UK to introduce bill next week to breach Brexit deal with EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain will introduce a bill next week to override parts of the Brexit trade treaty it signed with…
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Plant giveaway promotes Thailand’s medical marijuana sector
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s health minister has kicked off a marijuana giveaway, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1…
Continue Reading Abortion funds feel frustration, gratitude at ‘rage giving’
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Casie Pierce doesn’t usually work Fridays. But on the Friday after the draft Supreme Court decision…
Continue Reading Infowars bankruptcy tossed in deal with Sandy Hook parents
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled…
Continue Reading Dutch government angers farmers with tough emission goals
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled goals to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the…
Continue Reading Hungary accused of discrimination for discount fuel policy
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A spokesperson for the European Union’s executive arm says Hungary is discriminating…
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Consumer sentiment plunges to record low amid surging inflation
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Consumer sentiment slumped to a record low between May and June, according to preliminary survey data released by the…
Continue Reading Tech wreck: Goldman Sachs cuts Netflix, Roblox and eBay to ‘sell’
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tech stocks have been obliterated this year. The Nasdaq is down more than 26%, putting that index in a bear…
Continue Reading Exclusive: A crypto-based dossier could help prove Russia committed war crimes
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In early March, a Telegram user posted a photo of wreckage at a school in a suburb of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The photo…
Continue Reading Small businesses are facing ‘summer of uncertainty’
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that depend on outdoor crowds and free-spending tourists aren’t sure what to…
Continue Reading Marathon US hearings to decide fate of COVID shots for tots
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Next week brings a marathon of hearings as the U.S. decides whether to open COVID-19 vaccinations to kids under…
Continue Reading Russia’s central bank cuts interest rates to prewar level
By The Associated Press Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates back to their prewar levels. The bank said Friday that inflation and economic…
Continue Reading Dozens of S. Korean truckers detained in strike over wages
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as…
Continue Reading Biden ally pushes Big Oil surtax to eliminate ‘perverse’ incentives to price gouge
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is drawing up a surtax on Big Oil that would seek to rein in the industry’s…
Continue Reading Inflation rises at fastest pace in 40 years, pushed up by record gas prices
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The pain of higher prices continues for US consumers. Record gas prices drove inflation to 8.6% for the 12 months…
Continue Reading Russian suspect appeals for acquittal at Dutch MH17 trial
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Russian suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern…
Continue Reading Why the average gas price is at $4.99 a gallon and how high it’ll go
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Next stop, $5. The US average for the price of a gallon of regular gas hit $4.99 according to the most recent reading…
Continue Reading Starbucks may close its bathrooms to the public again
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says his company might not be able to keep its bathrooms open to the general public. The…
Continue Reading Pay attention to this number in today’s US inflation report
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The latest data on consumer prices in the United States showed that annual inflation unexpectedly…
Continue Reading Pay attention to this number in today’s US inflation report
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The latest data on consumer prices in the United States showed that annual inflation unexpectedly rose to a 40-year…
Continue Reading Algeria denies suspending friendship treaty with Spain
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Algeria appears to have backed down in its dispute with Spain with the country´s European Union…
Continue Reading White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are…
Continue Reading Biden vows to battle inflation as prices keep climbing
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to…
Continue Reading Norway ends contract for NH90 helicopters, wants full refund
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO-member Norway terminated its two-decade-old contract with a France-based…
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10 traits you may not know can be tied to genetics
Top10.com scoured scientific literature to find out which traits may be at least partly determined by genetics—and the findings were…
Continue Reading Stocks dive to another losing week as inflation worsens
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month,…
Continue Reading Japan eases foreign tourism ban, allows guided package tours
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting visa applications, but…
Continue Reading Civilians flee intense fighting in contested eastern Ukraine
By DAVID KEYTON and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians are fleeing eastern Ukraine where Russian and Ukrainian forces…
Continue Reading US inflation at new 40-year high as price increases spread
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising…
Continue Reading Court pauses Washington tribe’s evictions for ousted members
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has temporarily halted evictions for people living in certain households on Nooksack Tribal…
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