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By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has raised its key interest rate significantly as it tries to…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed legally binding targets to reduce the use of…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say that a drone strike has caused a fire at a refinery in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine. The…

By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet Many people find it difficult to save money. But across the world, in tiny, close-knit communities, people often…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s prime minister says a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose will be offered to nursing home residents and people…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate hit 9.1% in May, a new 40-year high and up slightly from the previous month. The Office for National…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand…

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press STROE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of farmers have gathered in the central Netherlands to protest the Dutch…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street edged lower amid fears higher interest…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Some young girls are still auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan — one of…

By CIARÁN GILES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration’s steps to raise pay but warn…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. officials are pledging to be good neighbors to those in rural west…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, ANDI JATMIKO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese man accused of defrauding the government of $7.3 million…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board is asking a federal court to order Starbucks to stop interfering with…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Hundreds of uniformed Southwest Airlines pilots stood in perfect lines in the scorching Texas sun…

RANDALIA, Iowa (AP) — A northeast Iowa farmer has pleaded not guilty to livestock neglect after 3,000 hogs died on his property. Derek David Smith…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Google executive is warning the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of…

By HALELUYA HADERO Two Black executives at Amazon are leaving the company. The e-commerce juggernaut confirmed the news Tuesday hours after CEO Andy…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell won praise for his deft leadership during the…