Biden’s strategy to end hunger in US includes more benefits
By COLLEEN LONG and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in…
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ADB to devote $14B to help ease food crisis in Asia-Pacific
By The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Asian Development Bank says it is devoting at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a…
Continue Reading British pound stabilizes, but turmoil still roils UK economy
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British pound has stabilized as U.K. authorities tried to ease…
Continue Reading Asian shares sharply lower after wobbly day on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares tumbled Wednesday after a wobbly day ended with mixed results on Wall Street as…
Continue Reading Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, JAN M. OLSEN and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big…
Continue Reading Australian police probe purported hacker’s ransom demand
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s second-largest wireless carrier says police are investigating the…
Continue Reading Tronox, Best Buy fall; Wynn Resorts, PG&E rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tronox, Best Buy fall; Wynn Resorts, PG&E…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday 9/26/2022
The Associated Press Stocks fell on Wall Street and put major indexes deeper into a slump as recession fears grow. The S&P 500 fell 1% Monday.…
Continue Reading Forest service seizes PG&E equipment as part of fire probe
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility…
Continue Reading Starbucks says it wants union bargaining to begin
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks says it wants to start contract negotiations next month at 234 U.S. stores that have voted to…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $2.03 to $76.71 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for November delivery fell…
Continue Reading Latin America development bank axes chief after ethics probe
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank have voted to fire its president, Mauricio…
Continue Reading A doc from the Disney family takes aim at the Mouse House
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Abigail E. Disney has been critical of the company that bears her name before. But for the first time,…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: FDA official on vaping’s “promise or peril”
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chief at the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center has inherited a raft…
Continue Reading Cargo traffic movement resumes between Colombia, Venezuela
By ASTRID SUÁREZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Trucks loaded with aluminum and medications have crossed a bridge…
Continue Reading US Soccer Federation hires ad tech company cofounder as CEO
CHICAGO (AP) — JT Batson has been hired as the CEO and secretary general of the U.S. Soccer Federation. The 40-year-old is the cofounder of the…
Continue Reading EU, US question Serbia’s EU commitment after Russia deal
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union and the U.S. have questioned Serbia’s commitment to join…
Continue Reading Canadian navy vessel headed to areas hit hardest by Fiona
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s defense minister says 100 soldiers have been deployed to each of three Atlantic provinces…
Continue Reading Turkey vows to defend interests against Greece amid tensions
By SUZAN FRASER and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has summoned the Greek ambassador to protest the alleged…
Continue Reading Russia gives citizenship to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he…
Continue Reading Denmark reports leak in gas pipeline in Baltic Sea
BERLIN (AP) — Denmark’s maritime authority says a gas leak had been observed in a pipeline leading from Russia to Europe underneath the Baltic…
Continue Reading Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s…
Continue Reading Canada won’t require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government will no longer require people to wear masks on planes. Government officials…
Continue Reading The British pound has taken a tumble. What’s the impact?
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The pound is taking a pounding. The British currency has taken a plunge, sliding against the U.S.…
Continue Reading Global Citizen Festival generates $2.4 billion in pledges
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival, which included performances from Metallica,…
Continue Reading Europe’s outlook ‘darkening,’ ECB head hedges on recession
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says the economic outlook “is darkening” and…
Continue Reading France forecasts weak growth next year amid energy crisis
By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is forecasting growth to slow down substantially next year in the…
Continue Reading White House: New rule will show ‘true cost’ of plane tickets
By SEUNG MIN KIM and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new initiative that would eventually allow…
Continue Reading UK: TikTok may face big fine over children’s data protection
LONDON (AP) — British authorities say TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by…
Continue Reading Hardship remains for Ukrainian town emerging from occupation
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Rainwater is for showers and dishes. Scavenged wood is for the cooking fires. But almost…
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