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Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister as guest of honor 02/04/2024 03:18am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was the guest of honor at Sri Lanka���s 76th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday, as the island nation struggles to emerge from its worst economic crisis. Srettha joined Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe at a low-key ceremo Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore 02/03/2024 12:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand 02/03/2024 10:35am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signed a trade pact with Thailand on Saturday in a bid to boost trade and investment as the Indian ocean island nation is struggling to recover from its worst economic crisis that hit two year ago. The Sri Lanka Thailand Free Trade Agreement coveri The EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent? 02/03/2024 09:37am • EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure. The aid package ��� about two-thirds loans and one-third grants to be paid out over a four-year period ��� is no Today in History: February 3, the day the music died 02/03/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2024. There are 332 days left in the year. Today in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as ���the day the music died,��� rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ���The Big Bopper��� Richardson died in a sma Push to bring casino to Fairfax Co. may be set back a year after subcommittee recommendation 02/02/2024 06:23pm • A Virginia Senate subcommittee recommended Thursday to table a bill that aims to bring a casino to Fairfax County, which would delay the effort by a year so lawmakers could further examine the economic implications. The bill would ultimately allow Fairfax County residents to decide whether a casi Kansas is poised to expand tax credit for helping disabled workers after debate over low pay 02/02/2024 01:50pm • Kansas is poised to expand an income tax credit for goods and services purchased from companies and nonprofits employing disabled workers, a year after a debate over how much the state should buck a national trend against paying those workers below the minimum wage. A bill approved by the Legislatu As Europe���s farmers find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions 02/02/2024 12:17pm • THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) ��� Greece���s annual Agrotica trade fair traditionally gives farmers a chance see the latest equipment and agricultural innovations. This year, the event is a focal point for their long-standing frustrations. Tractors lined up Friday around the conference center hosting t Mexico's Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient 'New Fire' ceremony 02/02/2024 11:59am • OCUMICHO, Mexico (AP) ��� Guided by their ancestral lunar calendar, members of Mexico���s Purepecha Indigenous group celebrated their own New Year���s Eve ��� a little differently than the West���s traditional New Year. The Purepechas, who live in the western state of Michoac��n, preserve the pre-Hi German lawmakers approve contested cuts to farmers' fuel subsidies and a revamped 2024 budget 02/02/2024 08:20am • BERLIN (AP) ��� German lawmakers on Friday approved cuts to fuel subsidies for farmers that prompted angry protests, along with a 2024 budget the government had to revamp after a court ruling blew a hole in its financial plans. Parliament's lower house voted in favor of the overhauled 476.8 billion Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican domination 02/02/2024 07:28am • FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. He will talk about anything, but if the Democrat from Great Falls is able to steer the conversation, he's not likely to say much about Washington. Fanning believes deeply that public servants should focus on Democrats in South Carolina must work harder than ever to survive in an era of Republican domination 02/02/2024 07:07am • FORT LAWN, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina state Sen. Mike Fanning likes to talk to people. He will talk about anything, but if the Democrat from Great Falls is able to steer the conversation, he's not likely to say much about Washington. Fanning believes deeply that public servants should focus on whe French farmers lift road blockades around Paris after the prime minister offers a support plan 02/02/2024 05:53am • PARIS (AP) ��� French farmers were gradually lifting their roadblocks around Paris and elsewhere in the country on Friday, a day after the French government offered over 400 million euros ($436 million) in various measures meant to answer their grievances over low earnings, heavy regulation and unfa First look at transportation plans for Potomac Yard entertainment district 02/02/2024 05:52am • The Commonwealth of Virginia, City of Alexandria and Monumental Sports & Entertainment officials unveiled an overview of its plans Thursday for a new sports arena and entertainment district in Potomac Yard. The plan includes 9 million square feet for an arena that would house the Washington C Prosecutors weigh perjury charge for ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg over civil fraud trial testimony 02/01/2024 10:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Manhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Donald Trump���s former corporate finance chief in connection with testimony he gave in October at the ex-president���s New York civil fraud trial, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. A