Togo executive to lead UN labor agency, 1st African in post
GENEVA (AP) — The governing body of the U.N.’s labor agency has picked a Togo executive to be the agency’s new leader and the first…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The governing body of the U.N.’s labor agency has picked a Togo executive to be the agency’s new leader and the first…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN and SAM PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union set the stage for a stepped-up crackdown on tech companies…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the third week of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video, dressed in a dark green…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business The war in Ukraine. Red-hot inflation. And rapid interest rate hikes. The economic recovery that began two years ago faces…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s government and the country’s main trucking federations have reached an agreement on financial help for an industry hurt…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A survey shows that German business confidence has dropped sharply as company managers’ outlook for the coming months darkens…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have staged a 10th series of worldwide protests to demand that leaders take…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s transport secretary has vowed to force a ferry operator to reverse the illegal firing of…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden is offering a major expansion of natural gas shipments to Europe amid the…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks wound up mostly higher on Wall Street Friday after another day of bouncing around as…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) — As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales are…
Continue ReadingBy NG HAN GUAN Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — Five days after the crash of a passenger jet in mountainous southern China, the…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Nine European and US fossil fuel companies have paid a collective $15.8 billion to Russia in…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans say they don’t blame President Joe Biden for high…
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business China Eastern Airlines is grounding dozens of aircraft after a deadly crash earlier this week. The airline and its…
Continue ReadingSAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) — California’s famous Hearst Castle will reopen to the public in May after a two-year closure due to the pandemic and…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online…
Continue ReadingBy NG HAN GUAN Associated Press WUZHOU, China (AP) — People in rain gear and rubber boots are searching muddy, forested hills in southern China for…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say five people illegally trafficked more than 500 guns from Georgia to California, where they would…
Continue ReadingCNN By Bob Ortega, Al Goodman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Jeff Winter, CNN For 10 years, Taras Ostapchuk worked at what many might consider a dream…
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business The House Oversight Committee launched a probe Monday into Credit Suisse, demanding documents linked to the…
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ortega, Al Goodman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Jeff Winter, CNN For 10 years, Taras Ostapchuk worked at what many might consider a dream…
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Global sailing league SailGP could have a team owned and operated by cryptocurrency enthusiasts as soon as the…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez As gas prices soared and deepened the pain at the pump this month, consumers reacted by searching for — and possibly dreaming of…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says four Russian government officials have been charged in hacks that…
Continue ReadingSAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a 61-year-old woman was arrested in Oklahoma in the 1993 killing of a Northern…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid pushback from industry groups and lawmakers in both parties, federal energy regulators are…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Edward “Ned” Johnson III, who oversaw Fidelity Investments’ transformation into a financial…
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