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Month: January 2024

Illinois election board will consider whether to boot Trump from ballot over insurrection amendment

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot after a recommendation that he be removed over the Constitution’s insurrection provision. The meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections, which is split evenly between Democrats and

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Spain’s lawmakers are to vote on a hugely divisive amnesty law for Catalan separatists

CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament is to debate and vote on an hugely divisive amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of hundreds of people who were involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agreed to the law in exchange for the

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Europe narrowly avoids a recession

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Europe’s economy avoided ending 2023 in a recession by the narrowest of margins, official data showed Tuesday. Gross domestic product across the 20 countries that use the euro stagnated in the October-to-December quarter compared with the previous three months, according to an initial estimate published by Eurostat. In

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Order to liquidate property giant China Evergrande is just one step in fixing China’s debt crisis

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — A Hong Kong court’s order to liquidate the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer is only a tentative step toward resolving a debt crisis that is haunting financial markets and dragging on the Chinese economy. China Evergrande owes about $340 billion to

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UK fines HSBC bank for not going far enough to protect deposits in case it collapsed

LONDON (AP) — UK regulators say HSBC has been fined $72.8 million for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event the bank collapsed. The Prudential Regulation Authority said Tuesday that two units of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc violated rules designed to ensure regulators have the information they need to protect depositors when banks

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Millions urgently need food in Ethiopia’s Tigray region despite the resumption of aid deliveries

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Only a small fraction of millions of needy people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are receiving food aid, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press. That’s more than one month after aid agencies resumed deliveries of grain following a lengthy pause over massive

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Philippines and Vietnam agree to expand cooperation in South China Sea, which Beijing also claims

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Philippines and Vietnam have signed agreements to avoid incidents in the South China Sea and broaden cooperation between their coast guards. The growing alliance will likely be frowned upon by China, which claims virtually the entire waters. The agreements, along with discussions

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