Millennial Money: Save on family travel without stressing
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Traveling with kids is expensive — and hard. You need to budget for extra airfare, a bigger rental car and…
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Donors fall well short of UN target for Syria aid
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors have pledged $6.7 billion to help Syrians and neighboring countries hosting…
Continue Reading Dubai delivery workers go on second rare strike this month
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Food-delivery workers across Dubai are protesting meager pay and inadequate…
Continue Reading Spain fires intelligence chief amid phone hacking scandals
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has fired the director of the country’s top intelligence agency…
Continue Reading Egypt’s inflation rate continues to surge amid Ukraine war
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s annual inflation rate has continued to surge since the beginning of the year amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine that has…
Continue Reading Danish inflation hits 6.7%; highest since 1984
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government says the country’s inflation rate has increased to 6.7% in April in its highest level since…
Continue Reading Nintendo’s profit dips slightly as Switch console sales slow
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March was little changed from the previous year,…
Continue Reading Sony’s profit surges on healthy film, game, music growth
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter surged 67% to 111.1 billion yen, or about $850 million, compared to…
Continue Reading UK govt sets out big plans, but little cost of living relief
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government has set out its agenda for the next year, with sweeping promises…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka orders troops to shoot those involved in violence
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s defense ministry has ordered security forces…
Continue Reading Shanghai re-tightens on COVID, frustrating trapped residents
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening…
Continue Reading Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO…
Continue Reading Xi promotes Communist Party youth wing ahead of key congress
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the role of the ruling Communist Party’s youth wing ahead of a key party congress…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed, China gains ahead of US price data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday with Chinese benchmarks pressing higher after a rally in technology…
Continue Reading Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of…
Continue Reading 2 make deal, leaving just Kim Dotcom facing US extradition
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their…
Continue Reading Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ auction nabs $195M; most for US artist
NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn…
Continue Reading Cleanup underway after trees topple into Alaska road, bay
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Efforts are underway to clear a road where dozens of fully grown evergreen trees as well…
Continue Reading Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob’s time in Las Vegas
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains…
Continue Reading Laos reopens to visitors after 2-year closure to fight virus
BANGKOK (AP) — The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos has reopened to tourists and other visitors more than two years after it imposed tight…
Continue Reading Lam says Hong Kong now has China patriots firmly in charge
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader,…
Continue Reading 14-year sentence for engineer in China trade secrets case
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A chemical engineer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over what prosecutors say was a scheme to steal trade…
Continue Reading New Era Cap CEO charged after parking lot altercation
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The head of the company that makes baseball caps for the country’s biggest sports…
Continue Reading WVa Tudor’s Biscuit World faces labor complaint from feds
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A well-known West Virginia restaurant chain is facing a complaint from the National…
Continue Reading Uber, Elanco fall; TreeHouse Foods, Energizer rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Uber, Elanco fall; TreeHouse Foods, Energizer…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks deepened their losses on Wall Street Monday, sending the S&P 500 to its lowest close in more than a year. The…
Continue Reading Fed: Inflation, Ukraine biggest threats to financial system
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve no longer views the coronavirus pandemic as the biggest threat to the global…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $6.68 to $103.09 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for July delivery fell $6.45 to…
Continue Reading Ex-couple linked to Jared Fogle child porn case get prison
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A divorced Indiana couple who prosecutors say shared sexually explicit photos and videos of children with former Subway…
Continue Reading Unionist party refuses to form new N Ireland government
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has refused to return to a power-sharing government,…
Continue Reading Cyprus pitches regional firefighting hub to Israel, Greece
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts the…
Continue Reading Wordle answer changed to avoid fraught word, NY Times says
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times moved swiftly to change Monday’s answer to its daily Wordle puzzle out of…
Continue Reading Tourism and economic agencies join forces to market Orlando
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It’s an idea that almost seems as compatible as Mickey and Minnie. Take the tens of…
Continue Reading Face-scanner Clearview agrees to limits in court settlement
By KATHLEEN FOODY and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Recession fears grow. But how high is the risk?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is…
Continue Reading Meta opens first physical store
Associated Press BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store — in Burlingame, California — to showcase…
Continue Reading Death toll from explosion at Havana hotel rises to 40
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — More bodies have been pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital, bringing the official death toll…
Continue Reading Maine baby eel industry had one of most successful seasons
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s baby eel fishing industry is wrapping up one of the most successful seasons in its history. Maine is the only…
Continue Reading Macron proposes new political union for non-EU countries
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — France’s president has warned that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European…
Continue Reading $20 million HUD grant doubles size of eviction legal help
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is doubling the size of its eviction protection…
Continue Reading US, Italy united on Ukraine, with slightly different tones
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets with U.S. President Biden this week in Washington as Europe faces…
Continue Reading Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling COVID cases
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Dealing with death? There’s an app for that
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Planning for death and navigating life after a loss can be difficult, complex and sometimes expensive. Several apps,…
Continue Reading Russian envoy to Poland hit with red paint at war cemetery
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador to Poland as he arrived at a…
Continue Reading Biden announces program offering discounted internet service
By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 20 internet companies have agreed to provide…
Continue Reading Paris trial for 2009 plane crash that left 152 dead, 1 alive
By OLEG CETINIC and ALEX TURNBULL The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 passenger plane crash in the Indian Ocean that…
Continue Reading Early voting begins ahead of Australia’s May 21 election
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Early voting has begun in Australia’s election with the opposition party hoping the…
Continue Reading Marketing deals trickle down from NCAA to high school sports
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after weeks of protests
By KRISHAN FRANCIS, BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa…
Continue Reading China trade weakens after cities shut down to fight virus
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth tumbled in April after Shanghai and other major industrial cities were…
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