Asian stocks mixed after late slump on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are mixed after a late drop left major Wall Street indexes mostly lower. Tokyo was closed…
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China says 5 citizens kidnapped from Congo mining operation
BEIJING (AP) — China says five of its citizens have been kidnapped from a mining operation in eastern Congo. The Chinese Embassy in Kinshasa posted…
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government expects 200,000 vaccinated foreign students and skilled…
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Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes resign from Fox News, protesting ‘irresponsible’ voices like Tucker Carlson
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can…
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading WhatsApp pushes privacy update to comply with Irish ruling
LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging the information for European users. The update is to comply with a…
Continue Reading Justin Bieber called on to cancel Saudi Arabia concert by slain journalist’s fiancée
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi wrote an open letter published by the Washington Post calling for…
Continue Reading Nikole Hannah-Jones: Anti-CRT coverage is a ‘propaganda campaign’
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business What began as a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Magazine cover story, the 1619 Project has now produced two…
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business What began as a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Magazine cover story, the 1619 Project has now produced two…
Continue Reading Average US price of gas steady over past 2 weeks, at $3.49
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline held steady over the past two weeks, at $3.49 per gallon. Industry…
Continue Reading In UAE, French finance minister warns of climate action cost
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Just over a week after some 200 nations struck an agreement aimed at…
Continue Reading ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ scares up a solid opening at the box office
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business In 1984, “Ghostbusters” became one of the most popular comedies in film history. Now, nearly four decades…
Continue Reading El Salvador plans first ‘Bitcoin City’, backed by bitcoin bonds
Reuters El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib…
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CNN, NYSE, BITO ETF, COINBASE, ROBINHOOD Reuters El Salvador plans to build the world’s first “Bitcoin City”, funded initially by…
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By DAVID BARRAZA Associated Press LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says his government will build an oceanside…
Continue Reading Dinner on the patio? First, hold the stench
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Much of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has been transformed in the past decade by new…
Continue Reading France vows to keep battling in fishing dispute with UK
PARIS (AP) — France’s minister of the sea has vowed to “continue the fight” in the country’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights.…
Continue Reading Here’s why Gen Z is unionizing
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Even among the generally youthful demographic of Starbucks workers unionizing in Buffalo, New York, 17-year-old Maya…
Continue Reading Drive-thrus are all screwed up. Here’s what it’ll take to fix them
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Late this summer, drive-thru times slowed by about 26 seconds compared to last year, according to a study.…
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Late this summer, drive-thru times slowed by about 26 seconds compared to last year,…
Continue Reading How hoarding saved Black Friday
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For months, there have been warnings to shoppers: Get through your holiday to-do list early. Wait until Black Friday…
Continue Reading Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands protest Belgium’s tighter COVID-19 rules
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched through Brussels to protest reinforced COVID-19…
Continue Reading ‘I lost everything’: Guadeloupe riots overtake COVID protest
BY ELODIE SOUPAMA AND SYLVIE CORBET LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — France is sending police special forces to its overseas Caribbean territory of…
Continue Reading UK to probe racial bias in medical devices after COVID toll
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to…
Continue Reading Austria begins national lockdown to fight surging infections
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has gone into a nationwide lockdown to combat skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The…
Continue Reading Saudi critic’s fiancee urges Justin Bieber to cancel F1 show
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The fiancee of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices…
Continue Reading Exit polls: Bulgarian president wins apparent reelection
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Exit polls in Bulgaria suggest that incumbent Rumen Radev is the apparent winner in the…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s doctors pushed to the limit by COVID-19 wave
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KAKHOVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is setting records almost every day for coronavirus…
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