Vietnam seeks information from Iran about seized oil tanker
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is seeking more information about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint…
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OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden pressure
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to stick with their…
Continue Reading Japan labor leader vows to fight for stable, better work
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s largest labor federation says stable work must be…
Continue Reading Norway fund divests from companies tied to weapon production
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s largest pension fund says it has divested from 14 companies involved in…
Continue Reading Is it green, or forever toxic? Nuclear rift at climate talks
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press SOULAINES-DHUYS, France (AP) — Nuclear power is a central sticking point as negotiators plot out the world’s…
Continue Reading Bank of England holds rates steady, confounding expectations
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has confounded market expectations and held interest rates steady. It said Thursday…
Continue Reading Nintendo’s profit drops from last year’s pandemic boom
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo says its profit dropped 19% in the first half of its fiscal…
Continue Reading Germany reports record number of new coronavirus cases
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported the highest number of new infections with the…
Continue Reading Bees, sheep, crops: Solar developers tout multiple benefits
By JOHN FLESHER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MONTICELLO, Minnesota (AP) — Solar is a renewable energy source that can help wean the world off…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly lower after fresh Wall St records
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with Chinese markets weighed down by concerns over property…
Continue Reading Toyota lifts forecast despite pandemic’s supply chain damage
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting a 33% jump in second fiscal quarter profit as it…
Continue Reading A public suicide in Iran spotlights anguish over economy
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The son of an Iranian war hero burned himself to death last month outside a building where…
Continue Reading Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the nation’s…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Justice Dept. conducting cyber crackdown
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities are expecting arrests and criminal charges related to ransomware in the coming…
Continue Reading US government works to ‘cocoon’ old nuclear reactors
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually…
Continue Reading New Mazda cars will stop if driver suffers health problem
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Cars already know how to park themselves, warn drowsy drivers, steer back into the right lanes and…
Continue Reading Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month…
Continue Reading US ambassador cites “serious concerns” on Mexico energy bill
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico says his country has “serious concerns” about the Mexican government’s attempts to limit…
Continue Reading Supply chain delays disrupt California agriculture exports
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California farmers say they are having trouble exporting their crops because of delays in…
Continue Reading Judge in Mexico orders ex-head of state oil company jailed
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company has finally been ordered to jail, a year after he was extradited from…
Continue Reading Facebook removes Ethiopian PM’s post for inciting violence
By CARA ANNA and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Facebook says it has removed a post by Ethiopia’s prime minister that urged…
Continue Reading Deere warns striking workers not to expect better offer
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Deere executives say the company won’t return to the bargaining table with striking workers because it…
Continue Reading Labor secretary: Pandemic, worker vexation feed port issues
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says slowdowns and bottlenecks at the nation’s shipping…
Continue Reading Labor leader apologizes for likening Holocaust to mandates
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader is apologizing for remarks he made during a legislative hearing comparing…
Continue Reading CVS Health, T-Mobile rise; Zillow, Activision fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: CVS Health, T-Mobile rise; Zillow, Activision…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks climbed to more record highs Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it will begin dialing back the extraordinary aid…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading France frees UK trawler caught up in Channel fishing dispute
By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the…
Continue Reading Putin urges development of new hypersonic missiles, lasers
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the country’s arms makers to develop even more…
Continue Reading Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — If you find the current economy a bit confusing, don’t worry: So does the…
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