Delta called them “an unfair tax on U.S. consumers and companies.” JetBlue, which flies only Airbus planes, said it was “concerned about the detrimental impact aircraft tariffs will have” and argued they would “harm customers who rely on us to offer competitive, low fares.” Other major airlines in the United States did not comment on […]
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Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members. The letter from UAW Vice President Terry Dittes casts doubt on whether there
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Victims of opioid addiction weren’t in the room when OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma persuaded half the state attorneys general to settle claims over the company’s role in the nationwide overdose epidemic. Now that Purdue is in federal bankruptcy court, four people whose lives were touched by addiction have important seats at the table — and
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Glastonbury celebrates its 50th year in 2020 Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury Festival sold out in just over half an hour when they went on sale earlier. All 135,000 tickets for the 2020 event were bought within 34 minutes, according to organisers. Demand for the Somerset festival far outstripped
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Khalil Mack went all the way to Europe for a chance to sack his former teammate Derek Carr as the NFL kicks off the first of four games in London. Mack and the Bears (3-1) enter Week 5 tied for first in the NFC South while the Raiders (2-2) are tied for second in the
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The change in electoral strategy also coincided with a staff reorganization, including a campaign role for Ms. Harris’s Senate chief of staff, Rohini Kosoglu. The campaign denied reports that the changes indicated discontent with the structure of Ms. Harris’s current senior staff. However, people inside the campaign said that the overlapping roles of Ms. Harris’s
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TV personality Nadiya Hussain has revealed she was sexually assaulted at the age of five by a relative in Bangladesh. The 2015 Great British Bake Off winner said the trauma “played a role” in subsequent post traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, she also said she considered
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If eligible Australian bachelors were Infinity Stones, Miley Cyrus is Thanos because she’s collected another suitor from the land Down Under, which we can all agree is a far worthier endeavor than snapping away half of Earth’s population. After locking down and then divorcing the country’s most coveted export, Liam Hemsworth, (and rebounding with reality TV
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Aníbal Sánchez, not Max Scherzer, will be the Washington Nationals’ starting pitcher for Game 3 of their NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Nationals announced the switch Sunday morning, less than nine hours before the game is scheduled to begin. Scherzer originally had been the pitcher Washington said would be on the
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British Prime Minister on Sunday renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask for an extension if there’s no withdrawal deal. “We will be packing our bags and walking out on” Oct. 31,
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