By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s health minister has announced plans to impose new testing requirements and attendance restrictions on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The measures will be in effect from Sept. 13 until March 31. They include requiring weekly or twice-weekly testing for unvaccinated workers and allowing
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By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s health minister has announced plans to impose new testing requirements and attendance restrictions on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The measures will be in effect from Sept. 13 until March 31. They include requiring weekly or twice-weekly testing for unvaccinated workers and allowing
Continue Reading By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Financial literacy hasn’t traditionally been a high priority in schools, but that is changing. The number of states that now require some form of personal finance instruction in schools more than doubled over the past decade. Since the Great Recession, growing student loan debt and advocacy efforts, there’s greater awareness
Continue Reading By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet Financial literacy hasn’t traditionally been a high priority in schools, but that is changing. The number of states that now require some form of personal finance instruction in schools more than doubled over the past decade. Since the Great Recession, growing student loan debt and advocacy efforts, there’s greater awareness
Continue Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Please disregard US–New York Governor, published on Aug. 24, 2021, at 6:34 a.m. (ET) and datelined in ALBANY, N.Y.. A version of that story, currently slugged US—New York Governor, 1st-Ld Writethru, moved earlier and customers should use that instead.
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the European Union in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Ukraine celebrated its independence day on Tuesday with a military parade in the capital Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that
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By Stephanie Busari and David McKenzie Zambia’s newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into office after pulling off a stunning rare victory for an African opposition leader. Hichilema was inaugurated Tuesday morning at a ceremony attended by leaders such as Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Malawi leader Lazarus Chakwera. Zambia’s second female Vice
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, with seven gauges of investor sentiment, is showing signs of fear in the market. But one thing the business world isn’t too worried about? The Delta variant causing a repeat of the 2020 shutdown. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi has paid tribute to the nearly 300 victims of a 2016 earthquake that devastated entire towns in central Italy. Draghi laid a commemorative wreath at the monument to victims on the fifth anniversary of the disaster and vowed to accelerate reconstruction efforts. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Amatrice
Continue Reading KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan women’s national soccer team players are among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul. Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO has thanked the Australian government for making the evacuation of players, team officials and family members possible. The union has been working with governments in
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nine activists from Bahrain had their iPhones hacked by advanced spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, a cybersecurity watchdog reported on Tuesday. Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto says NSO Group’s Pegasus malware successfully hacked the phones
Continue Reading By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nine activists from Bahrain had their iPhones hacked by advanced spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, a cybersecurity watchdog reported on Tuesday. Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto says NSO Group’s Pegasus malware successfully hacked the phones
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Researchers have captured the moment when a livelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat — and what made it all the more “horrifying” was that it was a tortoise. Scientists captured the moment on video when a Seychelles giant tortoise — previously thought to be vegetarian — attacked and ate a
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say they plan to amend a film censorship law to forbid screenings of movies deemed contrary to national security. The proposed changes to Hong Kong’s Film Censorship Ordinance would step up censorship of movies in the semi-autonomous city, expanding an ongoing crackdown on political dissent that has led
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ROBERT BURNS AND RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press U.S. President Joe Biden says he will stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for finishing a U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others. He said the longer troops remain at the airport, the greater the risk of attacks by terror groups. The decision opens
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