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"Felt Like Thunder": 2 Dead, 10 Injured In Explosion At US Steel Plant
An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facility, officials said.
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Trump Announces 90-Day Negotiating Period With Mexico As 25% Tariffs Stay
The United States will enter a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25 per cent tariff rates stay in place, part of the rush of trade activity before President Donald Trump plans to impose a broad set of global import taxes.
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Israel Didn't Make Bomb Shelters For Bedouin Villages. They Built Their Own
As the threat of missiles became more dire during the 12-day war with Iran last month, many Bedouin families resorted to building DIY shelters out of available material: buried steel containers, buried trucks, repurposed construction debris.
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80 Years On, Bone Collectors Find Remains Of Those Killed In Okinawa
80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, volunteers like Takamatsu Gushiken are still recovering WWII remains from jungle, These remains have the right to be returned to their families," said Gushiken.
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Trump's Massive Tariffs Haven't Done Much Economic Damage Yet
Trump has plastered 10% taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. He's also imposed 25% duties on cars, aluminum, steel, and many imports from Canada and Mexico.
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China's Poorest, Trying To Stay Warm, Add Greatly To Smog
An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces.
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At Least 67 Killed In East China Scaffolding Collapse
Scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap on Thursday, as iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbled down and crushed nearly all 70 workers in the country's worst work-safety accident in over two years.
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Vietnam Says Taiwan Firm's Pollution Affected 200,000 People
The Vietnamese government said the toxic pollution a Taiwanese-owned company has acknowledged discharging from its steel complex has harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen.
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Shed Collapses During Prayers In Pakistan Mosque, 5 Dead
A Pakistani police officer says five worshippers have been killed and five injured when a steel shed in the courtyard of a central Karachi mosque collapsed.
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What the Shipyards of Alang Have Against China
In the world's biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on the Arabian Sea coast, workers with blow torches cut segments of steel stripped from the rusting hull of a towering cargo ship, sold for scrap by its Japanese owner.
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"Felt Like Thunder": 2 Dead, 10 Injured In Explosion At US Steel Plant
An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facility, officials said.
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Trump Announces 90-Day Negotiating Period With Mexico As 25% Tariffs Stay
The United States will enter a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25 per cent tariff rates stay in place, part of the rush of trade activity before President Donald Trump plans to impose a broad set of global import taxes.
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Israel Didn't Make Bomb Shelters For Bedouin Villages. They Built Their Own
As the threat of missiles became more dire during the 12-day war with Iran last month, many Bedouin families resorted to building DIY shelters out of available material: buried steel containers, buried trucks, repurposed construction debris.
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80 Years On, Bone Collectors Find Remains Of Those Killed In Okinawa
80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, volunteers like Takamatsu Gushiken are still recovering WWII remains from jungle, These remains have the right to be returned to their families," said Gushiken.
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Trump's Massive Tariffs Haven't Done Much Economic Damage Yet
Trump has plastered 10% taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. He's also imposed 25% duties on cars, aluminum, steel, and many imports from Canada and Mexico.
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China's Poorest, Trying To Stay Warm, Add Greatly To Smog
An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces.
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At Least 67 Killed In East China Scaffolding Collapse
Scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap on Thursday, as iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbled down and crushed nearly all 70 workers in the country's worst work-safety accident in over two years.
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Vietnam Says Taiwan Firm's Pollution Affected 200,000 People
The Vietnamese government said the toxic pollution a Taiwanese-owned company has acknowledged discharging from its steel complex has harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen.
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Shed Collapses During Prayers In Pakistan Mosque, 5 Dead
A Pakistani police officer says five worshippers have been killed and five injured when a steel shed in the courtyard of a central Karachi mosque collapsed.
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What the Shipyards of Alang Have Against China
In the world's biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on the Arabian Sea coast, workers with blow torches cut segments of steel stripped from the rusting hull of a towering cargo ship, sold for scrap by its Japanese owner.
