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Review: How to best tackle the global challenge of water 03/28/2022 01:25pm • ���The Worth of Water,��� by Gary White and Matt Damon (Penguin Random House) Gary White, the water engineer-activist, and Matt Damon, the actor-philanthropist, have formed one of the world���s great partnerships and solved a problem that has eluded well-meaning institutions, national governments an Boris Becker speaks of money troubles at London trial 03/28/2022 01:02pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Tennis great Boris Becker, who is on trial in London accused of failing to hand over his assets after he was declared bankrupt, has told a jury about his struggles with money including payments for an ���expensive divorce��� and debts when he lost large chunks of his income after ret EU fund backs early repayment of Greek bailout loans to IMF 03/28/2022 07:27am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece���s European Union bailout lenders have approved a plan for the country to repay outstanding loans to the International Monetary Fund two years ahead of schedule. The bloc���s bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, said Monday that the outstanding loans worth Spain prepares economic support plan amid energy price spike 03/28/2022 06:13am • MADRID (AP) ��� Spain's government is readying a package of emergency economic measures worth 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in direct aid and tax breaks and 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in loans for families and businesses affected by the fallout from Russia���s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Ministe UK relinquishes control of former Royal Bank of Scotland 03/28/2022 03:49am • LONDON (AP) ��� The British government has relinquished control of the former Royal Bank of Scotland for the first time since it bailed out the lender during the global financial crisis almost 15 years ago. The Treasury said Monday that it had sold 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of shares back to Dubai developer Union Properties says $42M 'misappropriated' 03/28/2022 01:53am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� A troubled Dubai real estate developer said Monday it suspected that $42 million had been ���misappropriated��� by the company's former officials while saying it massively overvalued its holdings, declaring nearly $800 million in accumulated losses in recent year What to Do if You Can't Pay Your Taxes 03/27/2022 08:00pm • In 2021, approximately 129 million Americans received a tax refund, leaving about 40 million Americans who either broke even or owed money, according to statistics from the Internal Revenue Service. Breaking even -- not receiving a refund -- is actually a good thing; it means you gave Uncle Sam just NFL owners not likely to make as much news as free agency 03/27/2022 05:58pm • PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� There's virtually no chance NFL owners will be competing during their meetings this week with the stream of big news made by trades and in free agency thus far this year. Nor are they likely to try. The headlines generated by the movement of star players show Russell Wilson Moore rushes from Tenerife to US for World Cup qualifier 03/26/2022 05:03pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Shaq Moore had just finished training on Wednesday with Tenerife when his mobile phone buzzed with a text from U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter. ���I was actually at home, chilling,��� the 25-year-old defender recalled. ���Gregg said: 'We may have a situation here.������ Reggie Cann Chinese foreign minister visits Nepal to shore up ties 03/26/2022 09:32am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met top Nepalese officials during a three-day trip over the weekend, which comes just weeks after Nepal's parliament approved a contentious half-billion-dollar aid grant from the United States. Wang arrived in Nepal on Friday and held talks Va. couple, DC man and NASA employee investigated for COVID-19 fraud schemes 03/26/2022 04:39am • A Virginia couple and a brother, as well as a D.C. man and a NASA employee are among those the IRS investigated for tax and money laundering related to COVID-19 fraud. Southwest Virginia couple Gregory Tackett and Leelyn Chytka were sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding the government AP source: Bills get initial OK for NFL $200M stadium loan 03/25/2022 05:33pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� The Buffalo Bills moved closer to landing $200 million in NFL funding to help finance their bid to build a new stadium in which a majority of the projected $1.354 billion price tag is anticipated to be covered by taxpayer dollars. A person with direct knowledge of the decision US stocks end mostly higher after another up-and-down day 03/25/2022 04:58pm • Major U.S. indexes closed mostly higher Friday, and several of them notched weekly gains, despite a recent run of daily swings on Wall Street as traders try to figure out what's next for the economy. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5% after spending the day veering between a gain of 0.6% and a 0.4% de Cutera, Titan rise; Huntsman, General Motors fall 03/25/2022 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Titan International Inc., up 72 cents to $15.75. The wheel and tire supplier entered into a three-year deal to supply farm wheels and tires to CNH Industrial. Cutera Inc., up $9.31 to $54.93. The maker of laser ski Bale says media pressure can push athletes 'over the edge' 03/25/2022 03:07pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Gareth Bale has spoken out against the psychological harm that professional athletes can receive from the media after a leading Spanish sports daily published a column on the Real Madrid player entitled ���The Welsh Parasite.��� Bale wrote on Twitter on Friday that the colu