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China’s slowdown challenges government, companies

China’s slowdown challenges government, companies

BEIJING (AP) – China’s slowdown is ratcheting up financial stress on companies while the country’s leaders scramble to avoid a spike in job losses. Full-year 2015 growth of 6.9 percent was the lowest in 25 years, posing different challenges for investors, companies and the Chinese government. GOVERNMENT Chinese leaders want …

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Iran moves assets, awaits benefits as sanctions are lifted

Iran moves assets, awaits benefits as sanctions are lifted

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran said Tuesday it successfully transferred some of the billions of dollars’ worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of the nuclear deal with world powers. But ordinary Iranians are still waiting to see how their daily lives will improve and how fast Iranian companies …

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Libya’s rivals declare unity Cabinet under UN plan

Libya’s rivals declare unity Cabinet under UN plan

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) – Representatives of Libya’s rival factions who are sitting in Tunis and negotiating through a U.N.-brokered process announced on Tuesday that they have formed a unity government aimed at stemming the chaos that has engulfed the country in recent years. In a statement received by The Associated …

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Burkina Faso detains, questions several people after attack

Burkina Faso detains, questions several people after attack

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP)  Several people have been detained and are being questioned in connection with the weekend attack on a hotel and cafe in Burkina Faso’s capital that killed about 30 people, the country’s security minister said Tuesday. Minister of Security Simon Compaore would not give details, citing an …

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Doctors Without Borders condemns attempts to deter migrants

Doctors Without Borders condemns attempts to deter migrants

BRUSSELS (AP) – The aid group Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday that attempts by various European Union nations to deter migrants have put thousands of people in danger and created more business for smugglers. In a report, it said border closures and tougher policing only encourage people seeking sanctuary or …

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Twitter disruption silences swaths of Europe, parts of US

Twitter disruption silences swaths of Europe, parts of US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Some Twitter users had to do without early Tuesday after sporadic outages knocked the social media site offline in Europe. Reports of malfunctions began to appear in the U.S. as well, but it was unclear how widespread the outages were. Twitter Inc. which has 320 …

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