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Armenian Government Signals Cap On Defense Spending
Azatutyun
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Armenia’s defense budget for this year is projected at 665 billion drams ($1.7 billion), up by 20 percent from 2024. The figure is equivalent to almost one-fifth of the country’s 2025 state budget. The Armenian military officially received 341...
Kodak CEO Says There's 'Substantial Doubt' About Whether Or Not The 133-Year-Old Company Will Continue
Benzinga
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The Eastman Kodak Company KODK is warning investors that it may not exist for much longer. The 133-year-old photography company pointed to ongoing struggles to satisfy its debt obligations, which have left the company with "substantial doubt about...
Investing in Space: The U.S.-China space race is getting tighter
CNBC
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August 22, 2025
CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. A Long March-12 rocket carrying a group of internet satellites...
7 On Your Side helps New Jersey widow get last paycheck after husband's death
WABC ABC 7 - New York
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August 22, 2025
MORRIS COUNTY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey family says they endured a months-long battle while trying to get the last paycheck of a beloved husband and father who had died. Mila Morales' husband, Luis, was a longtime employee of the U.S....
Shein, Temu and AliExpress should be labeled ‘notorious markets,’ nonprofit says
Fashion Dive
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August 22, 2025
After launching an investigation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reported buying counterfeit and infringing products from Shein, AliExpress and Temu. The organization called for the fast fashion companies to be classified as...
For 2,000 days, a prisoner's pleas from solitary were ignored. Now Missouri will change its policy
KCUR - Missouri
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August 22, 2025
Honesty Bishop could hear the screams of other people in solitary confinement. Sometimes it was so cold in her cell, she could see her breath. She dealt with scabies and mold. Her days and nights were spent in extreme isolation. The Missouri...
Youth reporters amplify voices in East LA’s Boyle Heights
SI Live - New York
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August 22, 2025
By Catherine L. Benamou, Ph.D. | Edited by Patricia Guadalupe Local news coverage is vital in these times. Launched in 2010, the bilingual community newsroom Boyle Heights Beat/Pulso de Boyle Heights is celebrating its quinceañero! The nonprofit...
When ICE arrests US citizens, there’s little clear path for what happens next
Times of San Diego
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August 22, 2025
Immigration report: • Across California, immigration agents have detained citizen bystanders alleging obstruction or assault. • Experts say anyone has the right to observe immigration raids, but arrests raise thorny legal questions. • In San...
FBI agents search Trump critic Bolton's home in latest move against rival
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Steve Holland, Brendan O'Brien and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump turned persistent critic, on Friday in what a source familiar with the matter...
Judge says Alina Habba is unlawfully working as U.S. attorney in New Jersey A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's use of a loophole to keep Alina Habba in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor. Read more »
Yahoo News
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A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s use of a loophole to keep Alina Habba in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. In a 77-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said Thursday that Habba “is not lawfully holding the...
Pennsylvania rebuffs U.S. request for voter rolls containing personal data
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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August 21, 2025
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Pennsylvania told the U.S. Justice Department that it will not give federal officials a version of the...
State Visit: Tinubu departs Japan for Brazil with stopover in U.S.
Peoples Gazette
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August 22, 2025
President Bola Tinubu departed Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday night for Brazil, where he will begin a state visit on Sunday. Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement that the president would make a stopover in Los Angeles before...
Zimbabwean government backs legal recognition of intersex people
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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August 22, 2025
The Zimbabwean government last month launched a legal reform process aimed at recognizing and protecting the rights of intersex people. State media reported President Emmerson Mnangagwa supports the initiative, which was seen as a crucial step...
‘It does help attract players’: U’s boss on new stadium plans
This is Oxfordshire
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August 21, 2025
United’s plans for a 16,000-capacity ground at The Triangle, south of Kidlington Roundabout, were granted planning permission at a Cherwell District Council planning committee meeting last week. The application will now be referred to the...
American-Black Jewish Veteran: My Fight For Israel, U.S. And The Free World
News Blaze
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August 22, 2025
There is no better way to promote Judaism, the Jewish people and Israel than with boots on the ground and from a non-Jew-to becoming a Jew perspective. Mark Hardie, a Southern California resident, is a war veteran who served in both the Israel...
Texas Senate expected to take up GOP congressional map, last stop before Abbott's desk
KTTZ - Texas
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August 22, 2025
The Texas Senate on Friday was expected to consider a new congressional map gerrymandered to maximize Republican representation, putting the plan on a path to the governor's desk after weeks of intense partisan clashing. Republican lawmakers were...
Pound swings wildly as U.K. trade deal, inflation, and politics collide
Cryptopolitan
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August 22, 2025
The British pound is jerking markets in every direction this year, moving without warning and offering zero consistency. Investors trying to price it have been left stuck between rally talk and panic selling. The currency has jumped 7.2% against...
China’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fortune
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the federal government’s lead statistician after a disappointing jobs report spurred warnings over the potential fallout if the country’s economic data—considered the gold standard in measurement—can...
Trump Administration Says It's Not Looking to Take Stakes in TSMC, Micron
Yahoo Finance
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CFOTO / Future Publishing / Getty Images TSMC executives reportedly suggested in early talks that the company might consider returning CHIPS Act funding if the U.S. government asks to become a stockholder Unlike Intel (INTC), Taiwan Semiconductor...
U.S. employers embracing pay transparency despite regulatory complexities: survey
Benefits Canada
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August 21, 2025
U.S. employers are increasingly embracing pay transparency, even as regulatory complexities introduced by the federal government present new challenges, according to a new survey by... By: Staff August 21, 2025 August 20, 2025 15:00 When it comes...