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Thousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU 12/11/2023 06:31am • BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� Thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Brussels on Tuesday to protest what they perceive as new austerity measures as the 27 European Union countries discuss ways to overhaul rules on government spending. Finance ministers from the bloc have been negotiating for months In inaugural speech, Argentina's Javier Milei prepares nation for painful shock adjustment 12/10/2023 05:38pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) 鈥� It wasn't the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, Argentina's newly empowered President Javier Milei presented figures to lay bare the scope of the nation's economic 鈥渆mergency,鈥� and sought to prepare the public for a shock adjustment with drastic publ Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA's Thunder 12/10/2023 05:04pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) 鈥� When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA鈥檚 SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state鈥檚 first major league sports franchise. Since then, the Oklahoma City Thunder have played their ho Drug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt officers who stole shipment in Mexico's Tijuana 12/10/2023 10:02am • MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment. Two of the officers suspected of the theft have been killed, prosecutors say. But so have at l Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones 12/10/2023 06:08am • Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, wh No Santos player will wear Pel茅's No. 10 until the club returns to Serie A, new club president says 12/09/2023 06:21pm • SAO PAULO (AP) 鈥� No player of Brazil's Santos team will wear the number 10 jersey made globally famous by the late Pel茅 as long as the club plays in the country's second division, the new club president said Saturday. Marcelo Teixeira, elected on Saturday as Santos' president, said he made the de Sri Lanka experiences a temporary power outage after a main transmission line fails 12/09/2023 01:00pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) 鈥� Sri Lanka experienced an island-wide power outage for several hours Saturday after a system failure in one of the main transmission lines, the country鈥檚 power and energy ministry said. The power outage began Saturday evening and continued for several hours. 鈥淪tep by s Germany's Scholz confident of resolving budget crisis, says no dismantling of the welfare state 12/09/2023 06:12am • BERLIN (AP) 鈥� German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday he is confident that his troubled government will find a good solution to a budget crisis triggered by a court ruling last month, and promised his center-left party there will be no dismantling of the country's welfare state. Leaders of Sch Chinese leaders wrap up annual economic planning meeting with scant details on revving up growth 12/08/2023 01:55pm • BEIJING (AP) 鈥� 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 麻豆传媒 Agency said leader Xi Jinping chaired the meeting aimed at Asian Development Bank approves a $200M loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka 12/08/2023 09:14am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) 鈥� The Asian Development Bank said Friday that it has approved $200-million concessional loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country鈥檚 finance sector following an unprecedented economic crisis that engulfed the Indian Ocean island nation last year. The ba Honeywell is buying Carrier Global's security division for $4.95 billion 12/08/2023 08:43am • Honeywell is buying Carrier Global Corp.'s security division for $4.95 billion as it looks to strengthen its building automation capabilities. Carrier Global's Global Access Solutions business provides advanced access and security solutions, electronic locking systems, and contactless mobile key sol Brazil's Santos does some soul-searching after 1st-ever relegation a year after Pel茅's death 12/07/2023 10:15pm • SAO PAULO (AP) 鈥� The same stadium where Pel茅鈥檚 funeral took place earlier this year was invaded by angry fans on Thursday, the day after Santos was relegated for the first time in the Brazilian league. The historic black and white club at Vila Belmiro Stadium that once impressed fans worldwide 7 Best Utility Stocks to Buy for Dividends 12/07/2023 07:00pm • Utility stocks are considered safe-haven investments that may hold value better than other types of stocks during times of economic hardship. That's because people are going to need electricity, natural gas and water for their homes and businesses regardless of whether or not we're in a recession. A Christmas Tree Prices Are Through the Roof: Here Are 7 Alternatives 12/07/2023 07:00pm • If you plan on buying a Christmas tree in 2023, get ready for a hefty price tag. According to a 2023 Real Christmas Tree Board survey, most growers say their costs have increased by up to 10% this year, and a quarter said they would likely raise their wholesale price between 5% and 15%. "The U.S. is An appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television 鈥� and with it American life 鈥� in the 1970s 12/07/2023 10:47am • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� In many American living rooms, the 1960s didn't really begin until Jan. 12, 1971. That was the night the comedy 鈥淎ll in the Family鈥� debuted, almost instantly changing television and American society with it. Creator Norman Lear, who died at age 101 on Tuesday, was the man behin