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Brazilian police crack down on $4.8B tax evasion and money laundering scheme 11/27/2025 11:35am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazilian police launched Thursday a police operation to dismantle a major tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector. The group under investigation is the country���s largest tax debtor, owing more than 26 billion reais ($4.8 billion), authorities said. Local and Kolo Muani stands out for Tottenham with 2 goals and an assist in 5-3 loss to PSG 11/26/2025 06:24pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Randal Kolo Muani gave a reminder why Paris Saint-Germain once paid so much money for him. The France international had two goals and an assist for Tottenham in a 5-3 loss to PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday. They were his first goals for Tottenham, which has him on loan from Vitinha's hat trick helps PSG rally twice to beat Tottenham 5-3 in Champions League 11/26/2025 05:47pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Midfielder Vitinha showed his shooting prowess with a hat trick as Paris Saint-Germain twice came from behind to beat Tottenham 5-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday. He scored the first with his right foot, the second with his left and then converted a penalty. ���Without doubt (i Russia's frozen assets at center of negotiations over Ukraine peace deal 11/26/2025 04:20pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Money is as central to Europe's vital support of Ukraine as ammunition and intelligence. Yet, the bloc's most viable funding mechanism involves seizing billions of dollars worth of Russian assets that U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed taking over. The first draft of Trump's Canada's prime minister announces supports for lumber, steel sectors hit by U.S. tariffs 11/26/2025 04:11pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday new supports for the steel and lumber industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on steel and softwood lumber, long subject to U.S. tariffs, is currently taxed at 45% after the Trum Gratitude and doubt: The effects of the shutdown linger as families prepare for Thanksgiving 11/26/2025 02:36pm • She had it figured down to the last dollar. The looming insurance payment, balanced against the hard-earned paycheck. The cost of keeping her children fed, covered mostly with government SNAP assistance. And when Shelby Williams reviewed the family budget for November, she told herself that this mon Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.23%, ending a three-week climb 11/26/2025 01:17pm • The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ended a three-week streak of increases, reflecting a pullback in long-term U.S. Treasury bond yields. The average long-term mortgage rate fell to 6.23% from 6.26% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.81%. Ju MacKenzie Scott's college roommate once loaned her $1K. Now it's the billionaire's turn to invest 11/26/2025 08:18am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's wealthiest women and most influential philanthropists, is now known for her ���no strings attached��� surprise grantmaking. But, as a Princeton University sophomore, she learned what it was like to be on the receiving end of generosity. Facing th As Russia pummels Ukraine���s energy systems, Kyiv hopes US gas will fill the gap 11/26/2025 02:46am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The soil surrounding the gas facility in Ukraine was once pitch-black before it was burned to a rusty red by a massive Russian drone and missile assault. Scattered remnants of Shahed drones littered the reservoir designated for storing tanks of liquefied propane gas. Nearly a Bolivia's new president plans to scrap taxes and borrow money to confront economic crisis 11/25/2025 07:22pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia said Tuesday he planned to scrap a ream of taxes, in one of his first moves since becoming the nation's first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy. Just over two weeks since taking office, Paz The Latest: FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to defy illegal orders 11/25/2025 07:06pm • Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy ���illegal orders��� say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter. The news came after the Pentagon announced it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark K Federal agency boosts size of most single-family loans the government can guarantee to $832,750 11/25/2025 04:57pm • The Federal Housing Finance Agency is increasing the size of home loans that the government can guarantee against default as it takes into account rising housing prices. Beginning next year, mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be able to acquire loans of up to $832,750 on single-family h Democratic congressman's lawsuit claims Trump housing official abused post to target Trump critics 11/25/2025 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration���s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell and other Democratic critics of the Republican president. Swalwell sued Federal France says 'bon voyage' to 2 giant pandas as they head back to China 11/25/2025 01:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A couple of star giant pandas who lived in France for 13 years and gave birth to three cubs were on their way back to China on Tuesday, the Beauval Zoo said. Huan Huan, the female, and her partner Yuan Zi, both 17, are traveling on a 12-hour flight from Paris' Charles-de-Gaulle airpor U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia agrees to pay nearly $5.2M in overdue personal taxes 11/25/2025 11:35am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue personal taxes, the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back well over a decade. An attorney for Justice and his wife,