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The country of Liechtenstein is tucked away in a valley between the Swiss and Austrian Alps. It’s so tiny you could fit it four times over into New York City and still have room to spare. But in trade, it punches above its weight. This alpine paradise is home to several world-class makers of premium products,
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Longtime Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel and former MLB player Tony Blanco are among those who died following a roof collapse at a nightclub Tuesday in the capital of the Dominican Republic. At least 79 people died and more than 150 people were injured when the roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub, authorities said.
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The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is expected to resign after the agency disclosed that it has agreed to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help identify and deport undocumented immigrants. According to a source familiar with the situation and a statement from the Treasury Department, Melanie Krause is
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It has been nearly three years since the launch of the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and since then, millions seeking help have used the call center as a life-saving resource. But understaffing and underfunding threaten to upend the hotline’s mission. The nation’s 988 hotline works like 911, bringing critical access to care for those
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President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang quickly kicked off a legal battle. A federal judge on March 15 issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the use of the 18th-century law. But the same day, three flights carrying more
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Beijing — China said Tuesday it would “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the United States to safeguard its own interests after President Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” on China was “completely groundless and is a typical unilateral bullying
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Because of past fraud by rogue brokers, some Affordable Care Act policyholders may get an unexpected tax bill this season. But that isn’t the only potential shock. Other changes coming soon – stemming from proposals by the administration of President Donald Trump – could affect their coverage and its cost. And sorting out related problems
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For the first time ever, scientists say they have made a species de-extinct, bringing the dire wolf back into the world thousands of years after it died off. Colossal Biosciences, a company based in Dallas, says it successfully birthed three dire wolves — a species that once roamed North America but has been extinct for
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Jonny Kim, a former Navy SEAL, Harvard Medical School graduate and now a NASA astronaut, blasted off with two cosmonaut crewmates aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket early Tuesday, chased down the International Space Station and moved in for a picture-perfect docking three hours after liftoff. With veteran commander Sergey Ryzhikov, 50, at the controls, flanked
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