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Israeli workers strike nationwide to protest Teva layoffs

MENAHEM KAHANA | AFP | Getty Images Israeli employees of Teva, the world’s biggest manufacturer of generic drugs, hold placard during a protest in the centre of Jerusalem on December 17, 2017, against plans by the pharmaceutical giant to shed employees Israel’s national trade union is holding a nationwide strike …

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Puerto Rico warns GOP tax bill would hit its already reeling economy

Dawn Giel | CNBC Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo “Ricky” Rossello, on June 8, 2017. Puerto Rico is crying foul on a provision in the final Republican tax plan that its governor says will do more harm to an already reeling economy. The GOP bill released Friday and expected to …

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California wildfire is now the third-largest in state history

Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California, on December 9, 2017. The army of firefighters, heavy equipment and aircraft battling what has become the third-largest wildfire in California history faced a forecast …

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