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Davos to host leaders, CEOs amid weighty global issues

Davos to host leaders, CEOs amid weighty global issues

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss town of Davos will host 52 heads of state and government and nearly 600 CEOs as the World Economic Forum hosts its annual meeting in the Alps next week, organizers said Tuesday.
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World Bank: Recession a looming threat for global economy

World Bank: Recession a looming threat for global economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will come “perilously close" to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world's top economies — the United States, Europe and China — the World Bank warned on Tuesday.
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DOJ reviewing potentially classified docs at Biden center

DOJ reviewing potentially classified docs at Biden center

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday.
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Spain repatriates 2 women, 13 children from Syrian camps

MADRID (AP) — Spain has repatriated two women and 13 children from refugee camps in Syria , the European country's foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave no personal information about the 15 individuals.
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Cries for help pour into 988 mental health, suicide line

Cries for help pour into 988 mental health, suicide line

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Powell: Fed has only narrow role to play on climate change

Powell: Fed has only narrow role to play on climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has only a limited role to play in combating climate change, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, a stance that puts him at odds with environmental activists who have pushed central banks worldwide to take steps to
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Greek trial of volunteer migrant rescuers to resume Friday

Greek trial of volunteer migrant rescuers to resume Friday

MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — Two dozen Greek and foreign aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations on an eastern Greek island have gone on trial in a smuggling-related case that’s been widely criticized by human rights group
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Sweden sees bigger Russian threat to telecoms, power network

Sweden sees bigger Russian threat to telecoms, power network

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s SAPO domestic security agency warned Tuesday that it expects Russia to increase activities threatening Swedish security in fields including telecoms and the power network.
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Polish PM says adopting the euro would bring spike in prices

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister argued strongly Tuesday against the country’s adoption of the European Union’s common euro currency in the foreseeable future, claiming that its recent adoption in Croatia caused “chaos” and a cost of liv
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Jury chosen to hear Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial

Jury chosen to hear Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury has been chosen for the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members of the far-right extremist group charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power by attacki
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