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UN says pandemic created an `unparalleled’ employment crisis

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UNITED NATIONS — The COVID-19 pandemic has created an “unparalleled” global labor market crisis that will affect the employment market for years, the International...

Charges after US Capitol insurrection roil far-right groups

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Indictments. Infighting. Incarceration. Former President Donald Trump’s lies about a...

Missouri court denies case of man prosecutor deems innocent

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri prosecutor on Wednesday said she's disappointed the state Supreme Court won't hear the case of a Kansas City...

US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruption

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to entice Central American nations to tackle the corruption and poverty...

AP FACT CHECK: Manchin, Sinema do not vote with GOP more

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is stretching the facts when he suggests that two moderate Democrats in the Senate might be a reason why...

Remains of Utah sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to return home

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DELTA, Utah — The remains of a Navy sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor have returned to Salt Lake City, and...

Budapest to rename streets to protest Chinese university

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Budapest city officials are planning to rename streets in an area where a Chinese university loyal to China's Communist Party is...

Airlines urge the G7 nations to help international travel

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The airline industry is ratcheting up its campaign to ease border restrictions and allow more international travel — even by people who aren’t vaccinated...

Germany welcomes EU tax transparency deal for big companies

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BERLIN — Germany's finance minister on Wednesday welcomed an agreement requiring large companies in the European Union to reveal how much tax they paid...

Activists protest police killing of Black man in California

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Police in California have released images of a Black man holding a pistol and aiming it at an unmarked police...