Slovakia eyes bonus to boost vaccinations for 60 and overs
BRATISLAVA, SLovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has proposed a plan to give people 60 and older a 500-euro ($568) bonus if they get vaccinated…
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EU to make it harder for migrants to enter from Belarus
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union migration officials have offered to ease the asylum procedures for Poland,…
Continue Reading Peter Prengaman to lead AP’s expanding climate coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Prengaman has been named climate and environmental editor of The Associated Press. This new position will lead the news…
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Market volatility continues
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Continue Reading 30,000 in UK without power for 5th night after storm
LONDON (AP) — British officials say about 30,000 people in the north of England and in Scotland have been without electricity for the better part…
Continue Reading Exxon Mobil ups spending on emission reduction plan to $15B
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil says it is boosting its spending on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects to $15 billion over…
Continue Reading Police: FedEx packages found in woods at second Alabama site
JEMISON, Ala. (AP) — Police say nearly two dozen FedEx packages have been found in woods along a rural Alabama road about 75 miles from a ravine…
Continue Reading The Fed’s high-wire act just got even more perilous
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors were spooked by the discovery of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Now, they’re contending…
Continue Reading Twitter says it will remove images of people posted without consent
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Business Twitter has updated its privacy policy so that it can remove images of people that have been posted without their…
Continue Reading Hundreds of NYC jailers face suspension over vaccine mandate
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of…
Continue Reading Should You Bank With Your Brokerage?
By CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cash management accounts are offered by brokerages and provide many banking-like services, such as checking and…
Continue Reading Omicron unravels travel industry’s plans for a comeback
By DAVID KOENIG and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation…
Continue Reading Putin demands NATO guarantees not to expand eastward
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow would seek Western guarantees that would…
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Tips to protect yourself from ‘porch pirates’ this holiday season
EL PASO, Texas — Thousands of packages are delivered to home across the Borderland every day, especially as we approach the holiday season, but…
Continue Reading UN migration agency: COVID has ‘radically altered’ mobility
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic has “radically altered” mobility around…
Continue Reading US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler
By ZEKE MILLER, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. identified its first known case of the omicron…
Continue Reading EU chief calls for debate on making COVID-19 jabs mandatory
By RAF CASESRT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of the European Union’s executive arm says EU nations should consider making COVID-19…
Continue Reading NATO chief says mission creep, corruption hurt Afghan effort
By LORNE COOK and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press RIGA, Latvia (AP) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization was a…
Continue Reading Austrian lockdown extended through Dec 11 as planned
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s lockdown has officially been extended until Dec. 11 as planned amid signs that the measures are helping to bring down a…
Continue Reading China calls on citizens to leave eastern Congo after attacks
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging its citizens to leave three provinces in eastern Congo as violence intensifies in the mineral-rich region. A posting…
Continue Reading ‘Buy now, pay later’ catches on just in time for holidays
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fueled by several financial technology companies as well as an entry by the big credit card…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed after Wall St decline, virus unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after a turbulent day on Wall Street as traders tried to forecast…
Continue Reading Haugen urges lawmakers to avert impasse on social media laws
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers to avert the usual…
Continue Reading Algeria’s top parties keep power in local elections
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The parties of Algeria’s ruling majority dominated local and regional elections while Islamist parties saw their support…
Continue Reading For sale: Rome villa restored by Texas princess auctioned
By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A villa in the heart of Rome that features the only known ceiling mural…
Continue Reading China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
BEIJING (AP) — China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025.…
Continue Reading Renewables are being installed at top speed — but still far too slow to fix the planet, energy watchdog says
By Kara Fox, CNN Business Growth in renewable energy is set to hit an all-time record this year, but is still falling “well short” of…
Continue Reading Fiji welcomes back tourists despite omicron threat
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji has welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days after pushing ahead…
Continue Reading California lawyer defends legality of women board member law
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the state of California defended the constitutionality of the nation’s first law…
Continue Reading Oil demand, climate change clash in California pipeline plan
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposed oil pipeline in California that could allow ExxonMobil to resume production at…
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