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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he wants to help jobless Americans feel more secure and encourage experienced workers to rejoin the workforce, even if it means taking a pay cut. In his weekly media address, Obama is proposing to require states to provide wage insurance to workers who lose their jobs and find new employment at lower pay. The proposal also would require states to make unemployment insurance available to many part-time and low-income workers, and it would mandate at least 26 weeks of unemployment insurance.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Even as Burkina Faso and French forces mop up a deadly hotel attack in the capital, officials say extremists in the north have kidnaped an Austrian doctor and his wife. Few details are available. Officials say the hotel attack killed 23 people while 126 were rescued. Four al-Qaida-linked militants, including two women were killed.
VIENNA (AP) — Top diplomats of Iran, the U.S. and the European Union are still waiting for a key report from the U.N. nuclear agency as they discuss implementation of the deal between Tehran and six world powers. If the report finds Iran is meeting its commitments under the deal, it will trigger sanctions relief worth an estimated $100 billion for Tehran.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Pro-independence party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen is the apparent victor in Taiwan after the candidate for the China-friendly Nationalist Party conceded. Votes are still being counted but Tsai has a commanding lead. The election occurred amid concerns that the island's economy is under threat from China and broad opposition to Beijing's demands for political unification. Legislative results will take some time to sort out.
TOKYO (AP) — There's agreement that a strong response is needed to North Korea's recent nuclear test and claim it detonated a hydrogen bomb. Senior diplomats from the U.S., Japan and South Korea met today in Tokyo. They say failure to send a clear message risks further provocations by Pyongyang. They did not give specifics of their talks, saying the discussions on a U.N. resolution were ongoing.
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