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By The Associated Press The euro has fallen below parity with the dollar, diving to its lowest level in 20 years and ending a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. currency. It’s a psychological barrier in the markets. But psychology is important, and the euro’s slide underlines the foreboding in the 19 European countries using

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s environment and energy minister has announced a 1.9 billion-euro ($1.89 billion dollar) subsidy for September to help households and businesses cope with increasing electricity prices. Greece is one of several European countries providing subsidies to help consumers offset soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine. September’s amount is

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese navy is using a submarine to try and recover about 30 bodies trapped inside a ship that sunk four months ago with about 80 migrants on board off the Lebanese city of Tripoli. Hussein Dinnawi was among a handful of survivors who watched the

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has imposed an Oct. 1 deadline for all Holy See offices and Vatican-linked institutions to deposit their assets with the Vatican bank. Francis’ decree follows his decision earlier this year to entrust management of all Vatican assets to one office. He took action in a bid to end decades of

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schools in Bangladesh will close an additional day each week and government offices and banks will shorten their work days by an hour to reduce electricity usage amid concerns over rising fuel prices and the impact of the Ukraine war. The reduced hours take effect Wednesday.

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — One of the world’s few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland, opening an avenue for diversifying supplies of the minerals critical for advanced and green technologies. Toronto-based Neo Performance Materials say they plan to ship ores from the mine to

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Breaking up often involves making financial decisions, even if you’re not married. And you have to make these calls while likely facing major emotions. So if you’re splitting up, or considering it, acknowledge those feelings first. Address your inner critic and reframe decisions to benefit your future self. Then get

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says that members of his Cabinet have enough confidence in each other to keep working together as Dutch lawmakers broke into their summer vacations to debate the government’s contentious plans to slash nitrogen emissions that have sparked angry protests by

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Budgeting is key to managing your finances, whether you’re trying to pay off debt, start a rainy day fund or deal with the consequences of inflation. Creating a budget is much like trying to eat better or exercise more — everyone tells you it’s good for

BEIJING (AP) — With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops. The dramatic decline of water coverage in Poyang Lake in southeastern China otherwise had cut off irrigation channels in one of China’s key rice-growing regions.

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another painful reminder of the horrific August 2020 explosion. The collapse left the

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as a wait-and-see mood set in following another — though more modest — day of sell-offs on Wall Street. Worries about inflation are weighing on investors’ minds, including in Asia. Inflation data for Singapore released earlier in the week showed inflation

By EILEEN NG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has begun a 12-year prison sentence after losing his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and sentence. The 69-year-old Najib became the first former

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota are suing the Biden administration. Twin Metals is seeking the reinstatement of federal mineral rights leases that are crucial to the $1.7 billion project. The proposed underground mine near

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Wendy’s, Cinemark fall; Signify, Kroger rise.

By WILSON RING Associated Press A federal judge has rejected a request by Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to block a plan by its corporate parent to have an intermediary sell its products in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. In the decision issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter says

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 54 cents to $90.23 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for October delivery fell 24 cents to $96.48 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery fell 13 cents to $2.89 a gallon. September heating oil rose 8 cents to $3.78 a gallon. September natural gas

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found. Twitter and Musk are headed for an Oct. 17 trial in Delaware that should determine

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Workers at a General Electric factory in Alabama launched an effort to form a union, joining a wave of labor organization efforts at large national companies. Employees at the GE plant in Auburn, Alabama, submitted union cards to the Birmingham office of the National Labor Relations Board  in an organization effort

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s interim government has signaled its readiness to negotiate with Russian energy company Gazprom on the resumption of natural gas deliveries. Caretaker energy minister Rosen Hristov didn’t set a date for talks with the firm. But he said that the gas demands of the industry and heating companies were forcing the

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries. Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email,

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says several substances seem to have contributed to a massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of the country’s border with Poland. A spokesman for the Environment Ministry also rejected suggestions from a senior Polish official that Germany was spreading “fake news” about