Month: September 2023

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet GoodRx’s prescription savings program offers significant discounts on prescription drugs, but not without some…

PRAGUE (AP) — Prague’s High Court has cancelled a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2…

PARIS (AP) — Apple has agreed to install updates for iPhone 12 smartphones in France after French regulators ordered the company to stop selling…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain plans to return…

ROME (AP) — A bus reportedly transporting recently arrived migrants has slammed into a truck north of Rome, killing the two drivers. The crash…

LONDON (AP) — The European Union is facing a Friday deadline to decide whether to extend a ban on Ukrainian food imports in five nearby countries.…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is sending Vice President Han Zheng to the U.N. General Assembly’s annual high-level…

By ALICIA LEÓN and JOSEPH WILSON MADRID (AP) — The former president of Spain’s soccer federation has arrived at a court in Madrid to give…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Foundation has decided to raise the award amount for this year’s Nobel Prizes by 1 million kronor ($90,000) to 11…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of the Move Forward party, which finished first in Thailand’s general election…

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A human rights lawyer who was arrested in Laos has been deported back to China despite pleas from…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Blinded by a Russian mortar shell, Ukrainian veteran Ivan Soroka couldn’t see his bride…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barry Steenkamp, the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman who was fatally shot by…

LONDON (AP) — The father, stepmother and uncle of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her U.K. home are due in court on murder charges Friday after…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have recaptured a village in the country’s east after intense battles with…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday after China reported that its slowing economy showed signs…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan say a key border crossing linking the two countries is open again. The crossing in…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he…

By MATTHIAS SCHRADER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BAD HINDELANG, Germany (AP) — Germany’s city of Munich is getting ready to tap the…

By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — For a generation and more, Starbucks’ throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer…

By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — For a generation and more, Starbucks’ throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern…

BEIJING (AP) — China has reported its factories picked up their pace and retail sales also gained momentum in August, suggesting the economy may be…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations food agency says a global hunger crisis has left more…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is getting closer…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels have flown into Saudi Arabia for…

BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Zambia have announced an upgrading of their ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, as…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is getting closer to a verdict.…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans whose elections in swing districts next year will determine which party gains…

By MARTHA MENDOZA, CLAIRE GALOFARO and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that allowing an American…

By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world are set to march, chant and protest Friday to call for an end to the…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Four years after Elijah McClain died after being stopped by police in Colorado, two of the police…

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and headed for the picket…

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes, New…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stopped in a far…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare’s new powers to negotiate…

By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican transgender rights activists Kenya Cuevas and Andrea Luna sat in front of their…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Flooding in Massachusetts that put several dams at risk have raised concern the structures may…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns and threw a 63-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith,…

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California has some of the strongest digital privacy laws in the U.S. and is on the verge…