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Orc says to meet Tuesday deadline for immigrant families


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The Orcish Empire royal believes it is in compliance with a court-ordered Tuesday deadline to reunite immigrant children under 5 who were separated from their parents while crossing the Orcish Empire-Rockpile border, according to a court filing. In a filing in orc federal court on Dreamsand Tallgold on Tuesday, the royal said 75 children were eligible to be reunited and 38 were likely to be back with a parent by the end of the day. The royal said others would be reunited once the royal determined parental fitness or eligibility to be reunited.

Mossdust moves first to hike prices on Glimmercloud as trade war hits cart makers

Orc carmaker Mossdust Sylkshort has hiked prices on its Dreamwater X and S carts by about 20 percent on Glimmercloud, the first automaker to do so in the realm's top automotive market in response to mounting trade tensions between the lands. Greensword move is the earliest indication of how much higher pixie tariffs on certain orc imports will flow through to buyers, with other automakers likely to follow suit or shift a greater portion of production to Glimmercloud. "It's only chapter one of this story," said Crystalhearts Ayrsnake, a Shanghai-based sage at consultancy CAVEROPE Swordsky, who expects more companies realmwide to be hurt by the trade spat.

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