U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has praised the support provided by Americans following the devastating Feb. 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Blinken made the comments on Monday during …
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By SUZAN FRASER and ANDREW WILKS
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2/20/23
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Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week with a mixed performance. Oil prices also advanced. China left its benchmark lending rate, the loan prime rate, …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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2/20/23
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning the CEO of Norfolk Southern that the freight rail company must “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people” of East Palestine, Ohio, and …
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By JOSH BOAK
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2/19/23
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Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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2/19/23
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East St. Louis-area hotel restaurant server and single mother of three Joan Van said she works doubles, sometimes triples, to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick, or she needs …
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE
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2/19/23
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A lawsuit against YouTube from the family of an American college student who was killed by Islamic State gunmen in Paris in 2015 is at the center of a closely watched Supreme Court case being …
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By MARK SHERMAN
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2/19/23
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The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations nearly a year into Russia's invasion. It comes after inspections of ships …
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By COURTNEY BONNELL
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2/19/23
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Fire officials in Northern California say a Tesla driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured when the car plowed into a firetruck that was parked on a freeway. The Contra Costa County …
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2/18/23
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The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers' pain at the grocery store as officials slaughtered more than 58 million birds to help limit the …
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By JOSH FUNK
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2/18/23
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A ballet company in Hungary is rehearsing at an automobile factory after being forced to shutter their rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices. The Ballet Company of Gyor, a city in …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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2/18/23
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Like many people in Nigeria, Godgift Inemesit’s savings are trapped in a bank. A changeover to a redesigned currency has plunged Africa’s largest economy into crisis: There aren’t enough new …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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2/18/23
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — three states on NATO’s eastern flank scarred by decades of Soviet-era occupation — have been among the top donors to …
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By KOSTYA MANENKOV and LIUDAS DAPKUS
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2/18/23
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A court filing in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News lays bare fear at the network that it had alienated viewers and damaged its brand by not lining up with President Donald Trump's …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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2/18/23
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The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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2/17/23
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Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has returned to federal court in a last-ditch attempt to stay out of prison while he's appealing a jury’s verdict convicting him of …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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2/17/23
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Amazon will require corporate employees to return to the office at least three days a week. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff Friday the new policy will go into effect May 1. The current …
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By HALELUYA HADERO
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2/17/23
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The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that …
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By MATTHEW DALY
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2/17/23
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A top Federal Reserve official is downplaying recent signs that the economy is strengthening, but also said he is prepared to keep raising interest rates in smaller increments as often as needed to …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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2/17/23
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India’s Finance Ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country. Tax authorities ended three days of …
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2/17/23
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TikTok is planning two more European data centers, as the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app seeks to allay growing concerns about data privacy for its users in the West. The company said in a …
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2/17/23
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