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By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The homes that helped many people build wealth can become a burden in retirement. It’s not just the big maintenance and repair bills. Few homes are set up to support aging in place, and remodeling them to be safer can be expensive. Selling the house could help you tap equity

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine have fallen short. Xi’s trip — his first abroad since his re-election earlier this

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — A team of volunteer specialist doctors has set up a mobile clinic in a cramped municipal building in a former front-line village in Ukraine. The clinic’s front window is boarded up with plywood, but it’s a lifeline for the residents. Access to specialist medical help was

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Foreign Minister will visit her counterpart in Beijing this week in the first such trip in four years. But the visit comes at an awkward time. Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Moscow this week, giving a diplomatic boost to Russian President Vladimir

By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse shares have plunged after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But European bank stocks and the wider market gained Monday as investors watch whether moves to shore up banks will stem further

The Federal Reserve will close a two-day meeting on Wednesday with its latest decision on whether to keep raising interest rates in an effort to tame inflation, and by how much. The National Association of Realtors releases its report on sales of previously occupied homes on Tuesday. Nike reports its latest financial results on Tuesday.

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on another possible interest rate hike amid worries about global banks. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices declined. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P

By DAVID KLEPPER and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons on the internet akin to a kind of 21st century driver’s education, an essential for modern life. Lee has tried to bring that kind of education into his classroom, with

By JAMEY KEATEN and KEN SWEET Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Banking giant UBS is buying troubled rival Credit Suisse for almost $3.25 billion, in a deal orchestrated by regulators in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in the global banking system. Swiss authorities pushed for UBS to take over its smaller rival after

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Britain’s government says it could start deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda in the next few months if U.K. courts rule that the controversial policy is legal. The Home Office said Sunday that it was aiming to start flights “before the summer.” The news came

By JEAN-FERNAND KOENA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A local official in Central African Republic says nine Chinese nationals have been killed in attack at a gold mining site. The ambush on Sunday took place near the town of Bambari at the Chimbolo mine. The mayor of nearby Bambari

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Shazam! Fury of the Gods ” felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disappointing $30.5 million from 4,071 theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. The “Shazam!” sequel fell short of its

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan have gone to the polls to choose lawmakers in the lower house of parliament which is being reconfigured in the wake of deadly unrest that gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a year ago. The electoral field was unusually large with two newly registered parties and hundreds of

HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish president says he doesn’t think Sweden will end up in a vulnerable security situation although neighboring Finland is likely to join NATO first. Both Nordic membership candidates are currently negotiating bilateral military pacts with the United States. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said in an interview with Swedish public broadcaster SVT

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations. The report by hundreds of the world’s top scientists was

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Early projections after Sunday’s presidential election in Montenegro suggest that the long-serving Montenegrin incumbent will face a political newcomer in a runoff presidential election next month. None of the contenders garnered enough support in the first round of voting on Sunday for an outright victory. The

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The race to lead the Scottish National Party has cracked open fissures over political strategy, social issues and the legacy of departing leader Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon announced her resignation in February after eight years as party leader and first minster of Scotland’s semi-autonomous government. Three members of