France’s presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives
By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in…
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Elon Musk’s next massive payday looms
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Does the richest person on the planet need another massive pay package? That’s the decision facing the Tesla…
Continue Reading 4 Polish miners declared dead; search goes on for 6 missing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say the death toll from accidents in recent days at two coal mines in southern Poland has increased to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How France’s old-school voting system works
PARIS (AP) — French voters in the presidential election are using an old-school voting system that has defied calls for more flexibility or…
Continue Reading Opposition wins Slovenia vote, defeating right-wing populist
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Early official results from Sunday’s parliamentary election in Slovenia show that…
Continue Reading To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has comfortably won reelection to a second term. His victory…
Continue Reading China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish…
Continue Reading Don’t call him CEO: Jack Dorsey says he’s ‘Block Head’ now
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technology entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has a new title: Block Head. A regulatory disclosure Friday from…
Continue Reading Twitter bans ‘misleading’ climate change ads
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Twitter is banning misleading advertisements that go against the scientific consensus of climate change, the company announced…
Continue Reading Mexican workers vote for independent union at border plant
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican workers have voted yet again for an independent union, this time in a city where border assembly plants have been…
Continue Reading County grants approval for Amazon’s helix-shaped HQ tower
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Arlington County Board has given unanimous approval to Amazon’s plans to build a…
Continue Reading Video game workers at Call of Duty maker OK’d for union vote
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A labor board official has ruled that a small group of Wisconsin-based video game workers can vote to form what could be the…
Continue Reading Thousands protest plan to raze German village for coal mine
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people are protesting against plans to bulldoze a village in western Germany for a coal mine that environmental…
Continue Reading Europe agrees to sweeping new regulations for tech platforms
By Brian Fung, CNN European policymakers have reached agreement on a sweeping package of new regulations for tech platforms that could mean big…
Continue Reading Sanctions hit Russian economy, although Putin says otherwise
By KEN SWEET and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two months into the Russian-Ukraine war, the Kremlin has taken…
Continue Reading In election misinformation fight, ‘2020 changed everything’
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As voters get ready for hundreds of elections of local and national importance this year,…
Continue Reading All-private SpaceX astronaut mission to return home from the ISS after week-long delay
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The first all-private mission to the International Space Station is slated to complete the final leg of its journey…
Continue Reading Many flights canceled at Amsterdam’s airport due to strike
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dozens of flights have been canceled or delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport as a group of KLM baggage handlers…
Continue Reading Why U-Haul trucks all have Arizona license plates
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business There are around 175,000 white and orange U-Haul rental trucks in the United States and Canada for…
Continue Reading Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
BERLIN (AP) — Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change. The company said in…
Continue Reading Rescuers reach 4 of 10 miners missing at coal mine in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Coal mining authorities in Poland say rescue workers have reached four of the 10 miners who went missing following an…
Continue Reading Japan, Russia settle salmon quota amid tensions over Ukraine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese Fisheries Agency says Japan and Russia have reached an agreement over Tokyo’s annual…
Continue Reading EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation
By KELVIN CHAN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a landmark deal to take aim at hate speech,…
Continue Reading Russia’s standing in G-20 not threatened by Ukraine invasion
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, DEBORA ALVARES and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s…
Continue Reading Feds: Starbucks engaged in unfair labor practices in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal labor officials have asked a judge to force Starbucks Corp. to reinstate three union activists at its Phoenix location,…
Continue Reading Why India can buy Russian oil, and still be friends with the US
By Rhea Mogul and Simone McCarthy, CNN What a difference a few weeks make. Just last month India was taking flak from the West for its relationship…
Continue Reading Arkansas turning down remaining federal rental assistance
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is turning down most of the $146 million in federal pandemic rental assistance…
Continue Reading Afraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Some airlines say they will consider refunds or credits for passengers who don’t want to fly…
Continue Reading HCA Healthcare, Gap fall; SVB Financial, Schlumberger rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: HCA Healthcare, Gap fall; SVB Financial, Schlumberger…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday
The Associated Press Stocks slumped on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its biggest one-day loss in almost seven weeks, as worries…
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