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Rocket attack on base in northern Iraq kills Turkish soldier

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ANKARA, Turkey — A rocket attack targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq killed one soldier and wounded a child in a nearby...

Walmart invests in GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary

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<p>DETROIT &mdash; Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle...

EU top court backs bloc in ban on electric pulse fishing

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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s highest court on Thursday backed the bloc’s decision to ban as of July the practice of using electric shocks...

NFL reprises Draft-a-Thon to raise money for pandemic relief

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<p>NEW YORK &mdash; The NFL is bringing back the Draft-a-Thon that raised money last year for charities dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.</p> ...

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance quits firm after tweets

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MOREHEAD, Ky. — “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance has resigned from the board of a company that uses green technology to mass-produce food in...

Toyota recalls Venza SUVs to fix air bag wiring problem

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<p>DETROIT &mdash; Toyota is recalling nearly 280,000 Venza SUVs in the U.S. because a wiring problem can stop the side air bags from inflating...

Local media: Explosion rocks east Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A powerful explosion rocked east Baghdad on Thursday, local media said, one day after a rare drone struck a northern Iraqi...

EU’s Borrell voices solidarity with US in SolarWinds hack

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<p>BRUSSELS &mdash; The European Union' foreign policy chief expressed “solidarity" with the U.S. Thursday in the wake of the so-called SolarWinds hack, a breach...

Walmart invests in GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary

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DETROIT — Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle...

Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla

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<p>FRANKFURT, Germany &mdash; Daimler AG on Thursday unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge...