Boeing and union reach a labor deal, potentially averting a strike
Boeing and the union that represents some 33,000 of its workers have struck a new labor deal, just days before a costly strike could have begun at the plane maker's main factories.
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Breast cancer rises among Asian-American, Pacific Islander women, faster than many other groups
Christina Kashiwada was travelling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump in her left breast.
Ukraine war is a racket, as is NATO expansion
In 1935 retired Marine General and two-time Medal of Honor winner Smedley Butler published a 55-page pamphlet that caused a sensation. The pamphlet, entitled “War is a Racket,” was reprinted in Reader’s Digest, assuring a mass circulation at the time. Butler summarized his argument this way:
Pope brings in a ton of humanitarian aid, toys to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis honored the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he celebrated Mass in Papua New Guinea before heading to a remote part of the South Pacific nation with a ton of humanitarian aid and toys to deliver to the faithful and missionaries who live there.
In Threatened Island Nation, Pope Hears Plea for Climate Action
In the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, hundreds of people may soon have to abandon their homes, pushed inland by the rising sea. Hundreds more were buried in a devastating landslide this year. Around the country, intensive logging is shrinking the island’s lush rainforests, and mine tailings have polluted its rivers.
Super Typhoon Yagi sets sight on Vietnam after tearing through China's Hainan
BEIJING — Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm in 2024, churned towards the northern coast of Vietnam on Sep 7 after tearing through China's southern island province of Hainan with lightning, rain and violent winds.
U.S. Blowback to Steel Merger Vexes Japan
The prospect that President Biden is ready to block a merger between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel on national security grounds is stirring discontent in Tokyo, where some officials view the action as casting Japan, a key U.S. ally, as a threat.
CNBC Daily Open: Don’t confuse slow hiring with layoffs
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