Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia’s eight-month occupation for the…
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Smaller food cos. get set for a high-priced holiday season
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday celebrants in Hilo, Hawaii, might notice something different about the traditional Yule…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and the company behind the popular video game Fortnite squared off Monday before…
Continue Reading UK’s self-billed ‘Scrooge’ promises tax rises, spending cuts
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief, Jeremy Hunt, has warned that a spending crunch and tax increases are on their way as he bids to fill the…
Continue Reading Cocoa farmers fear climate change lowering crop production
By HILAIRE ZON Associated Press KOREAGUI, Ivory Coast (AP) — For more than 40 years, Jean Baptiste Saleyo has farmed cocoa on several acres of his…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia has ‘green vision’ at COP27, critics unmoved
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Hydrogen cars and vehicles that capture their tailpipe pollutants. Computer mice…
Continue Reading Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit
By ADAM SCHRECK and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Funds vanish at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX; probe underway
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX confirmed there was “unauthorized access” to its…
Continue Reading Prosecutors push 15-year sentence for Theranos’ CEO Holmes
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence disgraced Theranos CE0 Elizabeth Holmes to 15 years in prison, arguing she deserves a lengthy…
Continue Reading UN climate talks reach halftime with key issues unresolved
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — It’s half-way time at the U.N. climate talks in Egypt, with negotiators still…
Continue Reading Auschwitz hero’s son seeks millions for dad’s 1948 execution
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The son of World War II Auschwitz death camp hero Witold Pilecki is seeking millions in compensation from the Polish…
Continue Reading Unmanned, solar-powered US space plane back after 908 days
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday after spending a record 908 days in orbit for its sixth…
Continue Reading Mass transit extension to Dulles Airport opens at tough time
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — It’s taken 60 years and billions of dollars, but mass transit is finally coming to…
Continue Reading Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s…
Continue Reading Ethiopia hosts UN internet meeting after cutting off Tigray
By JAMEY KEATEN and CARA ANNA Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. body devoted to promoting broader and better access to the internet is about to…
Continue Reading China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was…
Continue Reading Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s move to block exports of advanced computer chips to China is…
Continue Reading Thai crocodile farmers want trade restrictions relaxed
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press SRI RACHA, Thailand (AP) — Crocodile farmers in Thailand are suggesting a novel approach to saving the…
Continue Reading US outlines effects of withdrawing land from oil drilling
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department’s plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New…
Continue Reading Miami Heat’s home arena will get new name after FTX collapse
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The arena where the Miami Heat play will soon have a new name, after the team and Miami-Dade…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 11/11/2022
The Associated Press Wall Street tacked more onto its stupendous surge from a day before, leaving the market with its biggest weekly gain since the…
Continue Reading Steel Dynamics, LegalZoom rise; Flowers Foods fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Steel Dynamics Inc., up 40 cents to $96.74. The steel producer…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $2.49 to $88.96 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for January delivery rose $2.32…
Continue Reading Deuxmoi, Instagram’s Gossip Girl, talks new novel ‘Anon Pls’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press These days, people hungry for a status update on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson or Shawn Mendes’…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson
By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have…
Continue Reading F1 team Mercedes suspends sponsorship deal with FTX
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Formula One team Mercedes says it has suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX, one of the…
Continue Reading Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is proposing a $216 million solar farm project…
Continue Reading Many vets are landing jobs, but the transition can be tough
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Phillip Slaughter left the Army after 18 years and found a job similar to one he had in uniform:…
Continue Reading Crypto exchange giant FTX collapses, files for bankruptcy
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection…
Continue Reading Thousands protest in Bulgaria for higher salaries
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to demand higher salaries to…
Continue Reading Famed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to…
Continue Reading Germany rejects Iranian complaint over stance on protests
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has rejected a complaint by her Iranian counterpart that she was taking an “interventionist” stance…
Continue Reading UN reports progress on Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports
GENEVA (AP) — Top U.N. officials updated a high-level Russian delegation on progress to facilitate Russia’s exports of food and fertilizer to…
Continue Reading KFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
BERLIN (AP) — KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order…
Continue Reading Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British climate activists say they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major…
Continue Reading Spain appeases Catalans with planned reform of sedition law
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the…
Continue Reading German lawmakers OK delay in switching off nuclear plants
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved a plan to keep the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April. That will extend…
Continue Reading Iran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say two Iranian-born brothers have been charged with aggravated…
Continue Reading Biden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil
By MATTHEW DALY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Biden administration has ramped up efforts to reduce methane…
Continue Reading EU expects recession to hit this year as inflation hangs on
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth…
Continue Reading Japan’s SoftBank returns to profit as investments rebound
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has reported a 3 trillion yen, or $21 billion, profit…
Continue Reading UK economy shrinks as economists warn of more pain to come
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Statistics show that Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, and forecasters…
Continue Reading Yellen visits India to shore up US-Indo-Pacific partnership
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 are top issues for U.S.…
Continue Reading Wall Street rallies for best week since June on rate hopes
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street piled more gains Friday onto its mammoth rally from a day earlier to close out its best…
Continue Reading Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers Twitter’s relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification”…
Continue Reading Japan vies for ‘last chance’ as major global chip producer
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is investing 70 billion yen ($490 million) to beef up semiconductor development and…
Continue Reading China’s muted Singles’ Day shopping fest expects slow growth
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s biggest online shopping festival, Singles’ Day, is muted this year with sales…
Continue Reading China eases some quarantine for travelers even as cases rise
BEIJING (AP) — Travelers arriving in China will spend less time in quarantine under changes to sweeping anti-virus controls announced Friday to…
Continue Reading Australian PM wants to ask China’s Xi to lift trade barriers
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he’ll ask Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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