AP National Business

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: after…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are mixed at the outset of the last trading week of the year as countries…

By BRYAN GALLION and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands…

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian artists and event organizers have joined together to protest the government’s decision to close down most concerts,…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 can apply for reimbursement from the federal…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19,…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Michael Avenatti say there is a strong likelihood that the once high-flying…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister is urging the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a…

By ALEXANDER VERSHININ Associated Press ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year…

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An author known as the father of Chicano literature has left behind a bilingual children’s…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ move to open up its power generation market and boost the share of renewable sources in its energy mix will face…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two antiviral pills are the latest additions to the handful of therapies to treat COVID-19 in…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has frozen the assets of 770 Turkish nationals and a Chicago-based foundation it accuses of having links to terror groups. A…

By ULIANA PAVLOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has fined Google nearly $100 million and Facebook’s parent company Meta $27…

By DAVID McHUGH and TALI ARBEL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Central Group and Signa of Austria have confirmed plans to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges.…

PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over virus and vaccine rules have occupied Guadeloupe’s regional legislature because of stalled negotiations over…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget for fiscal…

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has denounced a U.S. law that restricts imports from Xinjiang as a violation of international law and…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As 2021 comes to a close, many people in richer parts of the globe are fretting over the…