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Pressure mounts on Hungary to unblock EU membership talks and funds for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — Pressure mounted on Hungary on Monday not to veto the opening of European Union membership talks and the supply of economic aid to war-torn Ukraine at a pivotal EU summit this week, after Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded that the issue be struck from the agenda. ...
Biden dings Trump on infrastructure, while he showcases $8.2B for 10 major rail projects
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden went to Las Vegas on Friday to say he's "putting high-speed rail on the fast track,” and he used the moment to blast Donald Trump — his predecessor and likely 2024 challenger — as a do-nothing politician. “Trump just talks the talk. We...
Chinese leaders wrap up annual economic planning meeting with scant details on revving up growth
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders agreed at an annual planning meeting to step up spending to help rev up the world's second-largest economy, state media reported Friday, without giving details of any policy changes. The official Xinhua News Agency said leader Xi Jinping chaired the...
On sidelines of COP28, Emirati 'green city' falls short of ambitions, but still delivers lessons
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark, offering a cautionary tale about the risk of overblown environmental ambitions even for an...
Investment banks to put $10 billion into projects aimed at interconnecting South America
SAO PAULO (AP) — Four investment banks announced Thursday during a meeting of leaders of the Mercosur trade bloc that they will put $10 billion up for infrastructure works aimed at better connecting South America, including funds for port, airport, road, rail and power transmission projects. ...
Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. An 800-foot tall turbine is now sending electricity onto the grid from a commercial-scale offshore wind farm on pace to be the country's first. The moment is years in the...
Virginia expects to wipe out pandemic unemployment backlog next summer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia agency that processes unemployment benefits has made progress clearing pandemic-related backlogs, but it isn't expected to finish until next summer, a top official told lawmakers this week. Jeff Ryan, chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia...
Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly at odds over what will happen to Gaza once the war winds down. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin...
Labor union asks federal regulators to oversee South Carolina workplace safety program
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States petitioned the federal government Thursday to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators accused of failing to protect service employees. South Carolina is one of 22 states...
Families had long dialogue after Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Now they’ve unveiled a memorial design
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the years following the deadly 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack, relatives of those slain have gone through their own private grief, public memorial services and the trial and death sentence of the perpetrator. They’ve also been deliberating, slowly and methodically, on...
