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2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Auctions are everywhere in today’s economy. They determine how Google sells ads, what price consumers end up paying for electricity, and the way governments sell off the public airwaves to telecom companies and broadcasters. For helping make auctions run more efficiently, two Americans on Monday won the

NATO chief says allies will leave Afghanistan together

Germany (AFP): NATO insisted Thursday that its members would consult and decide together on when to leave Afghanistan, after US

Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only

Trump promises to replace Ginsburg with a woman – and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill

Japan PM Shinzo Abe says he’s resigning for health reasons

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem

Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New

Finland’s Social Democrats elect PM Marin, 34, as leader

JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has assumed the leadership of her own party

Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s broken his pledge never to take a vacation or play golf

Russian doctors say Navalny wasn’t poisoned, refuse transfer

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian doctors treating opposition leader Alexei Navalny don’t believe he was poisoned and refused to transfer him