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Belarus offers energy supply to Russian-occupied Ukraine

Belarus offers energy supply to Russian-occupied Ukraine

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus unveiled a proposal on Friday to build a second nuclear power plant capable of supplying energy to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. President Alexander Lukashen...

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European defense ministers are holding ‘drone wall’ talks as airspace violations mount

European defense ministers are holding ‘drone wall’ talks as airspace violations mount

BRUSSELS (AP) — Defense ministers from European countries with borders close to Russia and Ukraine held talks on Friday about building a “drone wall” to plug gaps in their defenses following sever...

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Helene-damaged businesses hope for strong fall foliage season a year after storm

Helene-damaged businesses hope for strong fall foliage season a year after storm

OLD FORT, N.C. (AP) — Morning mist is still burning off the surrounding mountains when they appear: Small groups of helmeted riders on one-wheeled, skateboard-like contraptions, navigating the pit...

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Big pharma stocks rise as Street reacts to latest presidential tariff plan

Big pharma stocks rise as Street reacts to latest presidential tariff plan

Shares of some big drugmakers rose Friday as Wall Street started sorting out the impact of President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement. The president said late Thursday that he would place...

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Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August

Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditur...

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Iraq to resume oil exports from Kurdish region via Turkey’s Ceyhan port

Iraq to resume oil exports from Kurdish region via Turkey’s Ceyhan port

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq will resume exporting oil from the country’s northern, semiautonomous Kurdish region through Turkey’s Ceyhan port after exports had been halted for more than two years, officia...

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