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By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Understanding how to negotiate can lead to all sorts of good things: a higher salary, better deals on major purchases and even more harmony with your partner over money choices. Expert negotiator Kwame Christian shares best practices and pitfalls to avoid, like being confrontational or reacting out of emotion. He

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered a political crisis when he was identified as having beaten up a protester during a 2018 May Day demonstration has gone on trial on a dozen charges, including voluntary violence. Alexandre Benalla faces up to seven

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s longtime opposition leader says he welcomes the coup that deposed President Alpha Conde. But Cellou Dalein Diallo is calling on the junta leaders to create a transitional government and a timeline for elections as soon as possible. Diallo, who had lost to Conde in the

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says $1.2 billion has been promised to help Afghans facing a growing humanitarian crisis in the country and millions in the region, calling the pledges “an important step” toward helping the needy. Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths announced the total in pledges at the closing of

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Five people, including three children, died in an early morning house fire that left three adults and another child injured Monday in northern Ohio, authorities said. Two adults and three children were killed, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. Three adults and a child who were injured were taken

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Firefighting crews near southern Spain’s Costa del Sol were hoping much-needed rainfall to help them extinguish a major wildfire that has ravaged 7,700 hectares (19,000 acres) in five days and forced 2,600 to evacuate. Authorities are describing the blaze in a mountain range in Malaga province as

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s chief medical officers say children ages 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The decision comes despite a ruling by the government’s vaccine advisors that the step would have only marginal health benefits. England Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and his counterparts in Scotland,