Indonesia gears up to start its first high-speed rail line
By DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is preparing to start Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail service that…
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Spain unveils 3 billion-euro energy aid plan for households
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced 3 billion euros in subsidies to help people weather high gas and electricity…
Continue Reading Despite turmoil, UK Treasury chief says economic plan stays
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief has rejected suggestions that the Conservative…
Continue Reading France starts exporting gas to Germany amid energy crisis
PARIS (AP) — French gas network operator GRTgaz says it has started conveying gas to Germany via pipeline for the first time, as Berlin strives to…
Continue Reading Delta posts $695 million Q3 profit, expects big holiday rush
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is posting a $695 million profit for the third quarter, which includes much of the peak summer…
Continue Reading How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
By SARAH EL DEEB, ANASTASIIA SHVETS and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has found that Russia’s strategy to take…
Continue Reading How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
By SARAH EL DEEB, ANASTASIIA SHVETS and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal.…
Continue Reading Had enough? S&P plunge could deepen if recession takes hold
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If the economy really is headed for a recession, the stock market’s drop may not be over. The…
Continue Reading New Ms. Foundation initiative funds birth justice nonprofits
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ms. Foundation for Women’s new Birth Justice Initiative, designed to support grassroots organizations led by…
Continue Reading Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Norway gas plant
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A bomb threat against an gas processing facility in central Norway briefly forced the suspension of the production and…
Continue Reading White House aims to speed-up pace of building infrastructure
By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House hosted a summit Thursday to help speed up construction projects…
Continue Reading NATO chief warns Russia not to cross ‘very important line’
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia would be crossing a “very important line” if…
Continue Reading Ukraine gets more air defense pledges as Russia hits cities
By SABRA AYRES Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s allies vowed Thursday to supply the besieged nation with advanced air defense…
Continue Reading Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $8.8 billion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Rituals play role in creating Italian government
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — With its dozens of “revolving door” governments, Italy might give the impression that…
Continue Reading Poland repairs oil pipeline leak, says pumping will resume
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish operator of an oil pipeline says it is repairing damage that caused a leak earlier this week to the main source of…
Continue Reading Saudis say US sought 1 month delay of OPEC+ production cuts
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says that the U.S. had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by…
Continue Reading Asian stocks gain after Wall St rebounds from inflation jolt
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets surged Friday after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by…
Continue Reading In drawn-out recovery, NYC inches out from COVID’s shadow
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s becoming clearer that New York City’s recovery from the pandemic will be drawn…
Continue Reading Social Security benefits to jump by 8.7% next year
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023, a…
Continue Reading Worsening inflation will pressure Fed to keep raising rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and…
Continue Reading Japan’s Sony, Honda jointly making EVs for 2026 US delivery
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A new electric car company that brings together two big names in Japanese business, Honda and…
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Google approves Truth Social for the Google Play Store
By Brian Fung, CNN Truth Social, the social media app backed by former President Donald Trump, has been approved for the Google Play Store, Google…
Continue Reading China’s Xi gets chance to tighten hold on economy at meeting
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping, China’s most influential figure in decades, gets a chance to install more…
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Cabela’s hosting holiday hiring events for El Paso workers
EL PASO, Texas – The Cabela’s retail store in El Paso is searching for 10 local candidates to fill positions as the store prepares for the holiday…
Continue Reading NBC reporter’s comment about Fetterman draws criticism
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An NBC News correspondent who interviewed Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman says an…
Continue Reading Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 10/12/2022
The Associated Press Stocks ended a wobbly day lower on Wall Street after a late-afternoon drop erased the tentative gains major indexes had been…
Continue Reading Budweiser’s Clydesdale herd grows by two
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The family of Budweiser Clydesdales is growing. Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, which breeds the iconic horses,…
Continue Reading PepsiCo, Moderna rise; Cameco, Owens & Minor fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: PepsiCo, Moderna rise; Cameco, Owens & Minor…
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