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UK regulators probe Barclays CEO’s link to Jeffrey Epstein

By JILL LAWLESS | February 13, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said Thursday that he deeply regrets his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, as the bank revealed that British financial regulators are investigating whether Staley had disclosed the full truth about...

With impeachment over, critics see Trump ‘retribution tour’

By AAMER MADHANI, JONATHAN LEMIRE, and MARY CLARE JALONICK | February 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the week since his acquittal on impeachment charges, a fully emboldened President Donald Trump is demonstrating his determination to assert an iron grip on government, pushing his Justice Department to ease up on a longtime friend...

Airbus CEO sees no short-term benefit from Boeing MAX woes

By DAVID McHUGH | February 13, 2020

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Airbus' chief executive said Thursday that his company sees no short-term benefit from Boeing's troubles with its grounded 737 MAX because the competing A320 is sold out years ahead.CEO Guillaume Faury said that safety was...

France warns of dent to world economy from virus outbreak

February 13, 2020

PARIS (AP) — France's government calculates that the deadly virus outbreak in China will shave at least 1 percentage point off the growth this year of the world's second largest economy, hurting global economic growth too.The French economy minister,...

German accused of delivering machinery to Russian military

February 13, 2020

A German businessman has been arrested on suspicion of delivering machinery to the Russian military in violation of European Union sanctions against the country, prosecutors said Thursday.The suspect, the boss of a company based in southern Germany who...

Cruise ship turned away in other ports anchors off Cambodia

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK | February 13, 2020

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — A cruise ship turned away by other Asian and Pacific governments due to virus fears anchored Thursday off Cambodia, which is checking the health of its 2,200 passengers and crew.The Westerdam was unwelcome elsewhere even...

8 killed in minibus crash in central Russia

February 13, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — A minibus crash in central Russia killed eight people in the early hours on Thursday, local police said.A minibus with nine people on board was attempting to overtake another vehicle on a highway in the Pskov region about 600 kilometers...

Police: Reported Civil War cannonball was actually a buoy

February 13, 2020

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The digging of a swimming pool revealed what could have been a dangerous discovery in South Carolina.But, as news outlets report, the round object found by workers in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon was much less thrilling.A...

Man accused of double murder freed after 25 years in prison

February 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of two murders was freed from prison after 25 years thanks to a piece of evidence not disclosed to his defense team decades ago.Calvin Bright, 47, walked out of a jail in Washington on Wednesday night, news outlets reported....

Democrats seek path through diverse states after Iowa and NH

By BRIAN SLODYSKO, JULIE PACE, and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY | February 12, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates plotted their paths Wednesday into state primaries now expanding to include voters of color, while the party's establishment braced for a long and increasingly uncertain nomination fight ahead.Sen....

Warren Buffett’s son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse

By JOSHUA GOODMAN | February 12, 2020

TIBU, Colombia (AP) — With Colombian military snipers in position, Howard Buffet descends from a helicopter and trudges through the wet grass in steel-toe boots chewed through by his dog’s teeth.Waiting under a tin-roofed shack is a small group of...

Arizona church sued over decades-old abuse allegations

By JACQUES BILLEAUD | February 12, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — Two children were sexually abused by Catholic priests about 40 years ago in an Arizona parish and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix covered up the problem, according to newly filed lawsuits.Both lawsuits were brought Monday under...