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Fed study on digital currency leans toward role for banks Read more

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine’s border would constitute an invasion and that Moscow would “pay a heavy price” for such an action. Read more

Technology, bank stocks drag Wall Street to new low for 2022 Read more

Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry Read more

Fed nominee Brainard: Fighting inflation is top priority Read more

US posted smallest monthly deficit in 2 years in December Read more

Fed’s Powell: High inflation poses a threat to job market Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Tuesday announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new aid to the country as it edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months ago. Read more

Question for Fed: Has it waited too long to fight inflation? Read more

US unemployment sinks to 3.9% as many more people find jobs Read more

US jobless claims rise by 7,000, but still low at 207,000 Read more

Fed officials see earlier rate hikes as US hiring recovers Read more

More record highs for S&P 500, Dow on first day of 2022 Read more

(AP) — The world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke frankly for nearly an hour late Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Read more

New York jury holds drug firm Teva liable in opioid crisis Read more

China urges US to protect its space station from satellites Read more

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country’s moral conscience. Read more

China pursues tech ‘self-reliance,’ fueling global unease Read more

US steps up probe into Hyundai-Kia engine failures and fires Read more

Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines Read more

TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and 16 of their colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley voicing grave concerns over President Donald Trump’s recent threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to nationwide protests calling for justice for George Floyd and an end to systemic racism. Read more

Instacart workers seek strike as jobs get busier, riskier Read more

‘There is nothing now’: Syrians in Idlib fear end nearing Read more

Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus Read more

Syrian father teaches daughter to laugh when the bombs fall Read more

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Bloomberg struggles to respond to politics of #MeToo era Read more

Afghan refugees tell UN: ‘We need peace, land to go home’ Read more

Virus cases rise as experts question China’s numbers Read more

AP Explains: Why Syria’s M5 is Assad’s highway to victory Read more

Google 4Q revenue grew, but not enough for Wall Street Read more

Democrats lay big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election Read more

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll in mainland China from the new type of virus has risen to 425, with the total number of cases now standing at 20,438, officials said Tuesday. Read more

BEIJING (AP) — Global business is catching a chill from China’s virus outbreak, with even the gaming industry taking a hit. Read more

Clock is ticking for companies that depend on China imports Read more

From bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime Read more

Trump lawyers raise defenses as pressure grows for witnesses Read more

Shooting kills 2 officers before Hawaii homes catch fire Read more

Virginia’s highest court upholds weapons ban at gun rally Read more

Germany: Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle Read more

Giuliani associate: Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure Read more

McConnell, Pelosi stand firm as impeachment remains frozen Read more