Residents of the far-away Russian village where he spent his youth have lauded Mikhail Gorbachev too as Moscow paid last respects to him. The Soviet Union’s reformist last leader grew up in …
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9/3/22
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Tens of thousands of protesters from the far right and far left have joined forces to rally against the country’s pro-Western Czech government in the capital. Police estimated that the crowd at …
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9/3/22
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Seventeen states that tie their vehicle emission standards to rules established in California must decide whether to follow that state’s strict new rules. California says all new cars, pickups and …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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9/3/22
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has upped his rhetoric against Greece by threatening to “come down suddenly one night.” Erdogan has previously used that phrase to hint at looming military …
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By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
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9/3/22
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Fuel prices have increased by about 30% across Indonesia after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that have kept inflation in Southeast Asia’s largest economy among the world’s …
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9/3/22
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Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional immunity following his return home. …
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI
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9/3/22
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Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has returned to the country after he fled in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the …
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, ERANGA JAYAWARDENA and KRUTIKA PATHI
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9/3/22
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Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling government repression similar to the iron-fisted rule of Robert Mugabe, the former …
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By FARAI MUTSAKA
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9/3/22
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Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are used to risky missions — from the radioactive aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan to the politically charged Iranian nuclear …
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By MIKE CORDER
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9/3/22
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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. According to a …
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9/2/22
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Planned Parenthood Arizona has joined several other providers and restarted abortion care in the state, although it may only be temporary. Clinics stopped abortions in Arizona after the U.S. Supreme …
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By BOB CHRISTIE
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9/2/22
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A federal judge has thrown out an indictment charging a boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 scuba divers three years ago off the California coast. Judge George Wu ruled Friday that the …
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By BRIAN MELLEY
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9/2/22
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President Joe Biden has brought back a veteran of past Democratic administrations to put in place the climate part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Biden on Friday put John Podesta in charge of …
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
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9/2/22
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The Chicago Bears say President and CEO Ted Phillips will retire at the end of the season after nearly 40 years with the franchise. Phillips, an accountant by trade, joined the Bears as the team’s …
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN
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9/2/22
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Barbara Ehrenreich, the muckraking author, activist and journalist who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch” challenged conventional thinking about class, religion …
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By The Associated Press
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9/2/22
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The nation’s job market last month delivered just what the Federal Reserve and nervous investors hoped for: A Goldilocks-style hiring report. Job growth was solid — not too hot, not too cold. And …
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By PAUL WISEMAN
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9/2/22
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted another negative review of a closely watched drug for the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS. The FDA review comes ahead of a rare meeting next week …
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By MATTHEW PERRONE
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9/2/22
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President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide $13.7 billion in emergency dollars for Ukraine as U.S. aid to the war-torn country is running out. The request comes as lawmakers are preparing to …
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK
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9/2/22
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is set to be buried in a ceremony falling short of a state funeral that will not be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin or top international …
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By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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9/2/22
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Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia’s income from oil sales, an idea the nations’ leaders had promised to …
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By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID McHUGH
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9/2/22
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