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Toy stores are among the hardest hit by President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China, with 77% of toys sold in the United States made in China, according to the Toy Association. Amy Rutherford told ABC News at her store, Pippin Toy Co.,...
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Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday. It comes after a two-year ban on the practice expired when countries failed to reach agreement on new rules. Scientists...
Millions of people in North America have been advised to wear N95 masks outdoors due to poor air quality levels sparked by intense wildfires in Canada. New York will begin distributing free masks on Thursday. Canada has said that people s...
Oil prices rose on Thursday amid confusion over whether major producers would help to plug a gap in supplies from Russia. The United Arab Emirates had appeared to push members of the Opec producer group to raise output, only for ...
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Olympic hopefuls denied chance to compete due to COVID-19 restrictions...
Snapchat says it has stopped promoting President Donald Trump's account. As a result, it will no longer feature in the app's Discover section. The firm said it would "not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice". T...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The event, due to begin on 24 July, will now take place "no later than summer 2021". "I proposed t...
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Chinese scholar's suspected kidnapper due in court...
Auto insurance costs rise, in part due to texting by drivers...
Auto insurance costs rise, in part due to texting by drivers...
Kanye West said he's boycotting the Grammy Awards next year because Frank Ocean's latest projects, "Blonde" and "Endless," are not eligible for consideration this year. Ocean's label, for reasons not made clear,...
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Minutes before she was due to play her second-round match at the U.S. Open, Venus Williams withdrew from the tournament due to an autoimmune(自身免疫性) disease with which she was recently diagnosed. "I'm really disappointed to have to ...
NBC, msnbc.com and news services updated 9:26 p.m. ET June 16, 2009 Tens of thousands of supporters of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets of Tehran (德黑兰) and to the Internet on Tuesday as the country’...