
Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airports
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they’ve signed a deal allowing an Emirati company to manage three airports…
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they’ve signed a deal allowing an Emirati company to manage three airports…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A representative of the Cyprus Central Bank says nine Lebanese banks are shutting down their operations on the island. The…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Americans on the cusp of retiring are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink:…
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet We are surrounded by bad money advice — from social media, from influencers and even from friends and family. Bad…
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says that it has arrested 67 people who it believes were trying to…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was confirmed by the U.N.…
Continue ReadingBy PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — John Kerry, America’s top official on climate change, says that the U.S. and China…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Across Britain, food banks and community food hubs that helped struggling families, older people and…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, weighed down by a big decline in tech…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Airbnb Inc. says it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving…
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Workers digging through the rubble of an…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Stellantis has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday in Kokomo, Indiana, for what could be the company’s second North American…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The statistics discussed at the inaugural Global Citizen NOW conference were bleak. The COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it will start publicly providing more…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Amazon is planning to sublease some of its warehouse space because the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping has slowed. That…
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg. It’s seeking to hold him…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday following seven weeks of declines that nearly ended the bull market that began in…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook’s corporate parent and Twitter believes it’s time to…
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The president of the European Central Bank has given the clearest sign yet that policymakers will aim to raise interest…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first…
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he may impose mandatory water restrictions if…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter for…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A longtime contractor for Shell has accusing the oil and gas company of “double talk” by saying…
Continue ReadingBy JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash in the Indian Ocean took the stand Monday in a Paris…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ financial health reached its highest level in nearly a decade last year,…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to…
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