Amazon says it is getting even more packages to customers in one day or sooner, a metric the e-retailer is promoting to customers as it faces heightened competition in online shopping. The company said on Monday …
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Walmart will close all 51 of its doctor-staffed health clinics as part of an announcement that its Walmart Health initiative is shutting down. The clinics, located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas, had been …
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McDonald’s reported mixed quarterly results Tuesday as its reorganization weighed on its profit and boycotts hurt its Middle Eastern sales. The company also continues to see consumers worldwide pull back on their restaurant spending. “Consumers continue to be …
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Walmart is debuting a new grocery brand, as the discounter tries to retain the shoppers it has attracted during a period of high inflation. On Tuesday, the big-box retailer said it will roll out a private …
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Around 47 children vanish every day in Europe, according to new research by cross-border journalism collective Lost in Europe showing more than 50,000 child migrants went missing after arrival over the past three years. Data …
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The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, who is the wife of Prince …
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King Charles III, who is being treated for an unspecified cancer, returned to public duties on Tuesday with his first official engagement since his diagnosis after his doctors were said to have been “very encouraged” …
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For many of us, an identity card is a little piece of plastic tucked away in a wallet that we rarely think much about. But for Hong Kong transgender activist Henry Tse, his ID card …
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China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday, marking the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard …
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South Africa has one of the world’s largest manganese reserves. So why does it outsource for processing?
On delivery day at the Manganese Metal Company’s industrial complex in Mbombela, South Africa, truckloads of manganese ore from the Kalahari Basin in the Northern Cape are ushered inside for processing. Manganese is commonly found …