis shows the number of […]

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How Trump’s crackdown on DEI could eviscerate the EEOC’s work : NPR

Former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels, shown at right, President Trump’s pick in his first term to fill a Democratic seat on the commission, is sworn in by then-EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon, left, on October 14, 2020. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hide caption toggle caption U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission When Jocelyn Samuels learned through […]

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What Lurks in This Flower’s Bizarrely Large Y Chromosome?

The vast majority of plants are hermaphrodites, with both male and female reproductive parts. Oaks, some orchids, the potted spider plant in your office — they’re all capable of reproducing without a member of another sex nearby. “It makes sense if you are an organism that can’t run around and find mates,” said Deborah Charlesworth, […]

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Sharing Bank Accounts Can Deepen a Couple’s Relationship

When Nia Darville Stokes-Hicks and Armondi Stokes-Hicks married two years ago, they set up five bank accounts. Each had an individual bank account for personal spending, and they shared a checking account for paying household bills. They had a joint savings account. And they had yet another account for money the couple set aside to […]

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Why adults are splashing out on toys

Charlotte Edwards Business reporter Amanda Hope Amanda with her collection of Jellycats Amanda Hope dreads to think how much she has spent on her collection of Jellycat soft toys but reckons it’s more than £3,000. “They are just so cute and cuddly,” the 36-year-old software specialist from Surrey says. “There is something so irresistible about […]

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