The crew of 12 seeks to raise awareness of gender equality, the environment and the union of the islands.
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Rail workers say deal won’t resolve quality-of-life concerns
The five-year deals include 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses, but concerns remain about paid sick time and getting a day off.
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Strong earthquake shakes main Indonesia island of Java
Two weeks ago, an equally powerful quake killed at least 331 people and injured nearly 600.
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Ukraine urges tougher Western squeeze on Russian oil prices
The Russian Embassy in Washington insisted that Russian oil ‘will continue to be in demand’ and criticized the price limit as “’eshaping the basic principles of the functioning of free markets.’
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G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil
The aim is to to prevent price spikes and starve President Vladimir Putin of funding for his war in Ukraine.
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Cruise passenger who fell overboard recalls experience
He spent nearly 20 hours alone, treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling off a cruise ship and being saved on Thanksgiving.
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Wall Street ends mixed following strong data on wages, jobs
Stocks had been on the upswing for the last month on hopes the worst of the nation’s high inflation may have passed already.
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Democrats move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, first voting state
Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.
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Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy
He has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families who sued him for calling it a hoax.
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National 988 mental health hotline back up after outage
The federal government is investigating the hotline’s outage, Health and Human Services spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said in a tweet late Thursday night.