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Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China accused Washington on Thursday of trying to block its development after President Joe Biden…
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Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has increased the number of countries that its big-spending tourists can visit by more than 70 following the lifting of its…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s national statistics bureau says inflation has reached a record high in July. It said Thursday that consumer prices rose…
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Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese security official says two bullets hit the car of the country’s caretaker…
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Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian militant group says Israeli forces have shot and killed one of its members in the occupied West Bank. The…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials have broken ground in southeast Louisiana on a nearly $3 billion project to fight…
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Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of hospitality workers rallied Thursday evening beneath the glittery lights of the Las…
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Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press When philosophy professor Darren Hick came across another case of cheating in his classroom at Furman University…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders.…
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden evoked the memory of his late son and praised leaders from both…
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Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Thursday approved an expansion that will allow two rival…
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