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Average long-term US mortgage rate falls again, easing …

6/20/2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Home loan borrowing costs eased again this week as the average rate on a 30-year mortgage declined to its lowest level since early April. The rate fell to 6.87% from 6.95% …

Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal granted bail …

6/20/2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian opposition leader and New Delhi’s chief minister, was granted bail on Thursday by a court in the capital, after he was arrested in a bribery case in …

Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10 million …

6/20/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts that are set to expire after next year as he presses …

Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a …

6/20/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a …

NATO member Romania to send a Patriot missile system …

6/20/2024
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania’s top defense body said Thursday that the country will donate a Patriot missile system to neighboring Ukraine to help Kyiv in the war with Russia as …

French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron's …

6/20/2024
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Thrust into an early election sprung by his boss, France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron …

The European Union's top court rules that …

6/20/2024
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union's top court said Thursday that products such as disinfectants can't be advertised as “skin friendly.” The European Court of Justice issued its ruling after …

US jobless claims fall to 238,000 from 10-month high, …

6/20/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week as the U.S. labor market remained resilient. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless …

So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to …

6/20/2024
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it's more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better. The company …

OpenAI founder Sutskever sets up new AI company …

6/20/2024
The Associated Press (AP) — Ilya Sutskever, one of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman, said he's starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence …

France's Macron, African leaders push for vaccines for …

6/20/2024
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is joining several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the …

Bank of England expected to keep main interest rate at …

6/19/2024
LONDON (AP) — Any hopes the governing Conservative Party may have of the Bank of England cutting its main interest rate from a 16-year high of 5.25% Thursday are expected to be dashed — even …