Bulgaria’s ex-PM Borissov freed after corruption probe
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s ex-Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has been freed from custody following…
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US sanctions Uganda gold dealer, citing illicit Congo origin
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in…
Continue Reading VW recalls over 246,000 SUVs due to unexpected braking
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen is recalling more than 246,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because faulty wiring harnesses…
Continue Reading P&O Ferries mass firings of UK crew members outrage unions
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Unions are protesting at British ports after major ferry operator P&O Ferries…
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Britain bans Russian state TV channel RT
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war in…
Continue Reading Norway’s Telenor gets go-ahead to sell Myanmar venture
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Norway-based Telenor says authorities in military-ruled Myanmar have approved its plan to…
Continue Reading Stocks extend rally, notching biggest weekly gain since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose for a fourth day in a row Friday, closing out their biggest weekly gain since…
Continue Reading China’s President Xi Jinping vows to ‘minimize’ the economic impact of Covid spike
By Laura He, CNN Business As Covid makes a resurgence in China, the country’s leader signaled that his focus this time around is on containing…
Continue Reading India buys Russian oil despite pressure for sanctions
ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian official says state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia…
Continue Reading Britain bans Russian state TV channel RT
CNN By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Britain has banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was incapable of providing impartial coverage of the war…
Continue Reading Photographers document Ukraine’s destruction and ask: ‘How could this be happening in 2022?’
By Brian Stelter and An Phung, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign…
Continue Reading SNL star Pete Davidson will no longer fly to space after launch postponed
By Ross Levitt, CNN Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson is not going to be on Blue Origin’s next space flight after the company pushed back…
Continue Reading Facing its first COVID outbreak, Samoa goes on lockdown
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa will go into lockdown from Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of COVID-19…
Continue Reading China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved
By DAKE KANG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Even as authorities lock down cities in China’s worst outbreak in two years, they…
Continue Reading Argentina’s debt deal with IMF gets final legislative OK
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate has given final legislative approval for…
Continue Reading Hope, hard reality mix in Japanese town wrecked by disaster
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — Until recently, Futaba, home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been entirely…
Continue Reading Correction: LNG Exports-Europe story
In a story published March 16, 2022, about the U.S. Department of Energy approving additional liquefied natural gas exports, The Associated Press…
Continue Reading Advocates hope to stop sale of Boy Scout camp to developer
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Conservationists in Connecticut are hoping a last-minute deal can be reached to protect a sprawling 252-acre camp…
Continue Reading Canada says no test results needed for vaccinated travelers
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian government’s announcement it is dropping the requirement for…
Continue Reading California lawmakers vote to make abortions cheaper
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to make abortions much cheaper for people on private health…
Continue Reading Labor board seeks to force Amazon to reinstate fired worker
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal labor board wants to reinstate an Amazon employee who was fired from his New York City warehouse job after leading a…
Continue Reading Contaminated Columbia River island added to Superfund list
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added a contaminated island on the…
Continue Reading ‘There is literally no paper trail’: How Russia experts say Putin hides a fortune
By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN The sprawling billion-dollar palace that sits on a hilltop overlooking the Black Sea is seen…
Continue Reading PagerDuty, Cheniere rise; SecureWorks, Bioceres fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: PagerDuty, Cheniere rise; SecureWorks, Bioceres…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday, even as oil prices jumped back above $100 per barrel. The S&P 500…
Continue Reading Pressure mounts for multinationals in Russia to leave
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer As the war in Ukraine drags on, international companies still in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to…
Continue Reading Senators issue bipartisan call to restore donors’ tax breaks
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called Thursday for restoring the…
Continue Reading Italy easing COVID rules on quarantine, masks, vaccination
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy, where the pandemic first erupted in the West, is easing some restrictions, including…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Energy startup to bring electric battery factory to W.Va.
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ says it plans to build an electric battery factory in West…
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