Drugmakers prepare to sue EU over tax to pay for waste water clean-up
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EU reveals plans to hit climate goals by helping dirty industries clean up
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IRS layoffs underway around the country as millions prepare to file taxes
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AP sues over White House access restrictions
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One Hyde Park residents sue over ‘corrosion’
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Google agrees to pay Italy $340 million to settle a tax evasion investigation
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Norwegian Cruise on Trump’s call to pay U.S. taxes: It’s ‘really, really complicated’
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What next for Ukraine?
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Snowy Day and Other Stories — surveillance and paranoia in South Korea
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Car ploughs into Mannheim crowd, killing at least 1
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UK’s lowest-income workers to become eligible for sick pay
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Private equity needs a new IPO playbook
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