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European Central Bank keeps door ajar for more stimulus

Thursday, 20 October 2016, 16:07 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The European Central Bank has left the door open to an extension of its stimulus program at its next meeting in December, when it will be armed with new forecasts for the economy of the 19-country...

Gas explosion rocks Portland shopping district, injuring eight

Thursday, 20 October 2016, 08:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A powerful natural gas explosion rocked a busy Portland, Oregon, shopping district Wednesday, injuring eight people and igniting a fire that sent a huge plume of smoke over the heart of the...

Debate stunner: Trump won't say he'll accept election result

Thursday, 20 October 2016, 06:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results of next month's election if he loses to Hillary Clinton....

Divers find third body after blast at German chemical plant

Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 14:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Divers have recovered the body of a person missing since the blast at a chemical plant in southwest Germany on Monday, raising the death toll to three. German chemical giant BASF said in a...

62-year-old woman in Spain gives birth to third child

Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 14:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A 62-year-old Spanish woman has given birth to a healthy girl and encourages women in their later years to imitate her if they want to. Lina Alvarez left the Lucus Augusti Hospital in the...

European Central Bank manages stimulus expectations

Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 12:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Investors will sift European Central Bank head Mario Draghi's remarks on Thursday for clues about a possible extension of its 1.74 trillion euro ($1.91 trillion) bond-buying stimulus...

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