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Month: April 2024

ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Southest Asian finance ministers and central bank governors have ended meetings in the Laotian city of Luang Prabang citing progress in building stronger regional institutions, but also noting serious challenges due to geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices. Laos’ Finance Minister Santiphab Phomvihane read

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Many intimate Renaissance portraits were hidden behind covers — this new exhibition explores why

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Half a millennium ago, the Protestant rebel priest Martin Luther sent out a number of small paintings as a marital announcement with political implications. He’d commissioned German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder to commemorate his controversial union with the nun Katharina von Bora in 1525 through complementary round portraits

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Deadly Nor’easter cuts off power to hundreds of thousands across the Northeast as many roads remain impassable

By Dalia Faheid, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — At least three people are dead and hundreds of thousands are without power Friday after a nor’easter brought heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the Northeast. Widespread wind gusts topping 40 mph swept across the region midweek, downing trees and

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