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Well, now we know the answer to the question of how Israel planned to respond to Iran’s airstrikes from last weekend. Explosions were reported near the northwestern Iranian city of Isfahan late Thursday, in what several major outlets reported, citing US officials and local sources, as an apparent Israeli airstrike.
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The Biden administrationannounced this week it will reimpose oil sector sanctions on Venezuela because President Nicolas Maduro’s government has backed away from a commitment to hold a free and fair presidential election this year.
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Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., have until 8 pm Friday to choose whether to join the United Auto Workers union, a vote that could determine the trajectory of labor unions across the American South.
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