YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site after sex assault claims | AP News

YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site after sex assault claims | AP News

LONDON (AP) — YouTube said Tuesday that Russell Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site after several women made allegations of sexual assault against the comedian-turned-influencer.YouTube said monetization of Brand’s account, which has 6.6 million subscribers, has been suspended “following serious allegations against the creator.”“This decision applies to all channels that

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Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools | AP News

Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools | AP News

SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney experienced its first total fire ban in almost three years on Tuesday and several schools along the New South Wales state coast to the south were closed because of a heightened wildfire danger, caused by unusually hot and dry conditions across southeast Australia.Authorities have forecast the most destructive wildfire season during

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Once a global ideal, Germany’s economy struggles with an energy shock that’s exposing longtime flaws | AP News

Once a global ideal, Germany’s economy struggles with an energy shock that’s exposing longtime flaws | AP News

ESSEN, Germany (AP) — For most of this century, Germany racked up one economic success after another, dominating global markets for high-end products like luxury cars and industrial machinery, selling so much to the rest of the world that half the economy ran on exports. Jobs were plentiful, the government’s financial coffers grew as other

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Stock market today: Asian shares weaker ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate decision | AP News

Stock market today: Asian shares weaker ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate decision | AP News

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower in cautious trading Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 1.1% to 33,160.03. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.5% to 7,196.70. South Korea’s Kospi edged down 0.7% to 2,556.42. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.2% to 17,893.99, while the Shanghai

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US firms in China say vague rules, tensions with Washington, hurting business, survey shows | AP News

US firms in China say vague rules, tensions with Washington, hurting business, survey shows | AP News

American companies operating in China view tensions with Washington over technology, trade and other issues as a major hindrance for their businesses there, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The survey released Tuesday showed a continued downgrading of China’s importance as an overseas destination for investment, even though two-thirds

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Colombia’s president has a plan for ‘total peace.’ But militias aren’t putting down their guns yet | AP News

Colombia’s president has a plan for ‘total peace.’ But militias aren’t putting down their guns yet | AP News

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Officers wade through rows of abandoned wooden homes teetering above a mangrove-cloaked river – one of the key channels used by gangs to move drugs and weapons through this long-neglected swath of Colombia’s Pacific coast.Each step for them is a reminder: Control here remains not with the law, but with those

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UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and a way out of the current global ‘mess’ | AP News

UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and a way out of the current global ‘mess’ | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders of a world fractured by war, climate change and persisting inequality gather under one roof Tuesday to hear the U.N. chief summon them to take united action on humanity’s huge challenges – and to start delivering their own assessments on the most global of stages.“People are looking to their leaders

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President Gustavo Petro’s plan for ‘total peace’ in Colombia: Takeaways from AP’s report | AP News

President Gustavo Petro’s plan for ‘total peace’ in Colombia: Takeaways from AP’s report | AP News

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (AP) — Across Colombia, decades of war between leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries, trafficking groups and the government have left more than 9.5 million people – nearly 20% of the population – as victims of forced displacement, homicide, sexual violence and more. As conflict in the country grows more complex, with mutating armed groups

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Hong Kong to tighten regulation of cryptocurrencies after arrests linked to JPEX trading platform | AP News

Hong Kong to tighten regulation of cryptocurrencies after arrests linked to JPEX trading platform | AP News

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that the territory will tighten regulation of digital assets after police arrested six people following allegations of fraud at an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange in the city.The arrests on Monday followed an announcement by Hong Kong’s securities watchdog last week that the exchange, JPEX, was unlicensed and

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