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NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks are falling in early trading as more signs of a strong job market mean worries about interest rates are weighing even heavier on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was down 0.5% early Thursday and is on track for its third straight drop. The Nasdaq composite was also down as

Oil leaking from a Philippine tanker that sank southwest of the capital has prompted at least seven coastal towns to ban fishing and swimming as authorities scramble to contain the spill, officials said Thursday. The MT Princess Empress, which was carrying 20 crewmembers and a cargo of about 800,000 liters (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel

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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police have removed activists from the entrance to two government offices as campaigners continued their protest against a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway. The activists are mainly teenagers. They began

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By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian officials accused Ukrainian saboteurs on Thursday of crossing into western Russia and attacking local villages, an accusation that Ukraine denied and alleged would be used by Moscow to step up attacks. The exact circumstances of the incident reported in the Bryansk region were unclear, including

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police have removed activists from the entrance to two government offices as campaigners continued their protest against a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway. The activists are mainly teenagers. They began their protest a week ago and

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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia and instead use its influence to press Moscow for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Scholz said in a speech to German parliament on Thursday that “my message to Beijing is clear: use your influence in

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government plans to expand minimum cybersecurity requirements for critical sectors and be faster and more aggressive in preventing cyberattacks before they occur. Part of the plan includes using military, law enforcement and diplomatic tools. That’s according to a Biden administration strategy document released Thursday. Officials

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation has eased only slightly in the 20 countries that use the euro currency as the pain from higher costs for food and fuel persists. That’s giving the European Central Bank no reason to slow interest rate increases aimed at getting prices back under control.

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is starting a push to get Congress to fund measures to help prosecute fraud in government coronavirus pandemic relief programs. The plans include measures to prevent future identity theft and help victims. The request is for $1.6 billion. A chunk of the money would go to

By MAE ANDERSON and TED SHAFFREY The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent winter weekday at Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine, men hop onto shoeshine chairs and pull out newspapers and phones to read while shoeshiners get to work applying polish and elbow grease to loafers, boots and other leather

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