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Global Stocks Mixed Ahead of Monthly U.S. Jobs Report | Business News
[ad_1] By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to U.S. jobs data for reassurance the biggest global economy is improving following the previous month’s big hiring miss. London and Frankfurt opened and Shanghai also gained, while Tokyo retreated. Wall Street futures were higher…
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London School Fights COVID Fallout With Laptops, Bean Bags | World News
[ad_1] By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns that shut her school for more than four months over the past year. Before the pandemic, 6-year-old Mia was doing well. But she had…
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Israeli Official Rolls Back Army Chief Comments on AP Gaza | World News
[ad_1] By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to be taken literally. In an article published on the…
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OPEC, Russia Seen Gaining More Power With Shell Dutch Ruling | Top News
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Climate activists who scored big against Western majors last week had some unlikely cheerleaders in the oil capitals of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Russia. Defeats in the courtroom and boardroom mean Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron are all under pressure to cut carbon emissions faster. That’s good news for…
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Scrutiny Mounts of Legacy of Pioneering Northwest Missionary | Washington, D.C. News
[ad_1] By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary who was among 13 people killed by the Cayuse tribe near modern-day Walla Walla, Washington, in 1847. But this past year has seen…
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Japan Finance Minister: Don’t Expect Specific Tax Rates to Be Debated at G7 | World News
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Finance leaders from the Group of Seven rich countries have narrowed their difference of opinions over global taxation but they are unlikely to debate specific figures on minimum tax rates at their weekend meeting, Finance Minister Taro Aso said. Aso is planning on a bilateral meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet…
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Price Has 29 Saves, Canadiens Top Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 7 | Sports News
[ad_1] TORONTO (AP) — Carey Price made 29 saves and the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the second round by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 7 on Monday night. Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Canadiens, who stormed back from a 3-1 deficit for the third time in…
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Renesas to Restore Fire-Hit Chip Plant to 100% Capacity Around Mid-June | Technology News
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp said on Tuesday it expects a domestic chip plant that had been damaged in a fire in March to return to full production capacity around mid-June with the instalment of the final replacement equipment. At the end of May, capacity at the Naka plant in eastern Japan…
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$41B Budget, Trickier Issues Face Legislature on Final Day | Illinois News
[ad_1] By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers were piecing together a $41.3 billion state budget Monday, based on tax revenue sources that rebounded much faster from the global pandemic than expected and including $2.5 billion in spending from a multiyear federal relief package. The plan assembled on the final…
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Black Women’s Next Targets: Governorships and Senate Seats | Florida News
[ad_1] By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents’ recounting life as Black Southerners enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph of the civil rights movement. It showed her that government can be “a powerful force for improving people’s lives” but also one “that oppresses some, ignores others.” A generation…