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Three senior Iraqi officials say the U.S. has signaled its willingness to extend sanctions waivers enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity imports By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press February 10, 2020, 5:46 AM 4 min read BAGHDAD — The United States has signaled to Iraq its willingness to […]

Asian stock markets have declined amid warnings China’s virus outbreak is still a threat and investor optimism that it is ending might be premature By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer February 10, 2020, 3:50 AM 3 min read BEIJING — Asian stock markets slid Monday after China reported an uptick in new cases of its

President Donald Trump is preparing a $4.8 trillion budget plan that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press February 10, 2020, 12:03 AM 5 min read WASHINGTON — Confronted with the threat of trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President

Cyprus’ president says his government won’t put its offshore gas exploration on hold despite Turkey’s attempt to force such a suspension by carrying out its own gas search in Cypriot waters By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press February 9, 2020, 7:20 PM 2 min read NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus won’t put its exploratory gas drilling plans

The president of the largest U.S.-based flight attendants’ union says too many airline workers, especially at smaller regional carriers, are struggling to get by even as airlines report multibillion-dollar profits By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer February 9, 2020, 6:00 PM 6 min read The airline industry is among the most heavily unionized in the

CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology. It was their Illinois addresses, though, that put the trio’s names atop a

Japanese automaker Honda is reporting a nearly 31% dive in its October-December profit as strong demand for its motorcycles failed to make up for falling vehicles sales By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer February 7, 2020, 9:32 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Japanese automaker Honda reported Friday a nearly 31% dive in its October-December

BLAGOJEV KAMEN, Serbia — Uros Trainovic remembers when his small mining village in eastern Serbia was a vibrant home to 200 families, had a school of its own, a doctor and a shop. How times have changed. Now, 60-odd years later, it’s a ghost village with just eight residents. The transformation of Blagojev Kamen is

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the leader of Belarus for another round of talks on closer integration amid mounting Russian economic pressure on its ex-Soviet ally By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press February 7, 2020, 7:29 PM 4 min read MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the leader of Belarus on Friday for another

President Donald Trump has announced a new nationwide effort to revitalize underserved cities across America By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press February 7, 2020, 8:17 PM 3 min read CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday used his first trip outside Washington since his State of the Union address and the end of his impeachment