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MOSES LAKE — It takes a lot of training to make people look their best. “(A license to do) nails is 600 hours (…
Retirees in Greece win court battle for bailout refund
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A high court in Greece ruled Tuesday in favor of retirees who brought a class action case to demand the reimbursement of money cut from their income during international bailouts.
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UK backtracks on giving Huawei role in high-speed network
LONDON (AP) — Britain on Tuesday backtracked on plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a role in the U.K.’s new high-speed mobile phone network amid security concerns fueled by rising tensions betw…
South Korean firm quits petrochemical plant effort in Ohio
CLEVELAND (AP) — The prospects for construction of a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in Ohio appear to have dimmed after a U.S. subsidiary of a South Korean company announced it was withdrawing as a partner…
Ford Motor, Xylem rise; Mohawk Industries, Wells Fargo fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday:
Belarus bars main challengers from presidential ballot
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Election authorities in Belarus on Tuesday barred two main rivals of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko from running in this summer's presidential election.
Court asked to stop work at Formosa Plastics' Louisiana site
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Opponents of a Taiwan-based company’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex asked a federal judge on Tuesday to stop work at the site in Louisiana.
White House-backed campaign pushes alternate career paths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump on Tuesday unveiled a White House-backed national ad campaign highlighting alternative ways to start a career, an initiative targeting students, mid-career worker…
Asia Today: Another spike brings India past 900,000 cases
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's coronavirus cases jumped by another 28,000 on Tuesday and are fast approaching 1 million.
Trump looks to scale back environmental reviews for projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ready to roll back a foundational Nixon-era environmental law that he says stifles major infrastructure projects, but that environmentalists say has served for decades as…
“Growth has stalled": Surge in US infections hits Delta
Delta Air Lines lost $5.7 billion during a brutal three-month stretch in which the coronavirus pandemic brought travel to a near standstill, and any hoped-for recovery has been smothered by a resurgence of infected…
Asia Today: Renewed restrictions take effect in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — Renewed restrictions took effect in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with restaurants limited to takeout after 6 p.m., as the Asian financial center battles a resurgence of the coronavirus.
Canada, US and Mexico poised to extend border restrictions
TORONTO (AP) — The U.S., Canada and Mexico are poised to extend their agreements to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel to Aug. 21, officials said Tuesday
Biden's $2 trillion climate plan aims to reframe debate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan on Tuesday to boost investment in clean energy and stop all climate-damaging emissions from U.S. power plants by 2035, arguing that dramatic action is n…
Researchers report that the first vaccine tested in the US for coronavirus boosted volunteers' immune systems, as hoped
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers report that the first vaccine tested in the US for coronavirus boosted volunteers' immune systems, as hoped.