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ExxonMobil CEO calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’

President Donald Trump gathered with chief executives from U.S. and European oil companies on Friday to drum up private-sector cash for his plans to salvage Venezuela’s devastated oil sector and exploit its reserves. They’re not buying what he’s selling so far. Executives from Chevron, ExxonMobile, ConocoPhillips, Continental Resources were among the 14 oil multinationals at…

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Marshalls closes Hollywood and San José outlets

The popular discount retailer Marshalls has closed two locations in California this month as it adapts to an increasingly competitive retail environment. One of the Marshalls on Hollywood Boulevard, near famous landmarks such as the Hollywood Walk of Fame and TCL Chinese Theatre, has closed and was unreachable by phone. An October Worker Adjustment and…

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As Trump pulls US from global groups, one beneficiary is China

When President Donald Trump announced this week the United States’ withdrawal from 66 international organizations – including some of the world’s premier climate action bodies – his administration described the move as another step toward an “America First” foreign policy focused squarely on U.S. national interests. “We will not continue expending resources, diplomatic capital, and…

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Kerry student wins Stripe YSTE with brain cancer diagnosis tool

The fourth-year-student’s project helps doctors improve treatment for brain cancer. 15-year-old Aoibheann Daly seemed the most surprised this evening when she was announced as the overall winner of the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (YSTE). The fourth-year-student from Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk in Kerry took home the award and the €7,500 prize fund…

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Bill Gates donated $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation due to their divorce settlement

Melinda French Gates has transformed her relatively young Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation into one of America’s largest private foundations almost overnight, in part due to her split with ex-husband Bill Gates. As part of the pair’s high-profile divorce announced in 2021, Gates agreed to make a $7.88 billion donation—one of the largest ever—to French Gates’ private…

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