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...The leader of Germany’s main industry association has slammed the German government’s energy policies as “absolutely toxic”, in a sign of declining business confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz’s stewardship...
...Without an atmosphere, the Moon offers no protection against radiation or asteroid strikes. “Design becomes really interesting with really harsh restraints,” de Kestelier says....
...It circles high in the sky, for as long as four hours, and then strikes on the ground. The “M” is for munitions; on impact it explodes in a ball of flames....
...The party will also pledge to clamp down on water companies polluting the sea, rivers and lakes by expanding the powers of industry regulator Ofwat....
...During the United Auto Workers’ strikes, Barra eschewed the publicity and emotional appeals made by others in the industry and did her negotiating in a low-profile way, with workers at the bargaining table...
...Undeterred, Young makes necklaces when inspiration strikes....
...The strikes were called off at the last minute this week after the two sides reached a compromise....
...“Responsibility” strikes again. I’m sure you have many questions about how we’ll move forward. We’ll be organizing a town hall on Monday. Check your calendar for details....
...V. Group, the world’s largest ship manager, has urged Nato to provide naval escorts for commercial ships....
...Sectors such as clothing and restaurants are braced for downturns as consumer confidence dips across the world in what columnist Rana Foroohar dubs a global “buying strike”....
...Veteran engineers at Lilium seem to share a common hope: that they can help to wean their industry off fossil fuels....
...With the death of Transnistria’s Soviet-era industry, Moldova has become more attractive for young people like Kalarashan....
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...It was once known as ‘She-Town’, because of the female-led jute industry, and it’s been the epicentre of factory and school strikes.”...
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Despite support for modding in some corners of the industry, developers today are less keen on releasing modding tools and sometimes make their games deliberately difficult to edit....
...He hasn’t announced a blank-cheque deal since January, when his Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V announced a tie-up with the digital lender SoFi....
...Spacs are targeting increasingly larger businesses as they strike deals at a frenzied pace....
...Chinese companies need a back-up chip architecture, as do Nvidia’s US rivals, and Risc-V is Arm’s obvious replacement....
...diplomatic wranglings and trade wars were dying down, the EU this week contrived to crank up tensions with Russia, after the European Medicines Agency questioned the ethics behind trials of the Sputnik V...
...In the news Washington launches air strikes The US has carried out air strikes against Iran-linked militia groups in Syria in retaliation for recent attacks on American and coalition personnel in Iraq,...
...The disease is still raging, but the economy is showing signs of life — perhaps not a “V” shaped recovery, but not an “L” either — and unemployment has returned to single digits....
...The UK stock market had an unlikely star last year: a hobby-magazine publisher that was the best performer on the FTSE 350, offering hope for an industry shedding readers, advertisers, investors and titles...
...Dame Carolyn urged the government to strike a deal with the EU, warning that business resilience has been brought “so low” in the coronavirus crisis. “We are at the eleventh hour again....
...V-bucks allow Fortnite players to unlock limited-edition characters such as Meowscles, a beefcake cat-person, or movie tie-ins such as Deadpool and John Wick....
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