Judge approves $106m settlement over deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse
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Judge approves $106m settlement over deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse

Settlement ends years-long legal battle over collapse of 18-story hotel that was under construction in New OrleansA judge approved a $106m settlement on Thursday that ends a years-long legal battle over the deadly 2019 collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans.The 18-story hotel project partially collapsed in October 2019 , killing three people and damaging nearby pr...

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サッカーJリーグ「秋春制」の新シーズンが今夜開幕

サッカーJリーグは7日夜、ヨーロッパの主要リーグと同じ「秋春制」を導入して最初のシーズンが開幕します。開幕をこれまでの2月から8月へと変更するリーグ開幕以来の大改革がどのような効果をもたらすのか注目されます。

Australia news live: Richard Marles insists Tony Burke’s speech on Labor’s new restrictive immigration policy ‘hasn’t been called off’
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Australia news live: Richard Marles insists Tony Burke’s speech on Labor’s new restrictive immigration policy ‘hasn’t been called off’

Deputy prime minister says Burke’s speech before National Press Club was not cancelled. Follow today’s news livePolice investigating after 23-year-old found dead at rural property with injuries consistent with animal attackPolice are investigating after the body of a man was found with significant injuries in Sydney yesterday, with initial inquiries indicating he may have been attacked by animals ...

アメリカの原油輸出減少 代替調達進める日本にも影響可能性も

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中東情勢を受けて、日本にとって原油の代替調達先としてアメリカの重要性が増す中、ことし6月のアメリカからの原油の輸出が前の月と比べて減少に転じました。今後もこうした傾向が続けば日本の原油調達に影響が及ぶ可能性もあり、アメリカの輸出動向が注目されます。

US woman says she had hysterectomy after she got someone else’s cancer diagnosis

US woman says she had hysterectomy after she got someone else’s cancer diagnosis

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A US woman from the Atlanta area is alleging that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labelling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her lawyers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of physical and emotional pain. According to the lawsuit, another patient’s tissue sample was mistakenly...

US sets 15% polysilicon tariff, price floors to challenge China’s dominance

US sets 15% polysilicon tariff, price floors to challenge China’s dominance

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The United States has announced new tariffs and price floors on polysilicon and related products, targeting China’s dominance in key materials used in solar panels and semiconductor manufacturing. In a proclamation signed on Thursday, US President Donald Trump imposed a 15 per cent tariff, which will take effect after 120 days, and established a series of price floors to protect domestic manufactu...

Trump again rebukes Jeanine Pirro over reflecting pool ‘vandalism’ case

Trump again rebukes Jeanine Pirro over reflecting pool ‘vandalism’ case

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President attacks ‘terrible mistake’ of US attorney, who said in court filing damage stemmed from botched renovationDonald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Jeanine Pirro after the US attorney for the District of Columbia publicly challenged his claims that vandals had damaged the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.“She said there was no vandalism. There was tremendous va...

黒海で小麦運搬船がロシア軍に攻撃され1人死亡

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黒海周辺で、ロシアとウクライナの双方による攻撃が激しくなる中、ウクライナの当局者は6日、小麦を運搬していた貨物船がロシアに攻撃され、1人が死亡したと明らかにしたうえで「食料安全保障への脅威だ」と非難しました。

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Boeing planes to be inspected for cracks; Trump signs new birthright citizenship orders.

熊本地震 3万6000戸余で断水続く 解消は今月末の見込み

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熊本県内では、地震から10日がたつ今も3万6000戸あまりで断水が続いています。水道水を各家庭に届ける配水管の復旧作業に時間がかかっていることから、県内全域での解消は今月末までかかる見込みです。

Trump targets 'birth tourism' in new bid to curb birthright citizenship

Trump targets 'birth tourism' in new bid to curb birthright citizenship

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting what he described as "birth tourism," seeking to curb birthright citizenship by restricting entry for pregnant visitors intending to give birth in the United States. Trump said the move followed the Supreme Court's rejection of his earlier effort to limit the constitutional right.

Trump signs order in new bid to curb birthright citizenship

Trump signs order in new bid to curb birthright citizenship

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting what he described as "birth tourism," seeking to curb birthright citizenship by restricting entry for pregnant visitors intending to give birth in the United States. Trump said the move followed the Supreme Court's rejection of his earlier effort to limit the constitutional right.

Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates

Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates

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Expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests A dramatic increase in immigration enforcement at US airports has reportedly placed the airline industry at odds with the Trump administration as workers decline to help federal officials arrest their targets – many of whom have pending applications for visas, asylum or green cards.Im...

ICE is now tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants via ankle monitors

ICE is now tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants via ankle monitors

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Shift in monitoring methods has led to revenue boost for Geo Group, a private prison firm, that also makes the deviceThe US is tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants through GPS-enabled ankle monitors as part of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) electronic surveillance program, according to private prison corporation The Geo Group. Early last year, just 17,000 immigrants were wearing the d...

【地震速報】熊本 水俣市 震度3 津波の心配なし

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7日午前6時56分ごろ地震がありました。この地震による津波の心配はありません。震源地は熊本県天草・芦北地方で震源の深さは10キロ、地震の規模を示すマグニチュードは2.9と推定されます。各市町村の震度は以下のとおりです。▼震度3が、熊本県水俣市

大型で強い台風13号 沖縄本島地方・奄美地方 厳重警戒を

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大型で強い台風13号は、鹿児島県の奄美地方や沖縄本島地方などを暴風域に巻き込みながら西寄りに進んでいます。沖縄・奄美では一部の住宅が倒壊するような猛烈な風が吹くおそれがあるほか、雨も強まり沖縄・奄美では線状降水帯が発生するおそれもあります。暴風や高波のほか、土砂災害などにも厳重な警戒が必要です。

熊本県では7日も猛暑予想 台風影響による強風にも注意を

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最大震度7の地震で大きな被害のあった熊本県では7日も猛烈な暑さが続く見込みで、水分をこまめにとるなどできるかぎりの熱中症対策を続けてください。また、台風13号の影響で風も強まっていて気象庁は強風に注意するよう呼びかけています。

Minibus explosion in Damascus suburb wounds 14 people

Minibus explosion in Damascus suburb wounds 14 people

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An explosion on a minibus Thursday in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus wounded 14 people, three of them critically, but there were no fatalities, Syria's health ministry said Friday. Syrian state media earlier reported two deaths, but the health ministry said the fatalities were incorrectly recorded.

Minibus explosion near Damascus wounds 14 people

Minibus explosion near Damascus wounds 14 people

France 24 •

An explosion on a minibus Thursday in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus wounded 14 people, three of them critically, but there were no fatalities, Syria's health ministry said Friday. Syrian state media earlier reported two deaths, but the health ministry said the fatalities were incorrectly recorded.

Bus explosion near Damascus kills at least two, injures 13

Bus explosion near Damascus kills at least two, injures 13

France 24 •

At least two people were killed and 13 wounded when a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday in the Syrian town of Jaramana, near Damascus, state media reported, citing the health ministry. The blast tore off the vehicle's roof, wrecked its interior and scattered debris across the road.