Russian GDP drops 4% in Q2 — 1st full quarter of fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s gross domestic product contracted 4% in the second quarter of this year, the first full quarter since Russia sent…
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Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that…
Continue Reading Best Buy trims jobs after it cuts sales and profit outlook
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain, is trimming jobs in an…
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Amazon’s Ring, MGM to launch show from viral doorbell videos
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Amazon-owned companies — Ring and Hollywood studio MGM — are teaming to create a TV show in the mold of “America’s…
Continue Reading Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades,…
Continue Reading California governor wants to extend nuclear plant’s life
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to extend the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least…
Continue Reading Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A pipeline carrying diesel has cracked open and spilled more than 45,000 gallons of fuel…
Continue Reading Congress OKs Dems’ climate, health bill, a Biden triumph
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate and health care…
Continue Reading Beirut bank standoff exposes desperation of economic crisis
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judge has ordered a gunman who took up to 10 hostages at a Beirut bank to force the release of his…
Continue Reading Kia/Hyundai seat belt pretensioners under investigation
By The Associated Press The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation has opened an investigation into seat…
Continue Reading Portugal: EU eyes Iberia-Italy pipeline to get gas to Europe
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s prime minister says European authorities are considering a liquefied natural…
Continue Reading Migrant search and rescue in third day off Greek islands
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation is continuing for a third day for migrants reported missing after…
Continue Reading Two years on, foundations stand by issuing bonds in pandemic
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize…
Continue Reading J&J to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year
Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid…
Continue Reading Three Chinese corporate giants leaving NY stock exchange
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants say they will remove their shares from the New York…
Continue Reading Amsterdam’s Schiphol compensating air travelers hit by chaos
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has launched a compensation program for travelers who missed their flights because of…
Continue Reading Ship reaches Ukraine to load up with wheat for hungry Africa
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A ship docked in a Ukrainian Black Sea port on Friday to begin loading up with wheat for…
Continue Reading UK economy shrinks in 2nd quarter, sharpening recession fear
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy shrank in the three months to June. It’s a smaller-than-expected contraction but adds to…
Continue Reading German ex-leader Schroeder sues to restore official perks
BERLIN (AP) — Former German leader Gerhard Schroeder is suing to restore the perks he enjoyed as ex-chancellor after he was stripped of them by…
Continue Reading China’s Huawei says sales down but new ventures growing
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue fell in the first half of 2022 but new ventures in…
Continue Reading Slow tallies in close Kenya presidential vote feed anxiety
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of Kenya’s electoral commission says vote-tallying in the country’s close…
Continue Reading Wall Street extends winning streak to 4th week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading with a broad stock market rally Friday, as the…
Continue Reading Dairy farm in Ukraine’s Donbas region struggles to survive
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DMYTRIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — One of the last working dairy farms on Ukrainian-controlled territory in the eastern…
Continue Reading European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press LUX, France (AP) — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish…
Continue Reading In Biden’s big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap…
Continue Reading California governor proposes extending nuclear plant’s life
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last…
Continue Reading South Korea to pardon Samsung’s Lee, other corporate giants
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de-facto leader secured a pardon Friday of his conviction for bribing…
Continue Reading Cops: Oregon crime ring moved $22M in catalytic converters
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in suburban Portland, Oregon, said Thursday they arrested a crime ring leader responsible for trafficking more than…
Continue Reading New Zealand welcomes back first cruise ship since COVID hit
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has welcomed the first cruise ship to return since the coronavirus…
Continue Reading OSHA investigates deaths of Amazon workers in New Jersey
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially…
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