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Cash-strapped Lebanon finds itself sitting on a gold mine, as precious metal prices surge

BOURJ HAMMOUD, Lebanon (AP) — Tiny Lebanon sits on one of the largest gold reserves in the Middle East and its government is weighing whether it can use that stockpile to restore a crippled economy while...

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A convoy believed to be carrying American officials arrives for Iran-US talks in Muscat, Oman

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A convoy believed to be carrying American officials arrives for Iran-US talks in Muscat, Oman. The Associated Press

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Bitcoin falls 8% and Asian shares mostly slip after Wall Street is hit by tech stock losses

HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. futures and Asian shares traded mostly lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s losses as technology stocks again dragged on markets. Bitcoin sank to roughly half...

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Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

KAPLAN, La. (AP) — Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails....

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Meet the man behind the Super Bowl's annual confetti blizzard

Noah Winter brags he's been to way more Super Bowls than Tom Brady. Brady competed in 10 — more than any other player. But Winter will be part of the Super Bowl spectacle for his 30th straight...

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Savannah Guthrie's demand for mom's 'proof of life' is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes

When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send “proof of life,” she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes. "We live...

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FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made...

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Bitcoin falls 9% and Asian shares slip after Wall Street is hit by tech stock losses

HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. futures and Asian shares traded mostly lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street's losses as technology stocks again dragged on markets. Bitcoin sank to roughly half...

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Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday after national security conviction

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lai,...

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American officials arrive in Oman as Iran and US set for talks over Tehran's nuclear program

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A convoy believed to be carrying American officials arrived Friday at the site of talks between Iran and the United States where the two countries are set to hold negotiations over...

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