EU leaders endorse Croatia’s switch to euro currency
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed that Croatia will join the group of countries using the euro currency next year. The move…
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Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions
By DAVID KEYTON, JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have…
Continue Reading Solidarity behind Ukraine’s Russia fight atop summit agendas
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe opening this weekend will focus on uniting…
Continue Reading Stars turn out for Dior’s 19,000 blooms at Paris show
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Flowers, art, and Dior’s world-famous ateliers collided on Friday at Paris Fashion Week for a…
Continue Reading Ukrainians cheer nation’s EU candidacy amid wartime woes
By FRANCESCA EBEL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate for EU…
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Another recession warning: Falling copper prices
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Some investors look to copper prices as a bellwether for the global economy. If you’re one of them, you have…
Continue Reading EU leaders tackle inflation, energy shocks from Russia’s war
BRUSSELS (AP) — A day after endorsing Ukraine’s candidacy to join the European Union, the bloc’s leaders turned their attention to the severe…
Continue Reading Swiss customs tracks importation of Russian gold worth $200M
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss customs authorities are tracking about 3 tons of gold of Russian origin that entered Switzerland from Britain last month to…
Continue Reading Two killed as Nio electric car crashes from third floor of a Shanghai building
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Laura He, CNN Business Two people died this week when a Nio electric car crashed to the ground from the third floor of a parking…
Continue Reading Two killed as Nio electric car crashes from third floor of a Shanghai building
By Laura He, CNN Business Two people died this week when a Nio electric car crashed to the ground from the third floor of a parking lot in Shanghai.…
Continue Reading UN chief warns of ‘catastrophe’ from global food shortage
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around…
Continue Reading Chinese electric car brand NIO says 2 killed in vehicle fall
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese electric car brand NIO says two employees involved in testing died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a…
Continue Reading Climate, malaria highlighted as Commonwealth leaders meet
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda’s capital to tackle climate…
Continue Reading Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain
By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
Continue Reading Stocks rally, driving Wall Street to a rare winning week
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…
Continue Reading US envoy to Israel lives in a luxe rental, a Trump legacy
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…
Continue Reading A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
Continue Reading Small banks in China are running into trouble. Savers could lose everything
By Laura He, CNN Business Peter had put his life savings of about $6 million into accounts at three small banks in China’s central Henan…
Continue Reading Toyota recalls electric car for faulty wheel that may detach
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling 2,700 of its bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could…
Continue Reading Amazon Alexa will be able to mimic deceased loved ones’ voices
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The latest iteration of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could sound eerily familiar. The company…
Continue Reading Owners of candle factory damaged in tornado plan expansion
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press The company that operated a Kentucky candle factory leveled by a deadly tornado last winter is planning to ramp…
Continue Reading North Dakota farmland purchase tied to Gates stirs emotion
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of a couple thousand acres of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill…
Continue Reading Feds issue draft assessment that could doom Minnesota mine
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft environmental assessment to lay the…
Continue Reading California Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment
By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate has rejected a proposal to ban involuntary servitude…
Continue Reading Oil CEOs call for ‘tone shift’ from White House on finger-pointing over gas prices
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business The oil industry pushed for an easing of tensions and a dialing back of finger-pointing from the White House during a…
Continue Reading Oil CEOs call for ‘tone shift’ from White House on finger-pointing over gas prices
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The oil industry pushed for an easing of tensions and a dialing back of finger-pointing from the White House during a…
Continue Reading NASA: Give us back our moon dust and cockroaches
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to…
Continue Reading All big US banks pass Fed’s annual ‘stress tests’
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s 3 biggest banks have enough capital to withstand a severe economic contraction.…
Continue Reading Settlement would forgive $6B for defrauded college students
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 6/23/2022
The Associated Press Stocks shook off a midday slump and ended higher, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains. Trading was wobbly throughout…
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