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...In recent months, both State Farm and Allstate have announced plans to stop writing new policies in fire-prone California....
...Ukraine’s national identity has hardened itself amid the fires of invasion; the state has consolidated its authority; and Kyiv last month received the green light to start EU entry talks, although full membership...
...Big insurers such as State Farm and Allstate said recently they had suspended offering home insurance to new customers in California....
...The strap is made from green fire hose used by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with the brand’s signature ‘In case of fire break glass’ case back also green....
...But Vadatursky says he still seeks to “pay people their salaries, not to fire them, and save the team”. Around 80 per cent of Ukrainian companies say the same, according to central bank surveys....
...“This affects all vehicles on four wheels and weighing more than 3-4 tonnes,” said one haulage operator in the southern state of Bavaria....
...Photographs posted on social media showed a damaged farm vehicle lying on its side next to a large crater. Local media reported the casualties were farm workers....
...The fire department in Wuzhou, where the plane went down, said the aircraft crashed in a remote area and 450 firefighters were heading to the scene of the accident, according to state media....
...Gold told Mack he was investigating the wrong person and should fire Gilbert. “I said give us the proof, and we’ll investigate it....
...With his own work off limits in China and recently censored in Hong Kong, Ai is coruscating about western museums such as the Pompidou, Tate and the V&A that have been paid millions by state-owned companies...
...After the continuous 10-minute slaughter, at least 379 lay dead and more than 1,000 wounded. Some estimates put the number of casualties much higher....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Across the invisible border, the Malian and Burkinabe states barely function, the general says. Swaths of territory have been overrun by terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda and Islamic State....
...Lewis said the company was “not looking for any subsidy from government” but was appealing for the project to qualify for the state’s “contract for difference” electricity tariffs, which currently only apply...
...Edward Luce Will the US Supreme Court give states free rein to ban abortion? Yes. America’s highest court is considering a Mississippi law that bans the procedure after the 15th week of pregnancy....
...Chiang Rai is among Thailand's most glorious provinces, with its rolling hills, forests, elephant camps, sparkling waters and top-quality farm produce....
...As head chef to schools, offices and gyms, Compass was admittedly bang in the line of fire. Half the canteens it once filled with the heady aroma of battered fish and chips are now empty....
...Republican states have received considerably more ventilators and personal protective equipment per capita than Democratic states, in spite of having far lower rates of hospitalisation....
...The company bought Virginia’s offshore wind farm rights for a mere $1.6m in 2013....
...Edward White in Seoul 76....
...gas companies....
...(FT, Reuters) The days ahead Trump and the state of business Tom Donohue, head of the US Chamber of Commerce, is set to deliver a speech on the state of business and its relationship with the Trump administration...
...And even before the latest fires, Deloitte estimated that the economic costs to Australia of natural disasters would rise to A$39bn ($27bn) a year by 2050....
...She hears what drives them to take on the world’s most powerful authoritarian state, the dangers involved, and rifts between protesters and their more conservative parents....
...But China’s surveillance state is also having other effects, such as creating some new billionaires — at least four so far....
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