COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections,…
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Inflation in 19 nations using euro sets record for 4th month
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Europe hit a record high for the fourth month in a row. The European Union statistics…
Continue Reading Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 7 of Russian assault
By The Associated Press The number of people who have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24 has reached 1 million. The U.N. refugee…
Continue Reading UN: Droughts, less water in Europe as warming wrecks crops
By ARITZ PARRA and SERGIO RODRIGO Associated Press LA HERRADURA, Spain (AP) — Declining agricultural yields in Europe — and the battle for…
Continue Reading ‘Minister No’: Lavrov embodies Moscow’s steely posture
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during…
Continue Reading Germany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globally
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis says…
Continue Reading Asian stocks rise after Fed chair supports smaller rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded and oil prices climbed after the head of the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading Economic dangers from Russia’s invasion ripple across globe
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Moscow’s war on Ukraine and the ferocious financial backlash it’s…
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Here’s how President Biden wants to fight inflation
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Rising prices on everything from food to gasoline are hurting Americans. Now the White House has unveiled a plan to…
Continue Reading Here’s how President Biden wants to fight inflation
CNN By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Rising prices on everything from food to gasoline are hurting Americans. Now the White House has unveiled a plan…
Continue Reading Oil prices surge $7 per barrel despite release of supplies
BEIJING (AP) — Oil prices have surged another $7 per barrel after an agreement by the United States and other major governments to release supplies…
Continue Reading Exxon is quitting its last Russian project
By Matt Egan, CNN Business ExxonMobil pledged Tuesday to leave its last remaining oil-and-gas project in Russia, and it will not invest in new…
Continue Reading Satellite photos show Iran had another failed space launch
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in…
Continue Reading Biden joins allies, bans Russian planes from US airspace
By DAVID KOENIG. ZEKE MILLER and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press President Joe Biden announced Tuesday night in his State of the Union address…
Continue Reading GOP pushes to strip safety measures from West Va mining law
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republicans have forged ahead with an overhaul of mine safety regulation…
Continue Reading Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends news network ratings up
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent television viewers to the cable news networks for updates,…
Continue Reading Stellantis plans to double revenues by 2030
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the company formed one year ago from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s PSA,…
Continue Reading Wheat futures are soaring. Food prices could be next
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating…
Continue Reading Wheat futures are soaring. Food prices could be next
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating…
Continue Reading State officials: Bird flu found at 6th Indiana turkey farm
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say avian influenza has been found at a sixth commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana. The Indiana State…
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A new ride and New Mexico’s minimum wage increase prompts ticket price increase at Western Playland
EL PASO, Texas– Fire-ball, the newest ride at Western Playland and the rise on labor pay in New Mexico pushed the park to raise prices. “We had to…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money out of stocks and into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up…
Continue Reading Two UK executives charged in $100 million fine-wine scam
NEW YORK (AP) — Two British executives have been charged with cheating investors out of millions of dollars in a suspected scam that promised…
Continue Reading Apple suspends all product sales in Russia
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday.…
Continue Reading Charity regulator looks into Abramovich’s plan for Chelsea
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Roman Abramovich’s attempt to shift the “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the Premier…
Continue Reading Kemp, Perdue spar over planned Georgia electric car plant
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic…
Continue Reading JM Smucker, Bank of America fall; Target, Workday rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: J.M. Smucker, Bank of America fall; Target, Workday…
Continue Reading Russia’s version of Google warns it may not be able to pay its debts
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Russia’s biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine…
Continue Reading SpaceX will now launch satellites for top space broadband competitor, OneWeb
CNN By Jackie Wattles and Jennifer Korn, CNN SpaceX has a new deal to launch internet-beaming satellites for its chief competitor in the satellite…
Continue Reading Judge says Sarah Palin failed to prove her case against New York Times
By Sonia Moghe, CNN The federal judge who presided over Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the New York Times said in a new written opinion…
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