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Cuba’s internet cutoff: The go-to tactic for global despots

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Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets over the weekend. In turn, authorities blocked social media sites in...

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices

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Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus...

Earnings boom is expected a year after pandemic-driven skid

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LOS ANGELES — Wall Street is gearing up for a slew of blockbuster earnings over the next few weeks as companies issue their results...

US average mortgage rates continue to fall; 30-year at 2.90%

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WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates continued to fall this week, tracking a decline in yields on Treasury securities as the bond market continues to signal...

Israel says it’s targeting Hamas’ cryptocurrency accounts

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JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing. ...

Europe’s central bank intensifies focus on climate change

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FRANKFORT, Germany — The European Central Bank has adopted a new approach to managing the economy that would allow the bank to tolerate transitory...

Kiwi sailors Burling, Tuke care for oceans as wins pile up

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The world’s oceans have given New Zealanders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke the chance to accomplish so much at relatively young ages. ...

Lebanon caretaker premier pleads for aid as crisis worsens

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BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister appealed on Tuesday on the international community to save his country from “death and demise” as multiple crises...

Feds dropping case against former Wilmington Trust execs

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DOVER, Del. — After being dealt a stunning setback by an appeals court, federal prosecutors in Delaware have declined to retry four former executives...

San Francisco Fed’s Daly: Healthy economy needs less support

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WASHINGTON — With interest rates ultra-low even as the U.S. economy swiftly improves, Federal Reserve officials are divided over how quickly they should adjust...