EU, Beijing heading for collision over China’s COVID crisis
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China are moving closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis.…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China are moving closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis.…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Forty-seven. That’s how many days of child care Kathryn Anne…
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet We head into the new year with big plans, hoping this will be the year we whittle down that to-do list and get our…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Commuters returning to work after the Christmas break are advised not to travel as tens of thousands…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The first regular shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States has arrived in Germany. It’s part of a wide-reaching…
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency crews are sifting through the rubble of a building that was struck by Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official data show that inflation in Turkey has slowed in December thanks mainly to technical reasons. The development could…
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s agreement with the United Arab Emirates to open diplomatic ties in 2020 brought an…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday ahead of the release of minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A survey shows major Japanese companies are expecting hard times in 2023 due to higher costs and the…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of updates on U.S. employment amid fears of a…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla said Monday that sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, but the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney says Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Scuffles have broken out outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses loomed Monday even as nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Sampriti Bhattacharyya is bringing a 30-foot electric yacht to the upcoming CES gadget show in Las Vegas.…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Emergencies such as power outages or severe weather can happen at any time and can be costly. Unplanned hotel stays,…
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court says the government’s surprise decision in 2016 to demonetize high-value…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares began the year mixed, with European benchmarks opening higher on Monday after a…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macao’s historic Senado…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The tourism minister of Israel’s new hardline government has promised to invest in the West Bank, calling the occupied area…
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the box office king for a third straight week, and shows no sign of slowing down. James…
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 300 domestic and international flights at the Manila airport in the Philippines have been either delayed,…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ROME (AP) — Dubai has ended its 30% tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom and made its required liquor licenses…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to…
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — At the stroke of midnight on Saturday, Croatia switched to the shared European currency,…
Continue ReadingThe first Mega Millions drawing of the new year will be a big one after no one won an estimated $685 million jackpot. No ticket purchased for the…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that claim the big banks should have seen…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after…
Continue ReadingBy RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine on Saturday,…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A provision in the recently signed defense spending bill mandates that the United States work…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new…
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. has had a tough 12 months and its problems will not “go away” in 2023. But he…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages…
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators have told Duke Energy Corp. to carry out a series of…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has closed on the sale of land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is celebrating Germany’s progress in freeing itself from reliance on Russian gas, urging people to keep…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press The U.S. government says it received one bid for the right to drill offshore for oil and gas in Alaska’s Cook…
Continue ReadingBy JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Those at the forefront of the U.K.’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine joined…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks are closing out 2022 with more losses, giving the S&P 500 its worst year since 2008. The benchmark index fell 0.3%…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Marathon Oil Corp., up 29 cents to $27.07. Energy stocks held…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State Attorney General Todd Rokita announces that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against…
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