The International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s biggest creditor, has agreed to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program. The move is an endorsement of Argentine President Javier …
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By ISABEL DE BRE
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5/13/24
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Crews are on track to conduct a controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The demolition was postponed Sunday afternoon because …
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By LEA SKENE
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5/13/24
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U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights. The airlines filed a lawsuit in federal appeals court against the …
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5/13/24
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Over the weekend, President Vladimir Putin replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu — the longest serving member of his Cabinet at 11 1/2 years — in a rare Kremlin shake-up that came even as a …
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By The Associated Press
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5/13/24
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She helped found the foundation more than 20 years ago with her ex-husband Bill …
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By THALIA BEATY
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5/13/24
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A federal fraud trial has begun for the owner and chief financial officer of a hedge fund that collapsed. The downfall of Archegos Capital Management cost leading global investment banks and …
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5/13/24
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Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce …
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Arkansas State Police say two people were killed when the single-engine plane they were flying in crashed in an Arkansas field on Sunday night. The agency says the privately owned plane that had …
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5/13/24
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High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva for talks about artificial intelligence including the risks of the technology and ways to set shared standards to manage …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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5/13/24
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Greece's leader has arrived in Turkey's capital for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the countries pursue a normalization program and seek to put aside decades-old disputes. Greek Prime …
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By ANDREW WILKS
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5/13/24
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Microsoft has announced its most substantial commitment yet to France. The company pledged on Monday to invest 4 billion euros or $4.3 billion this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning …
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5/13/24
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The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. Key moments …
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5/13/24
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The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze returned to the social platform X for the first time in three years and sent prices of those stocks surging overnight. Keith Gill, better known …
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5/13/24
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The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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5/13/24
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Today in History
Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2024. There are 223 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, …
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By The Associated Press
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5/13/24
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Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union’s list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny. The …
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5/13/24
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Israel’s leaders commemorated Memorial Day on Monday, a usually somber holiday that this year was almost entirely absorbed by the ongoing war in Gaza. At 11:00 A.M., sirens announced two minutes of …
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By The Associated Press
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5/13/24
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An Australian judge has lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. The temporary ban was put in place on April 22, but the …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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5/13/24
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Georgia’s parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union, after police dispersed the …
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5/13/24
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Jury selection is scheduled to start in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat charged with accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to aid three New Jersey businessmen. The …
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER
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5/13/24
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