'The school is like a light for me:' The secret classrooms giving Afghan girls a chance to learn despite Taliban rules
Parasto Hakim was startled by a knock at the front gates. Heart pounding, she opened the door to find several Taliban members demanding to check if she was breaking any rules. She was. This was a secret school, set up to teach girls in Afghanistan despite a ban by the militant group.
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FedEx jet skids off the runway at a Tennessee airport after landing gear failure
A plane operated by FedEx skidded off the end of a runway at an airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after reporting a landing gear failure, emergency officials said.
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Bruno Fernandes leads Europe with insane minutes total
Man Utd's Bruno Fernandes played more minutes than any other men's player over the past 12 months.
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ECB's Kazimir: latest hike was maybe the last, still need to see data
The European Central Bank's rate hike last month was likely the last although the bank cannot be certain
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Isabella Rossellini inspired by mum Ingrid Bergman's simple beauty regime
Isabella Rossellini has revealed her beauty regime is inspired by her late mum Ingrid Bergman who always kept her look simple
1970-01-01 08:00
UK Investigates Cloud After Ofcom Eyes Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s cloud services face an investigation by the UK’s antitrust watchdog over concerns the
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Record online discounts are coming this holiday season
Online shoppers will be offered record-setting discounts this holiday season as retailers attempt to entice inflation-weary consumers to buy, according to projections released Thursday by Adobe Analytics. And the company predicts the strategy will work, with online holiday sales climbing almost 5% above last year.
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House business is on ice without speaker
Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them "in recess" almost the entire day.
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Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic 'soft landing'
Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession
1970-01-01 08:00
Gas Storage Denmark Call for Collaboration on Onshore CO2 Storage in Denmark
FREDERICIA, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 5, 2023--
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Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees
Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job
1970-01-01 08:00
Fed’s Bid to Avoid Recession Tested by Yields Nearing 20-Year Highs
The Federal Reserve may be putting its hoped-for soft landing of the economy at risk by tacitly accepting
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