Global stocks plunge as Russia attacks Ukraine
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, drawing condemnation…
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China calls for talks on Ukraine, OKs Russian wheat imports
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has called for talks to resolve the Ukraine crisis and avoided criticizing President…
Continue Reading Hong Kong starts vaccine requirement for restaurants, stores
By ALICE FUNG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong launched a vaccination requirement to enter shopping malls, restaurants…
Continue Reading NATO vows to defend its entire territory after Russia attack
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia has launched war on Ukraine and that the…
Continue Reading Spain: Opposition party to choose new leader in April
By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s top opposition leader Pablo Casado will remain in charge of the Popular…
Continue Reading World leaders slap sanctions on the Kremlin over invasion
By RAF CASERT and SAM PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “barbaric” and…
Continue Reading Bitcoin price falls after Russia attacks Ukraine
By Rob McLean and Michelle Toh, CNN Business The price of bitcoin fell below $35,000 early Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced…
Continue Reading Bitcoin price falls after Russia attacks Ukraine
CNN By Rob McLean and Michelle Toh, CNN Business The price of bitcoin fell below $35,000 early Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Global stocks plunge as Russia attacks Ukraine
By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West…
Continue Reading Tough sanctions loom against Russia, effectiveness uncertain
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOE McDONALD and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration prepares its response to Russia’s…
Continue Reading $6.25B sale of Venetian properties on Vegas Strip complete
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The more than $6 billion sale of Venetian properties on the Las Vegas Strip has been completed. The new and old owners of the…
Continue Reading Asia shares rise after US rebound amid sanctions on Ukraine
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher after U.S. stocks recovered toward the end of a wild trading day, as the…
Continue Reading Drought, pesticides take a toll on Chile’s crucial honeybees
By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A drought has gripped Chile for 13 years and the flowers that feed honeybees in central…
Continue Reading Dow futures, Asian markets plunge as Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates
CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Asian markets and US stock futures plunged on Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military…
Continue Reading Global stocks plunge as Russia attacks Ukraine
CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched a military attack on Ukraine, drawing condemnation from…
Continue Reading Global oil prices soar above $100 and could go much higher
By Matt Egan and Charles Riley, CNN Business Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, piling pressure on…
Continue Reading Global oil prices soar above $100 and could go much higher
CNN By Matt Egan and Charles Riley, CNN Business Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, piling…
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Cyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the…
Continue Reading Rights advocates urge jet fuel sanctions against Myanmar
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying…
Continue Reading Amazon union organizer, 2 others arrested at NYC facility
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a former Amazon employee leading a push to unionize one of the online retailer’s warehouses has been…
Continue Reading Sleng Teng: How a Japanese woman influenced Jamaica’s reggae
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a rhythm pattern that came off a portable…
Continue Reading Slain cinematographer’s husband angry Baldwin deflects blame
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” says…
Continue Reading Grumbling grows as Hong Kong sticks with zero-COVID policy
By ALICE FUNG and DAVID RISING Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents are becoming increasingly annoyed with the administration’s…
Continue Reading Arizona House OKs GOP bill backing gun businesses
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has approved a bill that penalizes businesses that refuse to do business with firearms companies by barring them…
Continue Reading 1 killed, 2 wounded as police clash with Haitian workers
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Men wearing Haiti police uniforms have fired into a group of people and killed a…
Continue Reading The Reagan announces return date after devastating nearby De Soto Hotel fire
EL PASO, Texas – Nearly a month after a devastating fire at the De Soto Hotel, The Reagan announced in an Instagram post it will be back on…
Continue Reading California won’t immediately change pollution credit program
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newsom administration officials say they are in no rush to make changes to one of…
Continue Reading Texan pleads guilty to hate-crime attack on Asian family
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a…
Continue Reading Judge blocks BNSF’s 2 biggest unions from going on strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order preventing the two largest unions at BNSF from going on…
Continue Reading NBC’s scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBC will be happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror, as the event had…
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