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IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery

WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund says that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. IMF Ma...

Oct 06, 2020

Germany: OPCW says nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says a global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries' findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the vic...

Oct 06, 2020

Fed's Powell: Lack of further stimulus imperils recovery

WASHINGTON - Strong financial support from the government and the Federal Reserve have spurred a solid recovery from the pandemic recession, but the rebound may falter without further aid, Fed Chair J...

Oct 06, 2020

US job postings edge down to 6.49 million

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised for slightly fewer jobs in August as hiring ticked up modestly. The number of U.S. job postings on the last day of August dipped to 6.49 million, down from 6.70 ...

Oct 06, 2020

US trade deficit up to $67.1 billion in August, 14-year high

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit rose in August to the highest level in 14 years. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the gap between the goods and services the United States sells and wh...

Oct 06, 2020

Trump's return means more anxiety for White House reporters

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's return to the White House to recover from the coronavirus seems certain to raise the already heightened anxiety level of the journalists assigned to follow him. Thr...

Greg Fry Oct 06, 2020

Panel to announce 2020 Nobel Prize for physics

STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics is being announced Tuesday, an award that has in the past honoured discoveries about the tiniest of particles and the vast mysteries of outer space. A pane...

Oct 05, 2020

Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from coronavirus

MIAMI - As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Re...

Oct 05, 2020

Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered schools in certain New York City neighbourhoods closed within a day in an attempt to halt flare-ups of the coronavirus. The governor took the action a day ...

Oct 05, 2020

Poll: Many Americans blame virus crisis on US government

WASHINGTON - More Americans blame the U.S. government instead of foreign nations for the coronavirus crisis in the United States, a rebuke to the Trump administration's contention that China or other ...

Oct 05, 2020