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China says economy 'stable,' rejects Fitch Ratings downgrade of its fiscal outlook
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Finance Ministry denounced a report by Fitch Ratings that kept its sovereign debt rated at A+ but downgraded its outlook to negative, saying Wednesday that China’s deficit is at a moderate and reasonable level and risks are under control. Risks to China's...
Texas Attorney General sues to stop guaranteed income program for Houston-area residents
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month for Houston-area residents. The program by Harris County, where Houston is located, is set to provide “no-strings-attached” $500 monthly cash...
US Sen. Rick Scott spends multiple millions on ads focused on Florida's Hispanic voters
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions to reach out to Florida's Hispanic voters, a key voting group for his November reelection campaign that has grown to lean more heavily Republican. Scott's campaign said Wednesday it plans to spend about $700,000...
Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war in Ukraine
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became members of the bloc. Military aircraft roared over the Lithuanian...
New Portuguese Parliament elects house speaker after deal between 2 main parties
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s newly-elected Parliament on Wednesday voted in a new house speaker, following a potentially important deal between the country's two main centrist parties. The chamber elected José Aguiar Branco of the Social Democrats by 160 votes in favor,...
Rationed food kept Cubans fed during the Cold War. Today an economic crisis has them hungry
HAVANA (AP) — Like millions of other Cubans, María de los Ángeles Pozo thinks back fondly to when a government ration book fed her family everything from hamburgers, fish and milk to chocolate and beer. People would even get cakes for birthdays and weddings. The “libreta,” as...
Powerful Spanish regional leader under pressure as court investigates her partner's tax affairs
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into alleged fraud and false documentation against the partner of Madrid’s powerful rightwing regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has recently faced a wave of calls to resign over several controversies. The move...
Spain approves amnesty for Catalan separatists, but adiós to hopes it would bolster weak government
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has kept his part of a bargain struck last year with Catalonia’s separatists to keep him in power by pushing through a divisive amnesty bill. The legislation aims to clear hundreds of secession supporters for their roles in an...
Georgia Senate passes bill banning taxpayer, private funds for American Library Association
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban libraries from spending public or private funds on services offered by the American Library Association, which a Republican member of the chamber called a “Marxist and socialist” group. The measure, Senate...
Catalan separatists reject amnesty bill, highlighting the fragility of Spain's minority government
MADRID (AP) — Catalan separatist lawmakers dealt Spain’s government a blow Tuesday by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters who were involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. The most radical...
