Jerzy Urban, spokesman for Polish communist govt, dies at 89
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Poland’s communist-era government in the 1980s who masterminded state…
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Music stops: Energy costs close Hungary theaters for winter
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Theaters and other cultural institutions in Hungary are reeling from exponentially…
Continue Reading Sweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s navy says it has sent a vessel capable of “advanced diving missions”…
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JD.com’s billionaire founder settles rape lawsuit two days before planned US trial
By Kathleen Magramo and Shawn Deng, CNN A Chinese billionaire and a former University of Minnesota student who accused him of rape have reached an…
Continue Reading Record inflation squeezes Turkish tobacco workers, owners
By EMRAH GUREL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press CELIKHAN, Turkey (AP) — Tobacco growers in southeast Turkey’s Celikhan district are feeling…
Continue Reading What if Musk loses the Twitter case but defies the court?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Twitter wants a Delaware court to order Elon Musk to buy the social media service for $44 billion, as he…
Continue Reading UK government forced to ditch plan to slash top rate of tax
By Mark Thompson and Adam Renton, CNN The British government is reversing plans to scrap the highest rate of income tax, announcing the embarrassing…
Continue Reading UK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners. The move…
Continue Reading Asian shares rise after ‘relief rally’ on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, encouraged by a rally in U.S. shares after some weak economic data…
Continue Reading Experts: Europe faces ‘unprecedented risk’ of a gas shortage
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer Europe is facing unprecedented risks to its energy supply this winter. That’s the word Monday from the…
Continue Reading Russia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin’s war
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last…
Continue Reading Russia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin’s war
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last…
Continue Reading Weak yen, higher costs weigh on Japan business sentiment
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A survey by the Bank of Japan has found business sentiment among large manufacturers worsened for…
Continue Reading Tesla delivered 343,000 cars in the third quarter, falling short of forecasts
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Tesla announced its delivery and production numbers for the third quarter Sunday, reporting 343,000 total deliveries and…
Continue Reading United Airlines suspending service at JFK Airport
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN United Airlines is temporarily halting service at New York’s JFK Airport, saying its schedule there is too small to…
Continue Reading Tesla sales bounce back in Q3 but fall short of estimates
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla’s sales rose 35% in the July-September period compared to the second quarter as the company’s huge factory in China…
Continue Reading Glitzy Valentino show sees Paris Fashion Week at fever pitch
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Valentino’s fashion show in Paris saw black cars snared for blocks dropping off battalions of…
Continue Reading Horror pic ‘Smile’ happy at No. 1; ‘Bros’ starts in 4th
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. Paramount’s…
Continue Reading 5 signs the world is headed for a recession
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Around the world, markets are flashing warning signs that the global economy is teetering on a cliff’s edge.…
Continue Reading Germany, Denmark, Norway to deliver 16 howitzers to Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) — German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has announced the delivery of 16 wheeled armored howitzers produced in Slovakia to…
Continue Reading Biden pledge to make federal fleet electric faces slow start
By HOPE YEN, MATTHEW DALY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, a self-described “car guy,” often…
Continue Reading Wages are the most important number to watch in the jobs report
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors, economists and members of the Federal Reserve will be poring over the September jobs report on Friday…
Continue Reading US shift away from coal hits tribal community in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press KIRTLAND, N.M. (AP) — The clamor of second graders breaking away from lessons to form lunch lines has…
Continue Reading Voting begins in Bosnia election, little expected to change
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Polls opened in Bosnia on Sunday for a general election that is unlikely to…
Continue Reading Turkey says 23 Kurdish militants killed in Iraq airstrikes
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Defense Ministry says its warplanes “neutralized” 23 Kurdish militants in a raid 140 kilometers (90 miles) inside…
Continue Reading Denmark says Nord Stream 1 pipelines stop leaking
HELSINKI (AP) — Authorities in Denmark say the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipelines have stopped leaking. The announcement Sunday came a day after…
Continue Reading Bolsonaro, Lula headed to runoff after tight Brazil election
By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a…
Continue Reading Exit poll: Center-right GERB party will win Bulgarian vote
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — An exit poll in Bulgaria suggested Sunday that the center-right GERB party of ex-premier…
Continue Reading Pope warns of nuclear war risk; appeals to Putin on Ukraine
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a…
Continue Reading 10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium
By LORI HINNANT, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Asociated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — A deep sunless pit with dates carved into the…
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