AP National Business

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party is demanding a no-confidence vote aimed at…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic…

By The Associated Press Russia appeared to dodge default on its foreign debt by dipping into its scarce dollar reserves. But Moscow’s debt…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now…

By AAMER MADHANI and BEN FOX Associated Press TROY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden is crediting the assembly line workers at a Javelin missile…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says it has nothing to hide amid mounting unease over national security controversies involving Pegasus spyware.…

LONDON (AP) — BP posted its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade thanks to surging oil and gas prices. The earnings report Tuesday…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Sales of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment pushed the drugmaker well past expectations in the first quarter,…

By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet You lent money to a friend or family member in need and they haven’t repaid the debt. Collecting money that a loved…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory shut…

By KAREL JANICEK, JUSTIN SPIKE and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia and Hungary say they won’t support…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for the first time in…

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago. The…

By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday, with markets in China, Japan and some other markets still…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a court appeal, lawyers for Donald Trump say it is “unconscionable and indefensible”…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin.…

The Associated Press A late rally in big technology stocks erased an afternoon slump on Wall Street Monday and left major indexes moderately higher.…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer More than 1,000 workers at CNH Industrial plants in Wisconsin and Iowa have walked out on strike in search of a…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s most populous state is shrinking. California’s population declined…

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is challenging the federal government’s awarding of lucrative mineral…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised this week to accelerate its most drastic steps in three…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and India have signed a series of bilateral agreements that will see the South Asian nation…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account to…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders around the country felt…

By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Spirit Airlines’ board still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Food-delivery drivers protesting wage cuts and grueling working conditions have…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has visited…

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers at a warehouse on New York City’s Staten…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet February food prices were 7.9% higher compared with a year ago and are expected to increase 4.5% to 5.5% in 2022. As…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it believes Apple has abused its dominant position by limiting access…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Police in Armenia’s capital have detained 180 anti-government demonstrators that were blocking streets to protest…