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UN agency appeals for funds to help for quake-hit Afghans

UN agency appeals for funds to help for quake-hit Afghans

BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.N.’s migration agency is appealing for funds for around 134,000 people who need help in Afghanistan, nearly two weeks after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people ...

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Former Mars exec pleads guilty to stealing $28M from the candymaker

Former Mars exec pleads guilty to stealing $28M from the candymaker

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former executive for a subsidiary of candymaker Mars Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and tax charges in connection with his theft of $28 million from the company, ...

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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s latest legal bid to halt deportation from New Zealand is rejected

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s latest legal bid to halt deportation from New Zealand is rejected

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the United States on charges related to his file-shari...

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Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Cook from Fed board

Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Cook from Fed board

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest r...

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Analyst Matthew Dowd loses MSNBC job following Charlie Kirk commentary

Analyst Matthew Dowd loses MSNBC job following Charlie Kirk commentary

Political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC after his on-air comment following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing about “hateful words” leading to “hateful actions.” MSNBC sa...

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US Interior Secretary Burgum sees Greece as a hub to boost US natural gas exports

US Interior Secretary Burgum sees Greece as a hub to boost US natural gas exports

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A U.S. Cabinet official overseeing a planned expansion of natural gas exports to Europe said Thursday that Greece could play a key role through its pipeline system that exten...

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