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Truong My Lan, a high-profile businesswoman who chaired a sprawli German parliament approves payment cards for asylum-seekers to limit cash payments 04/12/2024 05:44am • BERLIN (AP) 鈥� The German parliament on Friday approved legislation introducing payment cards for asylum-seekers, a system that is meant to limit benefits paid in cash and make the country less attractive for migrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany's 16 state governors agreed in principle to i Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case 04/12/2024 12:29am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) 鈥� Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said. 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Different from everyday short-term financial stressors, financia New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Mets' home 04/11/2024 06:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� New York City officials approved a plan Thursday to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer鈥檚 New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets鈥� stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a 23-acre (9-hectare) red Homebuyers鈥� quandary: to wait or not to wait for lower mortgage rates 04/11/2024 12:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make a big diff Amazon adds Andrew Ng, a leading voice in artificial intelligence, to its board of directors 04/11/2024 09:48am • Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng to its board of directors, a move that comes amid intense AI competition among startups and big technology companies. The Seattle company said Thursday that Ng, a managing director at the Palo Alto, California-based AI Fund, will replace Things to do in the DC area: DC Beer and Wine Fests, Taylor Swift dance party ... and more! 04/11/2024 05:50am • For lovers of libations, there are two notable opportunities this weekend in the District for drinking from the best breweries and wineries with live music and other entertainment included. There鈥檚 so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly round Kishida cracks jokes and invokes 'Star Trek' as he and Biden toast US-Japan alliance at state dinner 04/10/2024 10:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� at Wednesday's state dinner, telling guests at the White House that he hoped the 鈥渦nshakable relationship鈥� between his country and the U.S. would Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi 04/10/2024 08:10pm • SLIDELL, La. (AP) 鈥� Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city鈥檚 antiquated drainage system. Sev The Latest | Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 04/10/2024 04:42pm • An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel's army and the militant group's official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in 鈥渢he spirit of revenge and murder.鈥� The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, sa