Year: 2024

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision on Tuesday.

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute. The European Court of Justice overruled a lower court’s earlier decision in

AP Science Writer A new study says the amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, and it’s helping to turbocharge climate change. Scientists fear the extra potent gas is being ignored. Tuesday’s study finds that in 2020, the last year complete data is available, the

DALIAN, China (AP) — China’s Football Association says it has banned 43 people for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption. The official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that Zhang Xiaopeng, a top police official, gave out details of a “two-year investigation that uncovered a series of online gambling, match-fixing and bribery

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Norway embassy is closing this week. The move comes months after the Taliban said they no longer recognize diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government, including the one in Norway. In a statement late on Monday, the embassy said the closure will take place on Thursday. The U.K. government

Over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person and injuring eight, officials said Tuesday, in one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war. A woman died in the town of Ramenskoye, just outside Moscow, where drones hit two

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Olympic sponsor Panasonic is terminating its contract with the IOC at the end of the year. Panasonic is one of 15 companies that are so-called TOP sponsors for the International Olympic Committee. The company made the announcement Tuesday. It’s not known the value of the Panasonic sponsorship but sponsors contribute

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day. Residents, especially

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An inquiry into an English hospital where a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others has begun as her supporters push to clear her name. But the inquiry’s head made it clear Tuesday that it would not be a review of Lucy Letby’s

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights measure will be on the state’s November ballot. The ruling on Tuesday ensures voters will have a chance to weigh in on whether to restore abortion rights to the state. A group of Republican state lawmakers and other abortion

Associated Press LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors’ center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery’s rich history, was at his post as a goodwill ambassador, signing whiskey bottles, posing for photos and chatting up tourists

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports grew for a fifth consecutive month. It’s a sign of growing demand abroad even as imports fell amid a slowing Chinese economy. Data released by China’s customs office Tuesday showed exports in August expanded by 8.7% to $308.65 billion compared to the same period last year, beating economists’ estimates.

Associated Press TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. (AP) — Apocalyptic-looking plumes of smoke filled skies east of Los Angeles as firefighters battled three major wildfires that erupted amid a blistering heat wave. Tens of thousands of homes and other structures were threatened and evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday night as the  fires grew.  Parts of the popular