Seoul reports fire at abandoned joint factory park in North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says a fire has erupted at a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea. Seoul’s…
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EXPLAINER: What’s the impact if Europe cuts off Russian oil?
By The Associated Press Europe is discussing a boycott of Russian oil over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. As Russia’s biggest…
Continue Reading UK lawmakers OK probe into PM Boris Johnson’s alleged lies
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have ordered a parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for…
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Buckle up: The Fed is about to get tough on inflation
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Last month, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since December 2018. Now there are…
Continue Reading Some big Indian businesses are joining the exodus from Russia
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Two of India’s biggest businesses are moving away from Russia, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi refrains…
Continue Reading UN court: Colombia infringed Nicaragua’s rights in Caribbean
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court has ruled that Colombia breached Nicaragua’s…
Continue Reading ‘Amazing’: Cannabis sales in New Jersey bring excited buyers
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational…
Continue Reading Australian scientists to fit Tesla with printed solar panels in 15,000km test ride
Story by Reuters Scientists in Australia are testing printed solar panels to power a Tesla on a 15,100-km (9,400-mile) journey beginning in…
Continue Reading US drone company Zipline starts delivering medicine in Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver…
Continue Reading WHO says global COVID cases, deaths declined again last week
BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week.…
Continue Reading Report: Chinese credit card processor rebuffs Russian banks
BEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China’s credit card processor has refused to work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted…
Continue Reading Asian shares decline after Fed chief’s comments on inflation
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…
Continue Reading Military-led Myanmar seeks to reassure foreign investors
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar officials have sought to reassure foreign investors who say doing business in the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How cryptocurrencies work (and how they don’t)
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first and most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago. Yet for all…
Continue Reading His house was demolished because he is Muslim, he says
By Kashif Kakvi, Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN Shahdullah Baig stands among the rubble of what was once his modest two-bedroom home, his belongings…
Continue Reading Surprisingly low Shanghai COVID death count spurs questions
By HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In Shanghai, a city of 25 million people with hundreds of thousands of COVID-19…
Continue Reading Energy-thirsty Bitcoin miners seek ways to dump fossil fuels
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — With the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to rein in the environmental…
Continue Reading Police play Disney tunes to prevent video of them on patrol being posted online, California lawmaker claims
Police officers in Santa Ana, California were playing copyrighted music at night to prevent a bystander who was filming their investigation from…
Continue Reading The Obamas and Spotify won’t ink a new podcasting deal
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Spotify and the Obamas are headed for a split. The streaming service and former first family will not be inking a new…
Continue Reading Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Workers at an Apple Store in Atlanta filed for a union election on Wednesday in a bid to become the first group of…
Continue Reading CSX 1Q profit jumps 22% on higher rates despite service woes
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad struggled to keep up with demand in the first three months of the year. But it…
Continue Reading EU says Apple Pay restrictions may harm competitors
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Business The European Union is warning Apple about possible antitrust violations after an investigation into the…
Continue Reading Feds: Thousands may have student debt that should be erased
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of…
Continue Reading Convicted NY state judge gets 1 year and 3 months in prison
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former New York state judge to a year and three months in…
Continue Reading Gov. Whitmer wants federal aid to keep nuclear plant open
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Michigan’s Democratic governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she’s asking…
Continue Reading Tesla 1Q earnings 7 times more than year ago on strong sales
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has reported first-quarter net earnings over seven times greater than a year ago. The electric…
Continue Reading United Airlines loses $1.4B in 1Q, but expects profit in 2Q
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it lost $1.38 billion in the first quarter of 2022 but it expects to return to profitability in the current…
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Prominent New Mexico restaurant owner, Billy Crews, loses cabin in Ruidoso fire
RUIDOSO, New Mexico- The past few years have been rough on restaurant owner Billy Crews. It started with the changing of liquor laws in New Mexico,…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stock indexes ended mixed on Wall Street Wednesday after another bumpy day of trading. Netflix lost more than a third of its…
Continue Reading Tesla record profit blows away estimates
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla has posted record profits once again, overcoming supply chain issues that have dogged the broader auto industry…
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