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Federal Reserve and the markets in standoff on rate hikes

Federal Reserve and the markets in standoff on rate hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sooner or later, either Wall Street or the Federal Reserve has to blink.
Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy

Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy

BERLIN (AP) — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny placed a replica of the tiny “punishment cell” he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia's embassy in Berlin on Tuesday, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate.
Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP

Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate around raising the debt ceiling sounds eerily similar: Newly elected House Republicans , eager to confront the Democratic president in the White House, refused to raise the debt limit without cuts to federal spending.
Algeria's army chief on discreet 1st-ever visit to France

Algeria's army chief on discreet 1st-ever visit to France

PARIS (AP) — Algeria’s powerful army chief is on a discreet but extraordinary official visit to Paris, the first by a top-ranked Algerian general since independence from France more than six decades ago. Gen.
Learning to lie: AI tools adept at creating disinformation

Learning to lie: AI tools adept at creating disinformation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence is writing fiction , making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires . Now it's competing in another endeavor once limited to humans — creating propaganda and disinformation.
Taiwan's president says war with China 'not an option'

Taiwan's president says war with China 'not an option'

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is “not an option” and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting self-r
Broad protest for Danish government's plans to scrap holiday

Broad protest for Danish government's plans to scrap holiday

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her centrist coalition have been broadly lambasted by the opposition, trade unions, the country's bishops and many rank-and-file members of their own parties for proposing to abol
Top German court nixes subsidy raise for political parties

Top German court nixes subsidy raise for political parties

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top court has ruled that a decision five years ago to raise the upper limit for state financing of political parties by 25 million euros ($27.2 million) a year was illegal.

Paris trains canceled after 'scandalous' act of vandalism

PARIS (AP) — Apparently deliberately set blazes to clusters of electrical cables caused cascading cancellations on the Paris train network Tuesday, all but shutting down services at one of the French capital's busiest stations.

Spain hits delivery app with new fine for labor violation

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s labor ministry issued app-based food delivery company Glovo a new fine of 57 million euros ($62 million) on Tuesday for violating labor laws.
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