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AP: China announces equal penalties to retaliate for US tariffs
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government responded quickly to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hike on Chinese goods by announcing Friday it will immediately impose penalties of “equal strength” on U.S....
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A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill...
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Beijing and a large part of northern China is enveloped in the worst sandstorm in a decade, forcing the cancelation of hundreds of flights. The National Meteorological Center forecasted the storm to...
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Employers in the United States added 266,000 jobs last month, which is sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery...
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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz launched his campaign for a second term Tuesday, saying he made the tough calls necessary to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and revive the economy. Former state Sen. Scott...
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Authorities said Sunday that two of the five people who were inside a Cambridge house when it exploded were seriously injured in the blast. Capt. John Elder, spokesman with the Isanti County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleUS plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Click to view slideshow. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House confirmed Monday,...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Dec. 8, 2021
Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective....
View ArticleOffice artifacts tell St. Thomas professors’ stories
Click to view slideshow. A student entering professor Deborah Organ’s office might notice the bright tapestry on the wall embellished with images of animals, stars and greenery. But without asking, the...
View ArticleUS, EU agree to freeze assets of Russia’s Putin, Lavrov
Click to view slideshow. BRUSSELS (AP) — The Biden administration announced Friday that it will move to freeze the assets of President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following the...
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World Press Institute brings global journalists to St. Thomas
(Ella Shuherk/TommieMedia) The World Press Institute will resume its 57th annual journalism fellowship program on March 18, which will house journalists at St. Thomas for three weeks before the fellows...
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OPINION: The environmental issues and the labor issues surrounding fast...
(Saylor Kragness/TommieMedia) Over the past year, the infamous fast fashion brand SHEIN has surpassed other major fast fashion brands, such as H&M and Zara. SHEIN is known for its insanely low...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Oct. 26, 2022
The University of St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus was unintentionally included in a shelter-in-place alert Tuesday morning while Ramsey County authorities searched for a homicide suspect in Roseville, who...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Oct. 27, 2022
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming high inflation and interest rates just as voting begins in midterm...
View ArticleS. Korea in shock, grief as 153 die in Halloween crowd surge
Click to view slideshow. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of more than 150 people, mostly in their...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Dec. 7, 2022
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Dec. 9, 2022
The head of NATO expressed his worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO, according to an interview released Friday. Nato secretary-general...
View ArticleNavy releases first photos of Chinese balloon recovery
Click to view slideshow. WASHINGTON (AP) — Using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels, the Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese...
View ArticleUS says China balloon could collect intelligence signals
Click to view slideshow. WASHINGTON (AP) — The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Feb. 10, 2023
Russia announced Friday that will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day next month after Western countries capped the price of its crude over its action in Ukraine. “As of today, we fully sell...
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