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STCU to open new Othello building
OTHELLO — Spokane Teachers Credit Union’s Othello branch is moving July 1, according to Vice President and Communi…
UK: Lords vote to bar trade deals with genocidal countries
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s House of Lords has voted to back proposals aimed at preventing the U.K. from making trade deals with any country deemed by the British High Court to be committing genocide.
US productivity increased at 4.6% rate in third quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. productivity increased at a solid 4.6% pace in the July-September quarter, slightly below the initial estimate, while labor costs fell at a slower pace.
US regulators post positive review of Pfizer vaccine data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer's vaccine was strongly protective against COVID-19 and appeared safe -- offering the world’s first detailed look at the evidence…
U.S. health officials post review of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, offering 1st detailed look at shot’s safety, effectiveness
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials post review of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, offering 1st detailed look at shot’s safety, effectiveness.
As infections rise, European Central Bank prepares stimulus
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is expected to unleash another blast of stimulus on Thursday to help businesses bridge the gap until the economy recovers from the pandemic - and to support gover…
Morocco to kick off mass vaccination plan with Chinese drug
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month that's relying initially on a Chinese vaccine tha…
‘Route out’ of pandemic: UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
LONDON (AP) — A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, the start of an unprecedented global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a …
Norway intel: Russians likely behind parliament hacking
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s domestic security agency said Tuesday that Russian hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence service GRU are “likely” behind a cyberbreach earlier this year of the Norwegi…
Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus
BRUSSELS (AP) — The German presidency of the EU said Tuesday that further delaying the European Union's landmark 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package would be “irres…
UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson trip to Brussels
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that will cause u…
The Latest: Germany's Saxony is nation's virus hot spot
BERLIN — Germany’s eastern state of Saxony has become the country’s hotspot for coronavirus infections, with the number of newly confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants reaching almost 320 in a week.
Global stocks follow Wall Street lower amid virus worries
BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and U.S. futures declined Tuesday as surging coronavirus infections in the United States and some other countries tempered investor optimism over development of possible vaccines.
Thwarting ‘porch pirates’ this holiday season
MOSES LAKE — ’Tis the season to give and receive. With the rise in e-commerce, it’s also a time when packages ordered or sent land on porches across the countr…
Russian sentenced to French prison for bitcoin laundering
PARIS (AP) — A Russian bitcoin expert at the center of a multi-country legal tussle was sentenced in Paris on Monday to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 in fines in a case of sus…
Federal officials hear arguments on Enbridge pipeline tunnel
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes would risk environmental devastation, opponents said Monday, while supporters argued that rejecting the p…