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FACT CHECK: AP's director of climate news breaks down Trump's remarks at the UN on climate change FACT CHECK: AP's director of climate news breaks down Trump's remarks at the UN on climate change 09/26/2025 12:21pm • This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn't actually exist. He called it “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and urged world leaders to “get away from the green scam.” It was a poi The uphill battle ahead: Four different leaders, four different takes on global warming The uphill battle ahead: Four different leaders, four different takes on global warming 09/25/2025 07:42pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Four men. Four corners of the globe. Four vastly different visions and experiences on climate change. At the United Nations this week, a quartet of leaders with distinct personal styles and decidedly different national agendas demonstrated why saving the planet isn't simple, Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs 09/25/2025 12:33pm • TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman who said she was tricked into smuggling drugs by a man she hoped to marry, allowing a six-year prison sentence issued by a lower court to stand. The Tokyo High Court said Donna Nelson, 59, from Perth, Australia, Apple says EU's sweeping digital rules delay new features for Europeans and seeks their repeal Apple says EU's sweeping digital rules delay new features for Europeans and seeks their repeal 09/25/2025 08:29am • LONDON (AP) — Apple wants the European Union to repeal its digital competition rule book, saying the regulations are cumbersome and are delaying new features for Europeans such as live translation for AirPods. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive branch, said Thursday that's no In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a 'con job.' Here are the facts and context In front of drowning nations, Trump calls climate change a 'con job.' Here are the facts and context 09/24/2025 10:47am • NEW YORK (AP) — Some countries' leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated by climate change. But the world U.S. President Donald Trump described in his speech at the United Nations Two soccer players in Australia given good-behavior bonds for match-fixing 09/24/2025 04:00am • SYDNEY (AP) — Two former A-League soccer players were given the equivalent of a good-behavior bond on Wednesday for taking 10,000 Australian dollars ( $6,600) to deliberately receive yellow cards in a betting scam. Ex-Macarthur Bulls players Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis will serve a two-year co Trump tells UN in speech that it is 'not even coming close to living up' to its potential Trump tells UN in speech that it is 'not even coming close to living up' to its potential 09/23/2025 08:57pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership while warning Europe will be ruined if it doesn’t turn away from a “double-tailed monster” o The Latest: Trump says he now believes Ukraine can take back all of its land after Zelenskyy meeting The Latest: Trump says he now believes Ukraine can take back all of its land after Zelenskyy meeting 09/23/2025 07:29pm • President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s call on Kyiv to make concessions to end the war. Trump offered his position in a social media posting soon after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy How a SIM farm like the one found near the UN threatens telecom networks How a SIM farm like the one found near the UN threatens telecom networks 09/23/2025 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms” across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations. Matt McCool, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s New York field office, said How to Send Money to Someone Without a Bank Account 09/21/2025 08:00pm • A common way to send money to someone is by transferring the funds to their bank account. However, this isn't always an option. About 6% of Americans are "unbanked," meaning neither they nor their partner have access to a checking or savings account, according a 2024 Federal Reserve Board survey. Fo Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against The New York Times and TMZ 09/17/2025 10:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ that claimed the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-add FTC Busts Illegal Debt Relief Operation: Here's How to Protect Yourself 09/17/2025 08:00pm • Are debt relief programs legit? Yes. Debt relief, aka debt settlement or debt resolution, is a legitimate industry that can be helpful to people experiencing certain financial difficulties. However, there are bad actors looking to exploit vulnerable consumers who may be scared and susceptible to sne 9 Signs It's Time for Memory Care 09/16/2025 08:00pm • It's bittersweet to see your loved ones age. Your mom, once a prolific baker, still makes her way around the kitchen but occasionally mixes up the steps in her favorite recipes. Or, your dad doesn't notice he's no longer writing the answers to his daily crossword puzzle neatly inside the boxes. Thes Lawyers say 4 of 14 West Africans deported by US still in Ghana, contradicting official Lawyers say 4 of 14 West Africans deported by US still in Ghana, contradicting official 09/15/2025 09:27pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Lawyers for four of 14 West African men deported by the U.S. to Ghana said Monday the men remained in that third country and had not been returned to their homes, contradicting an earlier statement by a Ghana official who said they have all been. The lawyers, in a court filing, What's Better for an Emergency Fund: High-Yield Savings Account or Money Market Account? 09/15/2025 08:00pm • A high-yield savings account or money market account will offer the best place to keep your emergency fund in easy reach while earning interest. See how you can figure out which one is the best account for your emergency fund, along with what to avoid. How High-Yield Savings and Money Market Account
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