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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have arrested four people for alleged involvement with a cocaine shipment seized in neighboring Greece. A total of 14 people have now been detained in both countries as a result of Tuesday’s operation in Greece’s northern port city of Thessaloniki. Police said that they

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws from British statute books by the end of this year. Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said Wednesday that the government would instead draw up a list of about 600 specific laws that would be revoked. Critics

By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS Associated Press The U.S. has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers over the past 18 months. It’s part of a program aimed at getting more people to work in public service jobs. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Most older adults ages 50 to 80 say it’s important to stay in their homes for as long as they can, according to the 2022 National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan. But aging in place isn’t as simple as just staying home — you must consider

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Norfolk Southern has recommitted to setting up a fund for East Palestine, Ohio residents whose homes have declined in value since a train derailment there earlier this year. CEO Alan Shaw said in a letter on Tuesday that while the company has total accrued charges of almost $400 million

MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat. Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters Wednesday that the government will modify occupational risk legislation to prohibit outdoor work when the weather agency issues red or orange alerts. The agency frequently issues such alerts when temperature increases pose a

NEW YORK (AP) — A relieved Wall Street is rising after a report showed inflation is making strides toward easing, even if it remains too high. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher early Wednesday. The Dow little changed while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.7%. Bond prices also climbed after the highly anticipated report said inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that further declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy. Prices increased 0.4% from March to April, the government said Wednesday, up from a 0.1%

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Sweden has seriously injured at least one person. Police said they were investigating Wednesday’s blast as an industrial accident. The factory in Karlsborg, some 220 kilometers 137 miles) southwest of Stockholm, was manufacturing small-caliber ammunition. Police say while there is “uncertainty about how the

By SUSIE BLANN and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s atomic energy company is claiming that Russia plans to relocate around 3,100 Ukrainian staff from Europe’s largest nuclear plant. Energoatom warned Wednesday that the plan could result in a potential “catastrophic lack of qualified personnel” at the Zaporizhzhia facility in Russia-occupied southern

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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A European Union commissioner from Bulgaria has been nominated for the post of prime minister as the Balkan country struggles to end a two-year period of political instability and economic hardship. Maria Gabriel was tipped on Wednesday by the center-right GERB party to receive a mandate from Bulgaria’s president to nominate

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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares declined in muted trading Wednesday as investors awaited an upcoming report on inflation in the United States, an important indicator for where interest rates and global growth might go in the coming months. France’s CAC 40 shed 0.2% in early trading to 7,382.48. Germany’s

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