Nation and World
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Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese archbishop who carried more than $460,000 from Israel to Lebanon is at the center of the latest sectarian showdown in crisis-hit Lebanon, and th...
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Sri Lanka leader proposes 25-year plan for crisis-hit nation
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new president said Wednesday that his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut publ...
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EXPLAINER: Is Alex Jones' trial about free speech rights?
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at a Texas courthouse for his defamation trial for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack a hoax with the ...
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UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control'
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine 'œis completely out of control'ť and issued an urgent plea to Ru...
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Belarus court gives another journalist a lengthy prison term
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - TALINN, Estonia (AP) - A court in Belarus on Wednesday sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term, part of a continued government crackdown on...
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COVID-19 vaccine sales push Moderna past expectations in Q2
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street's second-quarter forecasts. The company said that its Spikevax vaccine brought in $4.53 bill...
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Musk response to Twitter lawsuit to be made public by Friday
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Elon Musk's answer to Twitter's lawsuit over his attempt to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company will be made public by Frid...
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Journalist, 3 others killed in Mexico; 13th this year
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - A journalist was among four people killed inside a beer shop in central Mexico, the 13th media worker killed in the country this year. San Luis de la ...
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New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and hundreds of billions of dollars made and evaporated, cryptocurrencies fin...
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COVID cases drop 9% globally last week, deaths stable
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable, according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic released Wednesday...