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The Latest: Ethnic tensions threaten Bosnia's integrity 09/22/2021 12:27pm • The Latest on the U.N. General Assembly: ___ The chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presidency called upon the United Nations to uphold its commitment to human rights, citing ethnic inequality within his own country. Željko KomÅ¡ić is the Croat member of the western Balkan country’s presidency, European Central Bank climate report: Early action is better 09/22/2021 09:29am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank's first climate stress test shows higher risks of loan defaults for banks in fire-plagued southern Europe and argues that an earlier and orderly shift to greener energy may have costs — but pay off for the economy over the long run. The bank w 'No one would be spared': Debt default would set off dire consequences 09/22/2021 07:00am • The fight over raising the nation's borrowing limit underscores a reality for Democrats as they are in the midst of their highest stakes moment for President Joe Biden's sweeping legislative agenda: thrusting a potential default into the mix may have devastating consequences. A mild recession, ac Between COVID and flu, health care professionals brace for winter ahead 09/22/2021 12:36am • The US is battling rising death tolls and strained hospital resources under the Covid-19 pandemic, and all that could be made more difficult by the upcoming flu season, health experts said. "We are bracing ourselves for an awfully busy winter ahead," Associate Dean of Public Health at Brown Unive 7 Best Financial ETFs to Buy Now 09/22/2021 12:00am • Tap into cyclical economic growth via financial stocks.While some investors are enamored with digital currencies and blockchain technology, many others are more comfortable relying on the tried-and-true names of the financial sector. These megabanks and investment giants have hundreds of billions of Student Loan Disability Discharge: What to Know 09/22/2021 12:00am • Adjusting to life with an injury or chronic illness is undoubtedly a challenge, especially if it has an impact on your ability to work and earn a living. This stress is one of the reasons that student loan borrowers with disabilities can fall behind on payments and go into delinquency and default - Survey: For Americans With Unsecured Debt, Credit Cards Mostly to Blame 09/22/2021 12:00am • A late August 2021 survey from U.S. News & World Report shows that among Americans who carry unsecured debt, more than 53% say it's mostly from credit cards. Credit card debt is considered unsecured debt, which means it isn't linked to an asset, such as a house or a car. Respondents were asked EXPLAINER: Chinese builder’s debt struggle rattles investors 09/21/2021 04:14pm • BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers struggles to avoid defaulting on tens of billions of dollars of debt, fueling fears of possible wider shock waves for the financial system. Chinese regulators have yet to say what they might d Ex-mayor, elected at age 23, gets 6 years in corruption case 09/21/2021 03:55pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts mayor, once a rising Democratic star after being elected at just 23 years old, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday after being convicted of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses that wanted to operate in his city. Form After Afghans fell from plane, families live with horror 09/21/2021 09:51am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s a scene that has come to symbolize the chaotic end to America’s 20 years of war in Afghanistan: A lumbering U.S. Air Force cargo plane takes off from Kabul airport, chased by hundreds of desperate Afghan men scrambling to get on the aircraft. As the C-17 transpo Millennial Money: 5 steps to level up your side hustle 09/21/2021 07:00am • The pandemic isn’t crushing the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s fueling it. People normally tied to a desk or working double shifts used lockdown to launch side hustles, often out of necessity. And some have turned those side gigs into full-fledged businesses. According to the U.S. Census Bur UK gov't says lights will stay on despite energy price surge 09/20/2021 12:35pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain's business secretary said on Monday that there is no danger that people won't be able to heat their homes this winter after a surge in natural gas prices forced him to hold emergency talks with energy suppliers and consumer groups. Kwasi Kwarteng also assured lawmakers that Fed likely to signal a coming pullback in economic support 09/20/2021 11:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected this week to send its clearest signal yet that it will start reining in its ultra-low-interest rate policies later this year, a first step toward unwinding the extraordinary support it's given the economy since the pandemic struck 18 months ago. M Rare first-edition copy of US Constitution could fetch $20 million 09/20/2021 04:58am • An exceptionally rare first-edition printed copy of the US Constitution is going on sale in New York, with Sotheby's auction house expecting bids up to $20 million.It is one of just 11 surviving copies -- and the last in private hands -- from the first printing of the document's final text, produced China and the US, both born from conflict, now polar opposites on gun control 09/20/2021 01:09am • Last week, a 47-year-old man stormed into a law firm in China's Wuhan city and shot dead a lawyer who he had "some disputes with," according to Chinese state media. He then stuffed his gun, just under 20 inches (50 centimeters) long, into a tennis racket bag and left. The fatal shooting shocked m