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Small businesses and consumers face sticker shock after tariff exemption comes to an end

Small businesses and consumers face sticker shock after tariff exemption comes to an end

NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers ac...

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Asian shares advance after a rally on Wall Street

Asian shares advance after a rally on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures advanced on Wednesday after benchmarks on Wall Street surged on hopes the Federal Reserve will soon opt to cut interest rates. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jump...

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Taiwan’s president says island will create special defense budget of $40 billion to buy arms

Taiwan’s president says island will create special defense budget of $40 billion to buy arms

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday he will put forth a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with...

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Fees for foreign visitors to most popular US parks to go up next year

Fees for foreign visitors to most popular US parks to go up next year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most...

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China turns to familiar playbook in dispute with Japan over Taiwan

China turns to familiar playbook in dispute with Japan over Taiwan

BEIJING (AP) — Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley in Tokyo’s historic Asaku...

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LA prison once home to Capone and Manson to shut down

LA prison once home to Capone and Manson to shut down

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threat...

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