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Associated Press Top Stories Headlines
 AP - 4 mins ago
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major central banks have joined together to explore whether they should issue digital currencies as the use of cash declines and more people turn to electronic forms of paying. (full story)
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 AP - 21 mins ago
Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street as concern about the impact of a Chinese disease outbreak grows. Other global markets also dropped, with Hong Kong and Shanghai falling sharply. Chinese authorities reported a coronavirus that has sickened more than 200 people can be transmitted from person to person. Investors bought U.S. bonds, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury lower. Airlines and other travel businesses are getting hit. Utilities and real estate are rising. The S&P 500 lost 9 points or 0.3% to 3,320. (full story)
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 John Leicester - AP - 52 mins ago
PARIS (AP) — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, protesting workers cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday, plunging homes into darkness and shutting down trains to one of the capital's main airports. (full story)
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 AP - 2 hrs 1 min ago
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s new government declared a national climate emergency on Tuesday, taking a formal first step toward enacting ambitious measures to fight climate change. (full story)
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 Jill Lawless and Cara Anna - AP - Mon Jan 20, 9:39AM CST
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry touted the U.K. as an ideal business partner for Africa on Monday as their country prepares for post-Brexit dealings with the world. (full story)
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 Sylvie Corbet - AP - Mon Jan 20, 9:01AM CST
PARIS (AP) — France's president is taking on the role of salesman in chief for his strike-battered country. (full story)
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 Menelaos Hadjicostis - AP - Sun Jan 19, 11:53AM CST
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Sunday denounced Turkey as a “pirate state" that flouts international law as Turkey's bid to drill for natural gas in waters where Cyprus has economic rights rekindled tensions over energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean. (full story)
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 Jamey Keaten - AP - Sun Jan 19, 10:53AM CST
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the World Economic Forum says it's “reassuring" that U.S. President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg will both return to its annual meeting in Davos this year, noting that concerns about the environment will be a key topic. (full story)
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 Paul Wiseman - AP - Sun Jan 19, 10:20AM CST
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s trade deal with China last week opened up export opportunities for American farmers, manufacturers and energy producers. And his trade pact with Canada and Mexico, approved Thursday by the Senate, could help restore some auto production in the United States. (full story)
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AP - Sat Jan 18, 6:52AM CST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has granted Chevron a special license to keep drilling oil in Venezuela despite a ban on American companies doing business with President Nicolás Maduro's socialist government. (full story)
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