France: Climate protesters block TotalEnergies meeting
PARIS (AP) — Several hundred climate protesters have disrupted a TotalEnergies shareholders meeting in Paris. They blocked the entrance to the…
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Edmunds compares Jeep Grand Wagoneer and Cadillac Escalade
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Jeep has resurrected its Grand Wagoneer nameplate as a new three-row luxury SUV. It’s the brand’s most expensive SUV and…
Continue Reading UK’s Johnson faulted for lockdown parties but won’t quit
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An investigative report released Wednesday blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other…
Continue Reading India, the world’s largest producer of sugar, is restricting exports
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business India has decided to restrict the sale of sugar on international markets, just days after it banned wheat exports. In…
Continue Reading Davos gathering overshadowed by global economic worries
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The risks to the global economy are leading to an increasingly gloomy view of the…
Continue Reading Russia takes steps to bolster army, tighten grip on Ukraine
By RICARDO MAZALAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to strengthen his control of southern Ukraine…
Continue Reading Glencore pays up to $1.5B to resolve corruption claims
BERLIN (AP) — Commodities firm Glencore says it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption…
Continue Reading Saving the children: War closes in on eastern Ukrainian town
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Chunks of thick, twisted metal and wood splinters lie among the swings and slides in…
Continue Reading Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer says it will provide nearly two dozen products at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest…
Continue Reading Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months
By ELENA BECATOROS and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Piano music wafted from an apartment block on a recent spring…
Continue Reading Sale of Chelsea by sanctioned Abramovich approved by UK govt
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Roman Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of Chelsea is ending after the British government…
Continue Reading Turkey demands ‘concrete steps’ to back Nordics’ NATO bids
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official insisted after talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Wednesday…
Continue Reading India curbs sugar exports to ensure supply, stabilize price
ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is restricting its sugar exports to 10 million tons in the current season to help maintain…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s prime minister tackles thorny finances, economy
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Fed confirms rate hike plans
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after notes from the Federal Reserve’s latest…
Continue Reading Indian man jailed for 10 years over wife’s ‘dowry death’
By Rhea Mogul, CNN A court in southern India on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison in a ruling that found he abused his wife over their…
Continue Reading FDA chief struggles to explain slow response on baby formula
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers…
Continue Reading Vaccines bring optimism as COVID cases soar in South America
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — After a reprieve of months, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are surging in the…
Continue Reading Japan’s weaker yen a blessing to some, burden for others
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese yen has weakened, trading recently at 20-year lows of 130 yen to the U.S. dollar,…
Continue Reading ‘FBI’ season finale pulled after Texas deadly shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. The network said Tuesday that it…
Continue Reading Australia’s government urges China to remove trade barriers
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to…
Continue Reading Golden State-Dallas playoff games score in weekly TV ratings
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the NBA playoffs take the TV court even the most popular shows find the competition…
Continue Reading Attorney paying ex-casino mogul Steve Wynn defamation claim
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has accepted an undisclosed financial settlement to end…
Continue Reading Lawsuit accuses 3 automakers and parts maker in air bag case
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A class action lawsuit is accusing three automakers and a parts manufacturer of knowingly selling…
Continue Reading Snap, Nautilus fall; Nordson, Insulet rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Snap, Nautilus fall; Nordson, Insulet…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press A slump in several big companies weighed down the stock market Tuesday, leaving most major indexes lower. The S&P 500 index…
Continue Reading Society ‘may not survive’ Putin’s war, says billionaire George Soros
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have marked the start of “a third world war,” and Russian President…
Continue Reading The West united against Russia. Will its nerve hold as prices soar?
CNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to a packed room at the World Economic Forum in Davos,…
Continue Reading Democrats: Google must protect privacy of abortion patients
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary…
Continue Reading US to end Russia’s ability to pay international investors
By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay back its billions in debt…
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