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EU threatens tariffs on aircraft, car parts if US trade talks failMay 08, 2025 3:56 pm - BRUSSELS — The European Union threatened Thursday to impose tariffs on U.S. aircraft, car parts and other products if talks with Washington break down, as the bloc attemp...
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Shakespeare gets malled in ‘Juliet & Romeo’May 08, 2025 12:07 pm - Panning a movie like “Juliet & Romeo” is a little like kicking a puppy. This maladaption of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” only wants to please its target audience of early-middle-school girls by replacing iambic pentameter with lots and lots of pop songs. This isn’t a movie, it’s a prom theme.
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‘Words of War’ commemorates the courage of a Russian journalistMay 08, 2025 5:15 am - There’s no dazzling CGI in “Words of War.” There’s just one woman: Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who sought to uncover the truths of the Second Chechen War and paid the ultimate price for it.
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US and China to hold high-level trade talks in Switzerland this weekendMay 07, 2025 8:59 pm - Chinese trade negotiators will sit down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Switzerland this weekend for the first high-...
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China’s Xi in Moscow for Putin’s parade amid close ties, despite US hopesMay 07, 2025 8:49 pm - When Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin for a pomp-filled summit two years ago, he had a special message: Together, he and Putin were driv...
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Trump tariffs set off doubts — even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restoreMay 07, 2025 8:05 am - ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manu...
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He made his Greek mom a TikTok star. When she died, he kept cooking.May 07, 2025 5:15 am - Stand-up comedian Gus Constantellis found comic inspiration growing up as a first-generation American, creating a Greek Mom character for TikTok videos such as “If Greek Mom Was A Disney Princess.” His videos really took off when he included his real-life muse, mom Julia. After her death, he’s compiling a cookbook with the recipes that fed generations of his family.
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GOP senators buck Trump’s pick for D.C. U.S. attorney, imperiling bidMay 06, 2025 8:06 pm - Republican senators balked Tuesday at confirming Ed Martin before a key May 20 deadline, triggering a possible showdown with the White House over President Donald Trump’s...
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N.Y. judge finds Alien Enemies Act use illegal, blocks removals to ‘evil’ jailMay 06, 2025 7:54 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants without a hearing, saying the White...
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U.S. spy agencies say Maduro regime does not direct Venezuelan gangMay 06, 2025 6:01 pm - Venezuelan authorities are probably not directing the activities of the gang known as Tren de Aragua or facilitating its operations in the United States, U.S. intelligenc...