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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese internet services company Baidu has received a permit to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public in Beijing,…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Businesses in Sri Lanka are closed, teachers absent and public transportation…

By DAVID KEYTON and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia mounted attacks across a wide area of Ukraine on Thursday,…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has passed one of the nation’s most far-reaching requirements for employers to…

By KRUTIKA PATHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of Sri Lankans have protested outside President Gotabaya…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Data collection has been a focus of Russia’s relentless hacking of Ukraine. Cybersecurity…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and MARC LEVY Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their…

By KELVIN CHAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Twitter is reporting earnings of $513 million for the first quarter days after…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If Elon Musk and Twitter get their way, the company will soon be privately held and under his…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal is banning imports of cars, alcohol and tobacco and cutting its work week to…

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware court sided with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a bitter legal battle over whether he acted against the best interest of…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An independent research group says Germany was the biggest buyer of Russian energy during the first…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press PERRY, Ga. (AP) — The company that makes Jack Link’s meat snacks says it will build a $450 million plant in…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ford has reported a $3.1 billion loss for the first quarter, in large part because of a drop in…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Puck and player tracking in the NHL has taken major leaps since it was first tested in January 2019. Coaches…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department has authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat says Western allies should send tanks, planes and other heavy weapons to…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite slower revenue…

The Associated Press Stocks ended with meager gains on Wall Street Wednesday, stabilizing after a sell-off in tech stocks a day earlier. It’s the…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Heaven Hill Distillery says it plans to revive its whiskey production in its Kentucky hometown. The family-owned…

WARSAW (AP) — Poland’s air navigation agency says it has agreed to implement all of the demands of the country’s air traffic controllers’…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is expanding a data center in northern Illinois and says more than 200 operational jobs…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a preliminary investigation into the suspected sabotage of fiber optic cables. The damage…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Perhaps no group of people is more alarmed about Elon Musk’s apparent plan to make Twitter a free speech free-for-all…

By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Boeing’s CEO says Boeing cut a bad deal when it agreed to produce two new Air Force One jets. CEO David Calhoun…