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ExxonMobil says it will stay in Guyana for the long term despite territorial dispute with Venezuela

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Oil giant ExxonMobil says it will keep ramping up production in offshore Guyana despite the escalation of a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which claims that oil-rich region as its own. ExxonMobil Guyana said in a brief statement posted Monday that it was reaffirming its “long-term commitment to Guyana” as tensions

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Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani tells jurors that his lies made her fear for her life

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump allies falsely accused her of fraud, former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told jurors Tuesday she seldom leaves her home, suffers from panic attacks and battles nightmares brought on by a

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UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations is warning that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization presented the findings in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. The report is compiled by the U.N. and

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Voting closes in Egypt’s presidential elections, with el-Sissi almost certain to win a third term

CAIRO (AP) — Voting has closed in Egypt’s presidential election that is almost certain to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi secure a third term. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a conflict on Egypt’s eastern border that threatens to expand into wider regional turmoil. According to a timetable published by

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Biden takes a tougher stance on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate bombing’ of Gaza’

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language as the United Nations neared a vote on demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “Israel’s security can rest

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From restaurant meals to car insurance, high services prices slow progress on inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of inflation that emerged Tuesday from the government’s November price data was a mixed one. Overall consumer inflation slowed. But underlying price pressures — from apartment rents, restaurant meals, auto insurance and many other services — remained stubbornly high. Last month’s inflation data arrived

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A Chicago train operator knew snow equipment was on the line but braked immediately, review finds

By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow-removal equipment last month knew the machine would be on the line that day but wasn’t aware of its exact location, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. The

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Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company’s payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers. It’s a blow to a major pillar of Google’s technology empire. But it’s a win for Epic Games,

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