China defends ‘zero-COVID’ after US envoy warns of costs
BEIJING (AP) — China is defending its tough “zero-COVID” policy after the U.S. ambassador said it is causing serious damage to the global…
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A spate of layoffs is fueling recession anxiety
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Two years ago, when the pandemic ushered in the sharpest economic downturn on record, it sparked a tidal wave of…
Continue Reading Chipmakers brace for more trouble as Russia limits exports of rare gases
By Anna Cooban and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Business The semiconductor industry just can’t catch a break. After grappling with pandemic-fueled…
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T-shirts? Ice cream? Retailers cash in on Juneteenth
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of…
Continue Reading Foreigners pay more for gas in Hungary. It risks an EU fight
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has placed price caps on fuel and some food and imposed special taxes on…
Continue Reading Residents say China used health tracker for crowd control
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Angry bank customers who traveled to a city in central China to retrieve their savings from…
Continue Reading Japan top court: Govt not responsible for Fukushima disaster
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear…
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What summer weather was like the year you were born
To illustrate what summer weather was like from 1920 to 2021, Stacker consulted data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).…
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10 popular workout trends from the last 70 years
Ro explored the history of exercise regimens and how the fitness industry has evolved over the past 70…
Continue Reading 1 dead in protests over India’s military recruitment policy
By OMER FAROOQ and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — At least one person has been killed as angry young people in parts of India…
Continue Reading Thailand drops registration for visitors, outdoor mask rule
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is lifting a pre-arrival registration requirement for foreign visitors that was seen as onerous and a drag on the recovery…
Continue Reading Japan’s Zipair changes logo to nix perception of Russia link
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese low-cost carrier Zipair is changing the design on its tail from the letter “Z,” which resembles the symbol on Russian…
Continue Reading Amid Ukraine’s war, a farmer takes comfort in her snails
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press VERESNYA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian farmer was living a quiet life with the quietest of creatures: snails…
Continue Reading Wall Street closes worst week since 2020 with slight gain
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its most punishing week since the 2020 coronavirus…
Continue Reading WTO ministers reach deals on fisheries, food, COVID vaccines
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization members have reached a string of deals and commitments aimed to limit…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP interview: Biden on inflation, US psyche
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sat down with The Associated Press to discuss the state of the…
Continue Reading Costa Rica chaos a warning that ransomware threat remains
By ALAN SUDERMAN and BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Teachers unable to get paychecks. Tax and customs systems paralyzed. Health…
Continue Reading Montana governor under fire for vacationing during flood
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — As punishing floods tore through Yellowstone National Park and…
Continue Reading Rare interview by Biden reveals at least nine insights about his presidency
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business President Biden has given very few interviews this year. That fact makes his half-hour sit-down with Associated Press…
Continue Reading Flight cancellations create a bad travel day across the US
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel…
Continue Reading Lyft agrees to $25 million settlement with shareholders over safety-related allegations
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft has agreed to a $25 million settlement with shareholders over allegations that it failed to…
Continue Reading Bird flu outbreak waning but threat of virus lingers
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and…
Continue Reading Heat stress blamed for thousands of cattle deaths in Kansas
By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of cattle in feedlots in southwestern Kansas have died of heat stress due to…
Continue Reading Kentucky court delves into use of cell phones for tracking
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky’s Supreme Court has issued a sharply divided ruling against the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks slumped again on Wall Street Thursday, erasing another 3.3% from the S&P 500 and bringing the index 23.6% below the…
Continue Reading Abbott, Allstate fall; Procter & Gamble, NexTier rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Abbott, Allstate fall; Procter & Gamble, NexTier…
Continue Reading AP Interview: Biden says a recession is ‘not inevitable’
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday the American people are “really, really down” after a…
Continue Reading Biden signs new shipping law he says can cut consumer costs
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday meant to make shipping goods across oceans…
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Doña Ana County residents frustrated by commercial cannabis grow in neighborhood
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – A few dozen residents of the GreyFox subdivision north of Las Cruces approached Doña Ana County commissioners with…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $2.27 to $117.58 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $1.30…
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