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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials are moving to limit travel and gatherings during next week’s Lunar New Year’s holidays by allowing train operators to sell only window seats and passenger vessels to operate at half capacity. The Health … [Continue reading] about The Latest: S Korea curbing travel, gatherings for holiday
BERLIN (AP) — Energy technology company Siemens Energy said Tuesday that it plans to shed 7,800 jobs worldwide by 2025 as part of a drive to cut costs. The company, which was spun off last year by German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG, currently … [Continue reading] about Siemens Energy to shed 7,800 jobs in cost-cutting drive
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan as insufficient Tuesday as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting to launch a process that could approve his sweeping rescue package on … [Continue reading] about Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on
ROME (AP) — Former European bank chief Mario Draghi was positioned to lead what could quickly become Italy’s next government after the Italian president concluded Tuesday that squabbling political parties failed in a last-ditch effort to form a new … [Continue reading] about Ex-ECB’s Draghi positioned to lead Italy after politics fail
Earth spiked a bit of a fever in 2020, partly because of cleaner air from the pandemic lockdown, a new study found. For a short time, temperatures in some places in the eastern United States, Russia and China were as much as half to two-thirds of a … [Continue reading] about Study: Pandemic’s cleaner air added heat to warming planet
