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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we’re not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects. The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best opportunities to pick up […]

A reader asked about the capital appreciation potential of bonds: Strictly speaking, the underlying dollar value of most bonds won’t appreciate. With few exceptions, a bond’s price at maturity (also known as par value) will never increase; it remains fixed throughout the bond’s lifetime. Because the coupon payments and par value are contractually obligated, they don’t have any potential for growth. The historical record underscores this lack of growth. To […]

CAIRO (AP) — A group of protesters stormed a key energy complex in western Libya amid anti- government demonstrations over ongoing power outages, with officials warning Tuesday that the incident could trigger a nationwide power blackout. The General Electricity Company warned in a statement Tuesday that a group of people on Monday stormed Mellitah Oil & Gas complex located around 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Tripoli and closed the […]

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Confirmed cases in Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak have reached 3,262, its Ministry of Health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in […]

SEOUL, July 28 (Reuters) – South Korean authorities ordered brief neighbourhood evacuations on Tuesday after a leak of white phosphorus inside the U.S. Osan Air Base south of Seoul, the Safety Ministry said. No casualties were reported and the evacuation notice for residents was lifted after about half an hour, as South Korean fire authorities and U.S. forces carried out decontamination work, Yonhap news agency reported. “At 1708 (0808 GMT), […]

July 28 (Reuters) – Hong Kong-listed Hansoh Pharmaceutical said on Tuesday that its B7-H3-directed antibody-drug conjugate, HS-20093, met the primary endpoint in a late-stage clinical trial. The company said the drug showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy. (Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad announced plans Monday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, accusing the judicial body of ineffectiveness and bias against African countries. The West African country submitted a letter to the United Nations to begin withdrawing from the court, which was established to prosecute people responsible for humanity’s worst crimes under its foundational treaty, the Rome Statute. The withdrawal process takes at least a year. Chad […]

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Nicosia’s swanky nightclubs, bohemian cafes and crowded bars sit just steps away from guard posts, barbed wire and sandbags marking one of Europe’s last frozen conflicts. A United Nations-controlled buffer zone cuts through the Cypriot capital’s medieval center, separating breakaway Turkish Cypriots in the north from Greek Cypriots in the internationally recognized south. The island has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded following a Greek-backed […]

TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon and a tsunami advisory was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the tsunami advisory was for the nearby Ariake Bay on the western coasts of Kumamoto, about 900 kilometers (560 miles) southwest of Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in a message posted on […]