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India's Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election 04/14/2024 04:35am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India into a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China, as he unveiled his Hindu nationalist party���s election strategy. Modi hopes to return to power f Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges 04/12/2024 07:35pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge that he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone and failed to reach a verdict on a dozen Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows 04/12/2024 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� There���s a reason why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending so much time attacking each other ��� people don't think either man has much to brag about when it comes to his own record. Americans generally think that while they were in the White House, Maryland program to help Port of Baltimore businesses retain employees begins 04/12/2024 04:50pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced on Friday the start of a program to help Port of Baltimore businesses retain employees in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The $12.5 million program aims to prevent layoffs while recovery work continues. The program Big banks warn of uncertain year ahead after mixed financial performances in the first quarter 04/12/2024 12:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Big banks warned of an ���uncertain��� year ahead after mixed financial results during the first quarter in an environment of stubbornly high inflation and geopolitical clashes in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. JPMorgan reported a modest 6% rise in profits Friday while pro House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid 04/12/2024 11:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson ha What to know about the real estate tycoon sentenced to death in Vietnam's largest fraud case 04/12/2024 06:22am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death Thursday in the country's biggest ever financial fraud case, a shocking development in an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation. Truong My Lan, a high-profile businesswoman who chaired a sprawli Real estate tycoon's death sentence is a turning point in Vietnam's anti-corruption campaign 04/12/2024 06:18am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� The unusually harsh death sentence given to a real estate tycoon in Vietnam was a pivotal moment in the decadelong ���Blazing Furnace��� anti-corruption campaign as the Vietnamese business community wrestled with an uncertain future Friday. Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, w Teachers and police can't afford homes in Prince William County. Local leaders are hoping to fix that 04/12/2024 05:52am • Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair Deshundra Jefferson has ordered staff to study the feasibility of a program to help county employees afford homes in Prince William so they can live closer to work. Jefferson said the move is primarily aimed at law enforcement, teachers and fire re Fast-rising Stuttgart to keep Bayern goalkeeper Alexander N��bel on loan for two more years 04/12/2024 05:15am • STUTTGART, Germany (AP) ��� Fast-rising Stuttgart is set to keep goalkeeper Alexander N��bel for its likely return to the Champions League next season after extending his loan move from Bayern Munich for another two seasons. N��bel is already on loan at Stuttgart and has been crucial to the team's s Biden administration announces another round of loan cancellation under new repayment plan 04/12/2024 05:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan. Retired chair of Chinese state-owned Everbright Group indicted on bribery charges 04/12/2024 04:04am • BEIJING (AP) ��� A former chairman of the China Everbright Group and ex-central bank executive has been indicted on suspicion of embezzlement and bribery, part of a wider wave of prosecutions of senior officials accused of financial crimes. Tang Shuangning, who also had held senior posts at the Peo Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case 04/12/2024 12:29am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was formally c House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid 04/11/2024 09:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson ha House Speaker Mike Johnson negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid 04/11/2024 08:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday. House Republican Leader Steve Scalise told reporters that Johnson ha