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WASHINGTON — Sixteen states have now reported 153 cases of serious, vaping-related respiratory illnesses in the past two months, and many of the patients are teenagers or young adults. In a statement on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all of the cases occurred in people …

Stocks dropped on Wednesday, as the bond market signaled rising concern about the economy and data from Germany showed the country could be veering toward a recession. On Wall Street, the stock market opened lower, with the S&P 500 falling more than 1 percent, led by a steep drop in …

Unemployment in Britain grew by 31,000 to 1.3 million between April and June and the rate rose to 3.9 per cent, according to official data. Vacancies, measured with less of a lag, dropped to 820,000 between May and July from 824,000 between April and June, the Office for National Statistics said on …

KABUL, Afghanistan — As Afghanistan’s presidential election campaign began on Sunday, the country’s leader was facing a series of daunting concerns, from unrelenting violence to fears that his government could be derailed by a peace deal with the Taliban. Now there are the voters: Weary of waves of terrorism — …

Nurses, teachers and other key workers are being priced out of parts of the UK after years of rising rents and below-inflation pay increases, a report has found. Private rents are now unaffordable for workers on the median wage in London, the southeast, southwest and east of England, according to …