Turkey’s parliament is voting on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya after the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli asked Ankara for help By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press January 2, 2020, 9:32 AM 3 min read ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s parliament is voting Thursday on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya to help the U.N.-supported […]
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Japanese prosecutors are raiding the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer January 2, 2020, 7:10 AM 2 min read TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos
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Asian shares are mostly higher on optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal as regional markets open for the new year’s first day of trading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer January 2, 2020, 4:19 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly higher on optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal as regional markets
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If you’re dealing with too much credit card debt because of holiday spending, personal finance experts recommend two methods of tackling the problem By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer December 31, 2019, 5:00 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The children are playing with their gifts, the new TV is up on the wall,
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North Dakota will again enlist the help of Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to help promote tourism in his home state By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press December 31, 2019, 5:38 PM 2 min read BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota will again enlist the help of Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to help promote tourism in his home
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says he would enact federal drinking water standards for a group of toxic chemicals that have caused widespread contamination in New Hampshire and other states By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press December 31, 2019, 6:33 PM 2 min read CONCORD, N.H. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he
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NEW YORK — With a feast of , ESPN outpaced all of the broadcasters to be the most-watched network on television during holiday week. The showcase was ESPN’s college championship semi-finals, which together averaged 19.3 million viewers and outpaced last year’s games by 6%, the Nielsen company said. Credit goes primarily to the Clemson-Ohio State
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Fazle Abed, who started a temporary relief effort for refugees in Bangladesh that became one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world, died on Dec. 20 in a hospital in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. He was 83. His daughter, Tamara Abed, said the cause was complications of glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer.
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NEW YORK — Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been anyone less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. When the year closes out Tuesday, the top 10
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Far fewer people died in major air crashes around the world last year By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer January 1, 2020, 5:20 PM 2 min read FRANKFURT, Germany — The number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half in 2019, according to a report by an aviation
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