Iraq’s Kurdish region rejects ruling imperiling oil sector
By SALAR SALIM and SAMYA KULLAB BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the Supreme Court in Baghdad that…
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France seizes superyacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch
By Xiaofei Xu and Anaëlle Jonah, CNN France has seized a yacht owned by Russian oligarch Igor Sechin, the French finance ministry said in a…
Continue Reading Turkey’s inflation hits 54%, deepening cost-of-living woes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s annual inflation rate has further accelerated in February, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the…
Continue Reading UN refugee agency: 1 million flee Ukraine in under a week
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s…
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Over 1 million Americans are seeking treatment for substance use disorder—here’s how it breaks down by state
Zinnia Health identified the number of patients seeking treatment for substance use disorder in every state and Washington…
Continue Reading Russia’s war spurs corporate exodus, exposes business risks
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number…
Continue Reading Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membership
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would…
Continue Reading Biden plan would tackle chronic gaps in mental health care
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a new plan to expand mental health and drug abuse treatment.…
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El Paso County Commissioners consider building an Ascarate Amphitheater
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioners Court received an analysis from a consulting company on the possibility of building an amphitheater at…
Continue Reading Asian shares slide as Russia shells Ukraine nuclear plant
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after another bumpy day on Wall Street, as investors remain…
Continue Reading Crypto ‘superpower?’ India’s young investors prefer bitcoin to gold and ‘boring’ stocks
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Indian businesswoman Swati Daga first bought bitcoin in 2017, when the cryptocurrency was trading well under $3,000.…
Continue Reading Ex-Nissan executive Greg Kelly convicted in Japan for role in hiding Carlos Ghosn payments
By Reuters A Tokyo court on Thursday convicted former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly of helping Carlos Ghosn hide pay from financial regulators,…
Continue Reading Higher oil prices push Sri Lanka into deeper economic crisis
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s already dire economic crisis has deepened as oil prices have surged…
Continue Reading China’s slowing economy in spotlight as legislature meets
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The annual meeting of China’s mostly ceremonial legislature usually showcases grand,…
Continue Reading Ex-Nissan US exec Kelly gets suspended sentence, to go home
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has given a former American executive at Nissan charged with underreporting his boss…
Continue Reading Russia refuses to launch internet satellites, pointing at sanctions
CNN By Jennifer Korn The business fallout from the war in Ukraine is about to extend to outer space. OneWeb, a London-based satellite startup…
Continue Reading UK satellite firm refuses Russian ultimatum on upcoming launch
By Jennifer Korn A Russian ultimatum was met with swift dismissal as the war in Ukraine extends to outer space. OneWeb, a London-based satellite…
Continue Reading UN countries to create treaty to fight plastic pollution
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — United Nations countries have agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to…
Continue Reading Australia fully open to travel as last state reopens border
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia is fully open to vaccinated travelers after Western Australia became the last state to lift border restrictions.…
Continue Reading Group of attorneys general announce investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans
By Brian Fung, CNN Business A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans…
Continue Reading Google will ask employees to spend three days a week in the office starting April 4
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Google is giving its employees one more month of being fully remote before requiring them back in the office at least…
Continue Reading Manchin fans faint hopes for stalled social, climate bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Sen. Joe Manchin has floated the broad outlines of a reconfigured social and environment…
Continue Reading States launch probe into TikTok’s effect on kids’ health
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general have launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible…
Continue Reading Hochul rallies support for to-go sales of cocktails
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press New York could legalize to-go sales of cocktails, bottles of wine and other alcoholic beverages under a…
Continue Reading Russians start feeling the heat of Ukraine war sanctions
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ordinary Russians are feeling the painful effects of the West imposing sanctions on Russia over…
Continue Reading Amazon is closing all of its physical bookstores
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business First, Amazon killed traditional bookstores. Then it opened its own. Now, Amazon is doing away with its…
Continue Reading More than 38 million people in the US watched Biden’s State of the Union
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business President Biden’s State of the Union address reached more than 38 million people in the United States on…
Continue Reading More than 38 million people in the US watched Biden’s State of the Union
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business President Biden’s State of the Union address reached more than 38 million people in the United States on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Ukraine invasion leads US lobbyists to ditch Russian clients
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A half-dozen U.S. lobbying firms have severed ties with Russian-linked businesses over the…
Continue Reading Nordstrom, Dycom rise; Abercrombie & Fitch, First Solar fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Nordstrom, Dycom rise; Abercrombie & Fitch, First Solar…
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