Once-hot SPAC investments return to earth
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The spectacular run for a once-hot investment has fizzled so much that many have been relegated to…
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Veterans at Revolutionary battlefield dig find camaraderie
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press STILLWATER, N.Y. (AP) — Veterans are helping with an archaeological dig at the Saratoga National Historical Park…
Continue ReadingFears of global shockwaves from Chinese builder’s debts ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Fears that a Chinese real estate developer’s possible default on multibillion-dollar debts…
Continue ReadingWoman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A woman with Down syndrome has lost a court challenge against the British government over a law…
Continue ReadingOne to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single…
Continue ReadingOne to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single…
Continue ReadingDetained Australian economist appears in Myanmar court
BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian economist arrested when Myanmar’s military seized power in February has made a court appearance in the capital where…
Continue ReadingBank of England keeps rates on hold, warns over inflation
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.1% but warned that inflation is…
Continue ReadingBank of England keeps rates on hold, warns over inflation
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.1% but warned that inflation is…
Continue ReadingNobel Prize ceremonies to be curtailed again due to pandemic
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize ceremonies will be reined in for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The winners of this year’s…
Continue ReadingEU legal advisor: Diesel software faces strict limits
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…
Continue ReadingEU legal advisor: Diesel software faces strict limits
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…
Continue Reading‘Brothers in blue’: One fallen officer’s kidney was a match to a fellow officer who was injured in the line of duty
By Amy Simonson, CNN Police officers are supposed to protect and serve. One officer’s service is living beyond his time. Officer Mark Priebe,…
Continue ReadingTensions grow as US, allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvement
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear…
Continue ReadingAncient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby going back to Iraq
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, Now, a 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in…
Continue ReadingChina sends 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in show of force
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has sent 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in a large display of force. The move comes after the self-governing island…
Continue ReadingFears of global shockwaves from Chinese builder’s debts ease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Fears that a Chinese real estate developer’s possible default on multibillion-dollar debts…
Continue ReadingFloods, books & kids: Highlights of German election campaign
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s election campaign has largely focused on the three candidates hoping to succeed…
Continue ReadingDanes side with US against French criticism of defense deal
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark is siding with the United States in the dispute with its fellow EU member France over a major Indo-Pacific…
Continue ReadingPence hopeful the Supreme Court will restrict abortion in US
By VANESSA GERA and BALAZS KAUFMANN BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says he’s hopeful that the new…
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