Day: December 20, 2024

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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.
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Biden cancels another $4.28 bln in U.S. student loans

The Biden administration on Friday canceled another $4.28 billion in student debt for nearly 55,000 public service workers, the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement.
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LIVE: Pentagon Press Briefing On Drone Threat In US LIVE | US Mystery Drones Sighting

The Pentagon refuted any security threats emanating from the series of drone sightings in New Jersey and said there was no threat to national security or pu…

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Starbucks workers plan strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve https://t.co/AB502KD7VJ

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Politics latest: ‘This is Starmer’s most controversial appointment yet’

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Elon Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation https://t.co/2sG543UY0X

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This holiday season features a rare calendar quirk only seen once since 1959

Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day in 2024. Here’s what you need to know about “Christmukkah.”
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Trump Is Right: Abolish the Debt Ceiling

The limit has become the opposite of what it was intended to be: a way to to give the government flexibility in managing the nation’s debt.
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CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione held in same jail as Diddy following 1st court appearance

Mangione was hit with four federal charges Thursday, including stalking, a firearms offense involving a silencer and murder through use of a firearm, a charge that makes him eligible for the death penalty.
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A student injured his teacher and several other students in a knife attack at his school in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, police said https://t.co/MbBxgpaI8Q