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Customers Urges Patience Amid Timber Market Challenges

Renowned timber industry expert, Mark Kings, discussed his retirement plans and addressed pressing issues affecting the market in a recent press conference. He shed light on challenges exacerbated by adverse weather conditions, emphasizing the necessity for client patience amidst distribution delays caused by severe storms and bad weather impacting operations. Would you mind sharing with […]

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TRUMP TROUBLES COULD STILL BACKFIRE ON HIS CRITICS, WHILE BIDEN BRIEFLY BREAKS THROUGH

The praiseworthy, preemptive political obits had already been published. All that remained was for the reporters and anchors to trek out to Wyoming and perform last rites. But it is difficult to think of a single congressional primary loser who has drawn more glowing plaudits than Liz Cheney. “The Country Needs More Liz Cheneys,” a […]

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Local groups report on the invasion in Ukraine

Russia has invaded Ukraine, and Ukrainian children need our help. Global Fund for Children’s Joseph Bednarek describes what he’s hearing from local organizations about the situation on the ground and how they are responding. I wrote an article for Global Fund for Children in 2014, after Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine. During that war, most […]

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Johnson looks east to Asia as focus of post-Brexit strategy

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday the U.K. will prioritize diplomatic engagement with Asian countries in the coming decade, as he unveiled a major shift in the country’s foreign policy and defense priorities after Brexit. Setting out a vision of a “Global Britain,” the new strategy document envisions the U.K. “tilting” […]

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Enduring 2nd impeachment, Trump stands largely silent, alone

WASHINGTON (AP) — His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent. For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet when his legacy was set in stone on Wednesday, he was stunningly left on the sidelines. Trump […]

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Delayed election results? Maybe, but not because of fraud

WASHINGTON (AP) — A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent, as President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday. Trump, seeking to already undermine the results of an election he […]

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Germany’s Merkel: Stop EU from drifting apart amid pandemic

BERLIN (AP) — The European Union must not be allowed to drift apart economically because of the coronavirus crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, warning that populists and political extremists would pounce on such a development. A day before leaders of the EU’s 27 countries hold a video conference summit, Merkel pledged to push […]

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Ford, Volkswagen to reveal details on global alliance

NEW YORK (AP) — Ford and Volkswagen are planning to unveil details about their budding alliance to build mobility services and autonomous and electric vehicles. Executives from both companies are planning to reveal details Friday morning.                         The two companies announced plans in January […]

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