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Coach’s former CEO says the US isn’t the place to produce good-value, well-made bags

Lew Frankfort said best value bags need to be produced overseas, even as companies have been shifting manufacturing to the US amid tariff turmoil.
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Asian markets extend gains, Japan’s Nikkei nears 50,000-level

Asian markets have advanced, with Japan’s benchmark approaching the symbolically important 50,000 level for the first time as conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi was poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.
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Former French President Sarkozy’s 5-year prison sentence begins

In the so-called VIP section, Sarkozy could have his own room in one of 18 identical 9-square-metre cells (96.8 square feet) in a wing separated from other general prison inmates.
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Russia’s demands the same after Trump-Zelenskyy meet, Kremlin says

The Kremlin has not changed its stance on its territorial demands from Ukraine, Moscow said, rejecting speculation that Russia might have scaled back its terms for a possible ceasefire to end the war.
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NYC plans to untangle chaotic Chinatown intersection, build new plaza

Seven different streets meet at the foot of the Bowery. It’s a traffic nightmare.
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House Republicans preparing report on Biden’s use of autopen after months of investigation

House Republicans are preparing to release a report about President Joe Biden’s mental state and the alleged misuse of the presidential autopen during his term.
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Rangers shuffle lineup after Carson Soucy returns from injury

He missed the previous four games with an upper-body injury he sustained in the second period of the Rangers game in Pittsburgh on Oct. 11.
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Today in History: October 21, Pistorius convicted in shooting death

1797: ‘Old Ironsides’ launched in Boston Harbor 1944: U.S. troops capture Aachen in WWII 1959: Guggenheim Museum opens to public
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Federal judge refuses city’s request to review Rikers receivership order

Judge Swain denied NYC’s request to undo Rikers receivership, keeping the jail under federal oversight to address chronic violence.
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