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The Latest: Australia court upholds ban on pandemic travel

By The Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian court has rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so they don’t bring the coronavirus home. Most Australians have been stranded in their home nation for more than a year under a government emergency order made under the powerful Biosecurity Act. Australia is alone among…

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Business Editors: U.S. financial markets are closed today for Memorial Day. There will be no business fixtures on the broadcast wire today. The AP Categories: AP National News

No broadcast business fixtures on Memorial Day

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Business Editors: U.S. financial markets are closed today for Memorial Day. There will be no business fixtures on the broadcast wire today. The AP Categories: AP National News

No broadcast business fixtures on Memorial Day

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Business Editors: U.S. financial markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. There will be no business fixtures on the broadcast wire Monday. The AP Categories: AP National News

The Latest: Germany hunts down possible fraud in virus tests

By The Associated Press

BERLIN — The German government is following up on media reports that coronavirus test centers across the country have overbilled authorities for the number of tests taken. Germans are allowed one free “citizen’s test” per week to check if they are negative for coronavirus. They can use the result to be able to dine at outside restaurants, go shopping or…

The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot

By The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest federal data shows that two-thirds of adults in New York state have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. At the same time, hospitalizations statewide are down to 1,143 patients, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. The total is the lowest since Oct. 31. On the vaccine front, about 46% of 20 million residents…

AP Week in Pictures: Global

By The Associated Press

May 22 – 28, 2021 From a supporter of Syrian President Bashar Assad preparing to release hundreds of balloons with the colors of the Syrian flag at a gathering in the Syrian capital of Damascus, to demonstrators marching across the Brooklyn Bridge as they remember George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death, and an Indian woman separating grain…