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EU's chief Brexit negotiator shares Irish border concern

May 11, 2017

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has reassured Ireland that the bloc will fight to ensure there is no return to a hard border with Northern Ireland after the U.K. leaves the EU

Puerto Rico university students vote to keep strike going

May 10, 2017

A mass meeting of students at Puerto Rico's biggest public university has voted to continue indefinitely a strike that has shuttered the school for a month in defiance of a court order

US court: ex-AIG CEO hasn't right to challenge bailout

May 9, 2017

A federal appeals court has ruled that the former CEO of American International Group lacks the legal right to challenge the government's bailout of the insurance giant in the heat of the financial crisis. The next stop may be the Supreme Court.

Puerto Rico aims to rehabilitate 179 schools after closing

May 9, 2017

Puerto Rico is preparing to close 179 public schools this month, and the island's governor said Tuesday that he hopes to turn those buildings into shelters for animals and homeless people or for other uses

Euro dodges new crisis with Macron win, but needs fixes

May 9, 2017

The euro has a new lease on life after Emmanuel Macron, a firmly pro-euro moderate, won the French presidential election this week, but even he agrees that the currency needs fixing.

Spare a dime? Puerto Rico seeks change to help university

May 8, 2017

The budget woes at Puerto Rico's main university are so bad that the U.S. territory will soon ask people for spare change to support it

Brazil's Manaus declares emergency over Venezuelan migrants

May 8, 2017

Authorities in a major city in northern Brazil say they are having to deal with a sudden influx of people from Venezuela, which has been rocked by political and economic turmoil

Trump to sign measures to review financial regulation

Apr 21, 2017

President Donald Trump is continuing to target a law meant to stop banks from growing "too big to fail."

Puerto Rico pushes to privatize operation of public services

Apr 20, 2017

Puerto Rico's governor says he is ready to sign dozens of new deals to privatize the operation of public services as government funds dwindle amid the island's decade-long recession

Trash collection reduced in Puerto Rico city amid crisis

Apr 11, 2017

Garbage could soon pile up at one of Puerto Rico's largest cities because it has not paid a trash collecting bill amid a deep economic crisis