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Month: July 2024

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as dive for Big Tech stocks hits Wall St rally

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, with Tokyo’s benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China. By early afternoon, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 1.9% at 40,324.17. The markets’ spotlight was squarely on

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European Commission didn’t provide enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court says

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU general court says the European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic. The decision Wednesday comes a day ahead of a vote at the European Parliament at which European Commission President Ursula

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Violent clashes erupt between police and protesters in Dhaka even after 6 die during campus protests

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Several major universities in Bangladesh have agreed to shut their doors after at least six people died in violent campus protests. Also Wednesday, protest organizers said they would shut down all but essential services as relentless clashes between demonstrators and police stretched into the night. Protesters are demanding an

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Deadly floods engulf parts of South Asia as extreme weather devastates vulnerable region

By Sahar Akbarzai, Michael Rios, Michael Mitsanas, Helen Regan and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — From Afghanistan to Bangladesh, India to Nepal, flash flooding and torrential rain have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, as the climate crisis amplifies the effects of the monsoon season, bringing widespread devastation to South Asia. Millions of people

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China’s Communist Party charts technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to draft policies for reviving its slowing economy. The closed-door meetings come at a time of growing pressure to fix chronic problems dragging

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Conclusiones de la segunda noche de la Convención Nacional Republicana

Julia Hernández (CNN) — La exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur Nikki Haley, en su discurso ante la Convención Nacional Republicana (RNC, por sus siglas en inglés) este martes, aplaudió la “increíble capacidad de autocorrección” de Estados Unidos. Haley, tan recientemente rival política y feroz crítica del expresidente Donald Trump, podría haber estado hablando de sí

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