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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets mostly gained Wednesday on hopes the Federal Reserve might ease off plans for interest rate hikes, while London opened lower after Britain installed its third prime minister this year amid an economic crisis. Other European markets gained. Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney closed higher.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants available as part
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program. The Biden administration is making the grants available as part
Continue Reading By IVANA BZGANOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is seeing a sudden tourism boom from countries whose citizens never had its sightseeing and shopping opportunities on their radar. That’s largely due to the Balkan country’s generous visa rules, which made it a key stop for migrants seeking to reach Europe
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN The NFL says the two game officials seen in a video interacting with Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Mike Evans were not asking for the wide receiver’s autograph. Following the Bucs loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in Charlotte, Panthers beat writer Sheena Quick filmed the two officials in the stadium tunnel
Continue Reading By HARUKA NUGA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials from the United States and its Asian allies Japan and South Korea suspect North Korea is preparing for a nuclear test. Vice foreign ministers from the three countries said Wednesday their joint response would be “decisive.” South Korea said the three countries are
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will announce rebate awards for school districts across the country that will support the purchase of nearly 2,500 school buses — most of which will be electric, the White House said. The funding is part of the bipartisan infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed last year. Speaking
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers A Texas mother of a toddler, scraping by on her husband’s income, was desperate to return to work but struggling to afford child care. A young Florida warehouse worker had barely left behind a turbulent past of homelessness and abuse only to be mired in debt.
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olivertapia (CNN) — Durante meses, el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, ha esperado y observado, con la esperanza de que se rompiera el notable consenso de Washington construido por el presidente Joe Biden sobre la necesidad de hacer todo lo necesario para defender la democracia en Ucrania. Ahora, por fin, pueden estar apareciendo las primeras
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police have detained the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an investigation into allegations that Turkey used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. The chief prosecutor’s office in Ankara said Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained on charges of disseminating “terrorist propaganda.” Turkish media reported
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak faced the opposition in Parliament for the first time as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday, seeking to provide assurances that his new government would offer economic stability and continuity after his predecessor’s tax plans triggered market tumult. Sunak, who took office Tuesday, has
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held the first meeting of his new Cabinet before facing the opposition in Parliament on Wednesday for the first time as leader. Sunak took office on Tuesday and appointed a government mixing allies with experienced ministers from the governments of his two
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Zurich Opera music director Gianandrea Noseda has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2027-28 season. The new deal will keep the conductor in his post after Matthias Schulz succeeds Andreas Homoki as intendant and artistic director starting with the 2025-26 season. The 58-year-old Noseda replaced Fabio Luisi as Zurich
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The social media platform TikTok has helped spread yet another potentially dangerous idea: taping your lips shut to stop mouth breathing at night. “If you have obstructive sleep apnea, yes, this can be very dangerous,” said sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations says current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on course to blow past the limit for global warming countries agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord. The U.N. climate office said Wednesday that its latest estimate based on 193 national emissions targets would see temperatures
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By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles police have launched a criminal investigation into the recording of a conversation that included racist comments and was leaked online, leading to the resignation of two officials involved, the police chief said. The leaked audio, which was posted anonymously on Reddit and obtained by The Los
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says close to 1 million drought-affected people in Somalia are in areas under the control or influence of the al-Shabab extremist group. The U.N. appealed to the fighters to allow humanitarian access as famine threatens the country. The U.N. secretary-general’s special representative in
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Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated individuals, according to
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean computer chipmaker SK Hynix says it might be forced to sell its manufacturing operations in China if a U.S. crackdown on exports of semiconductor technology and manufacturing equipment to China intensifies. SK Hynix’s chief marketing officer raised those concerns during a conference call
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