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Donnie Wahlberg again leaves $2,020 tip to inspire giving

PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Actor Donnie Wahlberg recently left a $2,020 tip at a Massachusetts restaurant, continuing his habit of leaving generous gratuities to brighten the days of wait staff. The "Band of B...

Nov 16, 2020

Saudi Aramco to issue bonds as it seeks cash amid oil slump

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco announced Monday it will issue international bonds as it seeks a cash infusion to help pay for billions of dollars in dividends the compan...

Nov 16, 2020

SEC Chair Clayton leaving post as top financial regulator

WASHINGTON - Jay Clayton, a former Wall Street lawyer who has headed the Securities and Exchange Commission as the financial markets' top regulator during the Trump administration, is leaving the posi...

Nov 16, 2020

Email obtained by AP: 65 WHO staff have virus, 1 cluster

GENEVA - The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The A...

Nov 16, 2020

Israelis protest EU delegation's visit to planned settlement

JERUSALEM - Israeli protesters shouted down a group of European diplomats on Monday who were visiting the site of a planned settlement expansion in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to est...

Nov 16, 2020

2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests

For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...

Nov 16, 2020

After congratulating Biden, France's Macron sees Trump envoy

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron faced the potentially uncomfortable position Monday of meeting U.S. President Donald Trump's top diplomat, having already congratulated President-elect Joe Bid...

Nov 16, 2020

Pro-Western candidate wins Moldovan presidential election

CHISINAU, Moldova - Maia Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union, has won Moldova's presidential runoff vote, decisively defeating the staunchly pro-Russia...

Nov 16, 2020

Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota is sweeping over the western Caribbean and has become a very dangerous Category 4 storm early Monday as it heads for the same part of Central A...

Nov 16, 2020

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS - An Islamic State operative goes on trial Monday in France on terror charges for swaggering bare-chested through a train in 2015 with an arsenal of weapons and shooting one passenger. He was br...

Nov 16, 2020