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Ex-Hong Kong leader gets 20 months in jail for misconduct

Feb 22, 2017

A former leader of Hong Kong was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison for misconduct after failing to disclose plans to rent a luxury apartment for his retirement from a businessman applying for a broadcasting license

Board: Puerto Rico to be hit with painful austerity measures

Feb 21, 2017

The newly appointed head of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico's finances is warning the U.S. territory will be hit with painful austerity measures in upcoming months

Rio Carnival revelers hunt for bargains amid economic crisis

Feb 21, 2017

Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival starts Friday and Brazil's deep recession and worries about security are casting a shadow on the big bash

Bailout negotiators get go-ahead to return to Greece

Feb 20, 2017

Greece and its European creditors agreed Monday to resume talks on what economic reforms the country must make next in order to get the money it needs to avoid bankruptcy and a potential exit from the euro this summer

Famine declared in part of South Sudan by government and UN

Feb 20, 2017

Famine has been declared in 2 counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three U.N. agencies, which says the calamity is the result of prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's view at odds with events of the week

Feb 20, 2017

President Donald Trump's view of the last week was often at odds with events

11 top Puerto Rico university officials resign amid crisis

Feb 17, 2017

Eleven top public university officials in Puerto Rico have resigned as the governor of the U.S. territory demands multimillion-dollar budget cuts amid an economic crisis

Citigroup CEO Corbat takes home $15.5 million for 2016

Feb 17, 2017

Citigroup's board of directors is awarding CEO Michael Corbat a pay package worth $15.5 million for 2016, down from $16.5 million in 2015

Feb 17, 2017

France, Germany welcome 'useful' meeting with US on Syria

The foreign ministers of France and Germany are sounding a positive note after new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took part in a discussion about Syria on the sidelines of a diplomatic summit in Bonn, Germany

Feb 16, 2017

In Ecuador election, strongman Correa's legacy on the line

For the first time in a decade, Rafael Correa won't be running for president when Ecuadoreans go to the polls Sunday, and Ecuadoreans are asking what will come of his legacy for economic and political stability they've come to cherish