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Latest: Stories of migration from around the world are longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

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Latest: Stories of migration from around the world are longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

LONDON -- Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.The 16-book longlist announced Tuesday for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award includes works by writers from Ghana, Barbados, Britain, the United States, Ireland, South Korea and Australia.Novelist Monica Ali, who is chairing the panel of judges, said the works range from science fiction — Barbadian writer Karen Lord’s “The Blue, Beautiful World” — to historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, “intimate domestic dramas” and epic sagas. The settings include Sri Lanka, the Middle East, Australia and Korea.Ali said many of the books deal with themes of migration or immigration, in very different ways.Maya Binyam's “Hangman” and Isabella Hamm...

Latest: Prince Harry wasn’t unfairly stripped of UK security detail after he moved to the US, a judge rules

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry 's fight for publicly funded protection was rejected Wednesday by a London judge who said the U.K. government didn't act irrationally in deciding to strip him of security privileges after he quit his role working as a member of the royal family and moved to the U.S. Harry plans to appeal the ruling.High Court Judge Peter Lane said the February 2020 decision to provide security to the Duke of Sussex on an as-needed basis wasn't unlawful, irrational or unjustified.“Insofar as the case-by-case approach may otherwise have caused difficulties, they have not been shown to be such as to overcome the high hurdle so as to render the decision-making irrational,” Lane wrote in the 51-page ruling.A spokesperson for Harry said that he planned to appeal the ruling...

Latest: Stock market today: Wall Street holds near record levels, with S&P 500 on precipice of 5,000

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks are holding near record levels Thursday as evidence keeps piling up to show the job market remains remarkably solid.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, a day after coming within a fraction of a point of the 5,000 level for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 24 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was flat.The U.S. economy has blown past earlier expectations for a recession, and the latest show of strength came from a report indicating fewer workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than expected. The number remains low relative to history, even if layoffs at Google’s parent company, Macy’s and other big-name companies have been getting attention recently.In prior months, such ...