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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose will be offered to nursing home residents and people…
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Continue Reading Wheat down payments and free hogs: How Chinese developers are trying to sell homes
By Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part…
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CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part…
Continue Reading Biden calls for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of…
Continue Reading Big wildfire forces evacuations near Turkish Marmaris resort
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Continue Reading UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate hit 9.1% in May, a new 40-year high and up slightly from the previous month. The Office for National…
Continue Reading South Korea hits dozens with travel bans amid crypto probe
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Continue Reading Thousands of Dutch farmers protest, fearing government cuts
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Continue Reading Millions affected after deadly floods hit India and Bangladesh
By Swati Gupta and Rhea Mogul, CNN Millions of people across India and Bangladesh have been affected by raging floods and landslides that left more…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall St declines on growth worries
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Continue Reading South Sudan fights child marriage where girls sold for cows
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Continue Reading Turkey, Saudi hail ‘new era of cooperation’ as prince visits
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Continue Reading Europe wildfire risk heightened by early heat waves, drought
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Continue Reading To avoid US extradition, Megaupload pair plead guilty in NZ
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Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s crisis cripples once burgeoning middle class
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Continue Reading Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters’ staffing woes
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Continue Reading Ford pledges to work with community near future factory
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. officials are pledging to be good neighbors to those in rural west…
Continue Reading Japan suspect in COVID relief fraud deported by Indonesia
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Continue Reading Labor board takes Starbucks to court over alleged violations
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board is asking a federal court to order Starbucks to stop interfering with…
Continue Reading Corporate America is ‘disappointed’ in the Fed for getting inflation wrong, Gary Cohn tells CNN
by Matt Egan, CNN Corporate America is frustrated with the Federal Reserve for waiting too long to attack inflation, according to former Trump…
Continue Reading Ex-Trump adviser calls for lifting Trump tariffs on China
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn is in favor of President Joe Biden lifting some Trump-era tariffs imposed on…
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