Albanese sworn in as PM in Australia ahead of Tokyo summit
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new prime minister was sworn in Monday and flew to Tokyo for a summit with…
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Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation
By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday…
Continue Reading ‘Doctor Strange’ remains atop box office as ‘Top Gun’ looms
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box…
Continue Reading Average US gasoline price jumps 33 cents to $4.71 per gallon
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon. Industry…
Continue Reading Priceless seeds, sprouts key to US West’s post-fire future
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly…
Continue Reading 78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in US
By MICHAEL CONROY Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby…
Continue Reading Climate to conflict, Davos’ post-COVID return has full plate
By JAMEY KEATEN and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Davos — the hub of an elite annual gathering in the Swiss Alps…
Continue Reading Consumers defy inflation to support economy. For how long?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With prices across the economy — from food, gas and rent…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What are the key climate themes at Davos?
By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — While the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine will be focuses of the…
Continue Reading DAVOS DIARY: Train, not plane means scenery, carbon cutting
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — If you’re coming to Davos this year, try to take the train instead of flying,…
Continue Reading Taiwan not included in launch of new Biden Indo-Pacific pact
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to come out with a list of countries that will join an…
Continue Reading Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sprawling financial trial may not have produced any convictions yet or any…
Continue Reading Russia presses Donbas attacks as Polish leader praises Kyiv
By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine…
Continue Reading Biden pushes economic, security aims as he ends SKorea visit
By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden tended to both business and security interests Sunday…
Continue Reading Breach exposed data of half-million Chicago students, staff
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools says the personal information of more than a half-million district students and staff was compromised in a…
Continue Reading Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just…
Continue Reading 9 more bodies found in Kashmir tunnel collapse, toll at 10
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of nine more workers in a collapsed tunnel in Indian-controlled Kashmir, taking the…
Continue Reading Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip
By AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine…
Continue Reading U.S., other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Delegates from the United States and four other nations have staged a walkout when a representative…
Continue Reading US, SKorea open to expanded military drills to deter North
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said…
Continue Reading Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs
By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Boeing docks crew capsule to space station in test do-over
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s astronaut capsule has arrived at the International Space Station in a…
Continue Reading Power Rangers actor charged with paycheck protection fraud
PLANO, Texas (AP) — The actor who played the Red Power Ranger in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” films and television series has been…
Continue Reading Ross Stores, Applied Materials fall; Palo Alto, Deckers rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Ross Stores, Applied Materials fall; Palo Alto, Deckers…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press The stock market clawed back from a midday drop Friday after coming to the edge of its first bear market since the beginning of…
Continue Reading Ruling in securities case could mean limits on regulators
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court panel in New Orleans says a hedge fund manager fined by the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose $1.02 to $113.23 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for July delivery rose 51 cents to…
Continue Reading Elon Musk visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon plans
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk met with Brazil’s President Jair…
Continue Reading Outgoing Lebanon government approves economic recovery plan
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister says the country’s outgoing government has approved a…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses lawsuit against Musk, Tesla and Twitter fan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO…
Continue Reading Trump pays $110K fine, must submit paperwork to end contempt
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in…
Continue Reading Dutch leader faces pressure over old-school text messages
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The long-serving Dutch prime minister is facing unusual political and public pressure…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: US trade rep. sees opportunity in recovery
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of…
Continue Reading Musk denies sexual misconduct allegation by flight attendant
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant who worked on his private jet…
Continue Reading Broadcast TV’s reduced role made clear in fall presentations
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER Associated Press Writers They never even made it onto the stage. There were constant reminders of the diminished…
Continue Reading Feds sue operator of dog breeding facility, seize beagles
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for…
Continue Reading Netflix pays $59 million to settle tax dispute in Italy
MILAN (AP) — Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy. Milan prosecutors said Friday that the payment…
Continue Reading Energy secretary: We must find a solution for nuclear waste
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — It is critical to find a solution for storing the nation’s spent nuclear fuel,…
Continue Reading Japan welcomes new US Indo-Pacific economic initiative
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is welcoming a new U.S. economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is…
Continue Reading G7 agree pact to better prepare for future pandemics
BERLIN (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies has announced plans to strengthen epidemiological early-warning systems to detect infectious…
Continue Reading Russia to cut Finland’s natural gas in latest energy clash
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to…
Continue Reading Germany’s Schroeder to quit Rosneft board as backlash mounts
BERLIN (AP) — Russian state energy company Rosneft says former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to leave its board of directors as a…
Continue Reading In Your Debt: How debt-related stress affects body and mind
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Being in debt can affect every corner of your life, like your relationships and career decisions. It can cause stress,…
Continue Reading N Ireland party leader pans Pelosi’s warning on Brexit terms
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest…
Continue Reading German parliament OKs 3 months of cheaper public transport
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has gave final clearance to a plan that will allow people to use local transport across the country for just 9…
Continue Reading G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion in aid to Ukraine
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press KOENIGSWINTER, Germany (AP) — The Group of Seven leading economies have agreed to provide $19.8…
Continue Reading Farmer sues VW over climate change; German court has doubts
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany cast has doubt on claims by a German farmer that automaker Volkswagen is partly…
Continue Reading European nations, streaming service delete extremist audio
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s law enforcement agency says authorities in six countries have worked with music streaming service SoundCloud…
Continue Reading ‘I can’t see the light’: War fuels surging prices in Europe
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Edoardo Ronzoni inspects a construction site near Milan that he shut down in March as costs for…
Continue Reading Final-hour rally yanks Wall Street from maw of bear market
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop…
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