 
            Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises
BEIJING (AP) — The prime minister of Laos has ridden the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built train connecting his isolated, mountainous…
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            BEIJING (AP) — The prime minister of Laos has ridden the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built train connecting his isolated, mountainous…
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            By BARBARA SURK and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France has announced multibillion-euro deals to sell fighter…
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            By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of a controversial oil project off Scotland’s Shetland Islands,…
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            BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese real estate developer has warned it might not be able to pay a $400 million bond due next week, adding to financial strain…
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            By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s beleaguered currency has been plunging to all-time lows against the U.S. dollar…
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            WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese companies will have to disclose more information about audits and whether they are controlled by a government or else…
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            By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out a bumpy week with more losses on Friday following a mixed reading on U.S. jobs…
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            By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the…
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            By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law the stopgap spending bill that will…
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            By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s opposition leader says the nation would set a more ambitious target of…
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            By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab…
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            By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc. says it will pull out of the New York Stock…
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            By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California official says the state’s landmark law mandating women be placed on corporate…
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            By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Officials in Oregon are asking for help locating the person or persons responsible for poisoning an entire…
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            By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block graphics chip maker Nvidia’s $40 billion purchase of chip…
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            By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Thursday that the administration’s…
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            NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Kroger, Okta rise; Dollar General, Apple…
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            The Associated Press Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Thursday as investors continue to monitor the spread of the new coronavirus variant as well…
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            By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — If you’ve turned on a television in the last three years, chances are you’ve been…
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            By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Millions of health care workers across the U.S. must be vaccinated as a result of a mandate…
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            By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden’s latest measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 will increase the hassle factor of…
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            BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A 29-year-old man has been arrested in the death of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, who was fatally shot at the…
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            By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly approved picking their leaders by direct…
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            The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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            MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has threatened legal action over provisions of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better…
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            BOSTON (AP) — A former college track and field coach accused of setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick female…
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            By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration is issuing new directives and recommendations…
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            By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Oil giant BP has agreed to pay a $512,450 penalty and reduce soot emissions from its Whiting refinery in…
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            By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Grantmakers are increasing spending on education, hoping to turn the…
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            By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned officials to strictly observe industrial safety…
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