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BERLIN (AP) — German state officials said Friday that they want advertisers and social media influencers to label any photos that have used…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019,…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. financial analyst Peter Schiff says he will fight to be able to sell a bank he…

DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The chief of the Dutch central bank has apologized for the institution’s involvement in the 19th-century slave trade, the latest…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has handed full control over a major oil and natural gas project partly owned by Shell and two…

LONDON (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made her first visit to the U.K. since both countries signed a free trade agreement.…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The potential sale of the Kohl’s department store chain has fallen apart in a shaky…

By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is dealing with another boozy scandal after…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Swedish luxury vehicle maker Volvo Cars plans to build a new European plant in eastern Slovakia. The country’s…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has accused her then-manager of trying…

ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s media watchdog has banned access to the Turkish services of U.S. public service…

By OLEG CETINIC and BOUBKAR BENZEBAT PARIS (AP) — Flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and other French airports are facing disruptions…

By The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Ng brothers, fishermen living in the remote Hong Kong village of Tai O, have carried on with their…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street shook off a downbeat start and ended broadly higher Friday, though the…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal plan…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has denied required air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to the…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country’s losing investment…

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is offering pilots raises of nearly 17% by the end of 2024, a sign of the leverage that pilots enjoy as airlines…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials said they are moving forward with plans to build two supersize prisons…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California agency has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to move forward with a…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at the Altoona, Iowa amusement…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may turn to fossil fuels to avoid blackouts during hot weather that…