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By JADE LE DELEY and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Frontier Airlines, facing likely defeat in its bid to merge with Spirit Airlines, says it is done with a bidding…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest industrial union says it will seek an 8% wage increase for millions of manufacturing workers in upcoming pay…

LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Subway has a new recipe for success: fewer stores and a bigger menu. In early July, the 57-year-old sandwich…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet If you need to make a big purchase this year, such as an appliance or piece of furniture, consider your timing:…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union says it’s “critical” that authorities in the 27-nation…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter slid more than 11% in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was…

LONDON (AP) — London’s Heathrow Airport has apologized to passengers whose travels have been disrupted by staff shortages. The airport warned…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister are scattering tax-cutting…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church confirmed the mother of the man accused of assassinating former Japanese…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control…

BEIJING (AP) — An industry group says China’s auto sales rose by a lackluster 3.4% over a year earlier in the first half of 2022 as anti-virus…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of Chinese technology firms Alibaba and Tencent have tumbled after Chinese regulators fined…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Losing money due to COVID, the American casino giants that helped make Macao the “Las Vegas of…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major natural gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe has shut down for maintenance amid…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press For more than two years, the Biden administration has said that Palestinians are entitled to the same measure of…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka with opposition leaders yet to agree on who…

BEIJING (AP) — Streets in the gambling center of Macao are empty after casinos and most other businesses were ordered to close while the Chinese…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Tuesday after a slump on Wall Street erased recent gains. U.S. futures and oil…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As Sri Lanka’s crisis peaked this weekend, two men in the center of the turmoil brought about…