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The oil giant BP is cutting thousands of jobs, the company announced on Thursday. In a statement sent to Business Insider, it said some 4,700 positions would be eliminated, while the number of ...

Discover the restoration of military wire cutters from the Russian Imperial Army, unearthed from a WWI battlefield. These tools, buried for decades, were heavily rusted and in poor condition.

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Jan 16 (Reuters) - Citigroup (C.N), opens new tab is cutting more jobs this week after going through an overhaul last year, a spokesperson for the lender said on Thursday, as a part of the ...

Two women aged 18 and 51 were killed and a third young woman wounded when a student carried out a knife attack at a school in eastern Slovakia. Local police initially said the suspect - an 18-year ...

Mona Field, Eagle Rock To the editor: I listened to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass talk about cutting red tape for the rebuilding effort. People who have lost homes and businesses are inundated with ...

Explore the revival of German wire cutters found buried near a historic trench after 106 years. Covered in rust and damaged, these tools were carefully cleaned, repaired, and brought back to their ...