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Local gas prices fall as summer driving season continues
MOSES LAKE — Drivers in Grant and Adams counties are seeing some relief at the pump after months of steadily risin…
Cruise industry throws in the towel on 2020, looks to 2021
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The cruise industry has jettisoned hopes of restarting operations this year.
US approves Taiwan drone purchase as arms sales escalate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island.
Mexico's Interjet suspends flights, citing pandemic woes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Troubled Mexican airline Interjet cancelled its flights for at least two days, citing cash flow problems and fleet maintenance, but promised operations would resume Tuesday.
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Australian central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.1%
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.15 of a percentage point to a record low 0.10% in a bid to lift the economy from a pandemic-induced recession.
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Facing pandemic economic woes, Nepal reopens to adventurers
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Adventurers looking to scale Nepal's Himalayan peaks and trek its mountain trails can finally do so for the first time in seven months, as the country reopens to foreigners even as the coron…
KLM pilots agree to pay cuts to secure bailout for airline
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Pilots with Dutch national airline KLM agreed Tuesday to accept pay cuts for as long as the carrier needs a multibillion euro government coronavirus bailout, the pilots union and KLM a…
Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate by 0.15 percentage point to record low 0.10%.
Asia Today: South Korea OKs single test for COVID-19 and flu
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in South Korea have approved a new test that’s designed to detect both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza from the same samples, which would help prevent disruption at hospit…
US futures, Asia markets rise as investors eye US election
U.S. futures rose and Asia markets posted gains as investors worldwide await the results from the U.S. presidential election.
US approves Taiwan drone purchase as arms sales escalate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island.
Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania -- but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machines there were d…
Stocks rally on Election Day with Dow up 554; futures drop
Stocks powered higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors hope the end of a bruising U.S. presidential campaign may soon lift the heavy uncertainty that’s sent markets spinning recently.
The Latest: Italy imposing night curfew, other restrictions
ROME — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has signed off on new pandemic rules that include a nationwide overnight curfew and tighter restrictions on the country’s regions where infections are surging and hospitals ris…