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Ephrata council considers park and transportation fees for new developments
EPHRATA — The Ephrata City Council continued discussions Wednesday on whether to adopt new park and transportation…
Diesel fuel found in ocean near Sri Lanka oil tanker fire
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An Indian coast guard aircraft sprayed a special chemical on a patch of diesel fuel near a large oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast where firefighters are battling a new blaze that broke out…
Swiss official airs concerns about data privacy in US
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss federal commissioner announced Tuesday that a U.S.-Swiss program aimed to protect personal information exchanged between the two countries doesn't go far enough, and has downgraded the United …
Virus lockdown plunges South Africa deeper into recession
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s economy has sunk deeper into recession, with its gross domestic product for the second quarter of 2020 plummeting by 51%, largely as a result of COVID-19 and the country's strict …
Companies testing vaccines pledge safety, high standards
The top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus signed an unprecedented pledge meant to boost public confidence in any approved vaccines.
Beyond Meat signs production agreement in China
Beyond Meat will begin making plant-based meat in China later this year under an agreement announced Tuesday.
The Latest: Britain faces rising virus cases at 3,000 daily
LONDON -- The British government is facing pressure to keep a lid on coronavirus infections after a sharp spike in new cases across the U.K.
Eurozone economic slide during pandemic revised to 11.8%
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The economy of the 19 countries that use the euro shrank by 11.8% in the second quarter, the biggest decline on record and slightly less than originally reported, according to updated figu…
GM to make electric vehicle, supply batteries for Nikola
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors announced its second major electric vehicle partnership in less than a week on Tuesday, this time a $2 billion deal with startup Nikola.
Assange told to stop interrupting witnesses at UK hearing
LONDON (AP) — A British judge told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday that his extradition hearing will proceed without him if he continues to speak from the dock and interrupt witnesses.
TikTok scrambles to remove suicide video clips, ban users
LONDON (AP) — TikTok says it's working to remove videos of a man apparently taking his own life and banning users that keep trying to spread the clips on the popular social media platform.
Falling prices flash warning light for Europe's economy
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A startling fall in consumer prices and a stronger euro have increased pressure on the European Central Bank to provide another blast of monetary stimulus in support of a drawn-out economi…
Millennial Money: Is moving now your best financial move?
You may not have started 2020 thinking about a move. But like it or not, many of us have had to reconsider our living situations during the pandemic.
The Latest: India reports its highest daily virus death toll
NEW DELHI — India has reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total.
China launches initiative for global data security issues
HONG KONG (AP) — China has launched an initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove to the U.S. “clean network” program that is aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technolog…
Lavrov: Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tension
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Moscow is ready to help ease rising tensions over Turkey's search for energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, and rejected any actions that c…