Donors secure $100M to benefit minorities on climate change
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A group of financial donors committed to racial equity plans to announce that it has secured at…
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Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Author, playwright and longtime champion of multiculturalism Ishmael Reed is receiving a lifetime achievement award for his…
Continue ReadingUK plans rules for some cryptocurrencies amid global effort
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain has unveiled plans to regulate some cryptocurrencies as part of a broader plan to become a…
Continue ReadingNY mobster who escaped federal custody rearrested in Florida
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York mobster who escaped federal custody in Florida has been rearrested. The U.S. Marshals Service says 64-year-old…
Continue ReadingElon Musk joins Twitter board after amassing massive stake
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s top court delays decision on political crisis
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court has delayed its decision on whether Prime Minister Imran Khan and his allies dissolved Parliament…
Continue Reading1983 arson conviction vacated due to antisemitism at trial
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A New York man who spent nearly 40 years trying to clear his name after he was wrongfully convicted of arson by a jury…
Continue ReadingUS agency opens probe into electric vehicle batteries
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after…
Continue ReadingAfghan evacuees mark first US Ramadan with gratitude, agony
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARIAM FAM The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) — Afghan families evacuated to the United States when the…
Continue ReadingResidents evacuated from Florida apartments deemed unsafe
By FREIDA FRISARO and WILFREDO LEE Associated Press NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — City officials in North Miami Beach ordered residents of a…
Continue ReadingDanish aid chief says group’s Afghan female staff working
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Danish aid group has been able to keep its Afghan women employees working, even after the Taliban takeover of the…
Continue Reading300 killed by Mali’s army and foreigners, says rights group
By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An international rights group says Mali’s army and foreign soldiers suspected to be…
Continue ReadingStacey Abrams reaches millionaire status before 2nd campaign
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams has become a millionaire. A disclosure filed in March shows the…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan lawmakers seek interim government to solve crisis
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers has…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Take your money to the next level
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet You’ve mastered the basics of money management — the bank accounts, the emergency fund, the 401(k) you contribute…
Continue ReadingKuwait’s government resigns as political crisis intensifies
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s government has resigned, just months after its formation, opening up…
Continue ReadingGreece: 2 arrested from sailboat in distress with 70 aboard
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says two people have been arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling and endangering lives for…
Continue ReadingTrump aide seeking NH House seat voted in 2 states in 2016
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former Trump administration official running for Congress in New…
Continue ReadingEuropean Union proposes Russian coal ban in new sanctions
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia in what…
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