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Month: February 2024

Millennials are running up more debt than ever before

CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans — particularly Millennials and those with lower incomes — are becoming increasingly overextended financially: Credit card and auto loan delinquencies have not only surpassed pre-pandemic levels, they’re the highest they’ve been in more than a decade. During the fourth quarter, US household debt hit a

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A Greek island is without drinking water after pipeline damage that authorities blame on sabotage

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Athens say residents of the Greek island of Aegina have been without drinkable water running in their homes after an alleged act of sabotage disabled an undersea pipeline from the mainland. Officials say an explosive charge likely cut off the supply of fresh water carried along the 12-kilometer-long (7.5-mile-long)

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FAA tells Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement for pilots until it can study the issue

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is warning Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots until the agency can study whether older pilots would raise safety risks. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said in a letter to two key senators that pilot fitness is critical to safety, and the agency should

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Cómo y dónde votar en las elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador: horarios, documentos, boleta

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El próximo 4 de febrero más de 6 millones de salvadoreños están convocados a las urnas para elegir al próximo presidente, vicepresidente y 60 diputados que integrarán la Asamblea Legislativa. Nayib Bukele, actual presidente —con permiso de la Asamblea Legislativa para la campaña electoral— busca reelegirse para un segundo mandato.

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UN rights body concerned by ‘pattern of harassment’ of Imran Khan’s party members ahead of election

By MUNIR AHMED and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body expressed concern over the “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner

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2 alleged extremists are shot dead during an attack on Turkey’s best-known courthouse

By ANDREW WILKS and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people have attacked Turkey’s most well-known courthouse before being shot dead. Authorities allege the assailants were part of an extremist organization that had been largely inactive in recent years. The interior minister says the man and woman tried to attack a security checkpoint

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Sri Lankan Cabinet minister resigns after being arrested in a counterfeit drugs scandal

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal over the government’s alleged purchase of counterfeit drugs during the country’s economic crisis. The government confirmed on Tuesday that Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who previously was health minister, has resigned. He was

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Wildfires that are turning neighborhoods to ash are likely Chile’s deadliest on record, UN agency says

By Sahar Akbarzai and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The devastating wildfires tearing across large parts of Chile are believed to be the country’s deadliest on record, according to the United Nations disaster agency, as firefighters struggle to contain more than 160 blazes after days of burning. The fires have claimed at least 123 lives

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