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BERLIN (AP) — Former Chancellor Angela Merkel has been decorated with Germany’s highest possible honor in recognition of her near-record 16 years…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are ratcheting up pressure on Walt Disney World.…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he wants to reverse an anti-math mindset and require the subject for students until they are 18.…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer The fragmentation of the world economy into rival blocs led by the United States and China threatens to…

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — French police say they arrested 13 people after gas and power meters were strewn outside a government building in an…

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says that he heard people’s anger over raising the retirement age…

By RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Rain or shine, there is no way to keep budding flowers down. And from…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged on Monday to pass legislation to raise the…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan prosecutors have criminally charged a second government minister with…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ten electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles will be eligible for a $7,500 U.S. tax credit, while another…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s next pick to lead the Council of Economic Advisers is…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma has been…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press ZOETERMEER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch national intelligence agency has painted a grim picture of a growing…

CONSHOKOCKEN, Pa. (AP) — David’s Bridal has filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time for the chain in the past five years. The…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — An American architect of Northern Ireland’s historic 1998 peace accord on…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Aviation workers in Nigeria have embarked on a two-day strike, leaving thousands of…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — China’s defense minister has toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the…

By Ken Sweet AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer Bankers Association President Lindsey Johnson speaks to The Associated Press about…

Bank of America reports its latest financial results on Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors reports existing home sales for March on…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A project to develop some 20 small nuclear power reactors in Poland is moving forward…

MUMBAI, India — HDFC Bank: Fiscal Q4 Earnings…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Every day, Americans donate their time, skills and energy to their communities by volunteering with nonprofit…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean…

CHICO, Texas (AP) — Federal transportation officials say they are investigating a train collision and derailment that injured two rail employees in…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind — at least if you ask the fans of Netflix’s…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The final curtain came down Sunday on New York’s production of “The Phantom of the…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with China’s defense minister in Moscow. Sunday’s meeting underscored China’s…

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Railway owner Canadian Pacific Kansas City is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight…

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter…

PRAGUE (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied again to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation. Sunday’s protest…

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion…

BERLIN (AP) — The CEO and co-owner of media company Axel Springer apologized Sunday for making crude remarks about “East Germans” in text…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has announced the transfer of a 4% stake of the…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer SHANGHAI (AP) — Global and Chinese automakers plan to unveil more than a dozen new electric SUVs, sedans and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Officials say several cars on a freight train have derailed and caught fire in rural Maine. Three railroad workers…

HONOLULU (AP) — Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a…

By KOSTYA MANENKOV and SERGEI GRITS Associated Press IMATRA, Finland (AP) — The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth…

By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Sofia Andrade, a lawyer, chose over the past month to withdraw all her dollar savings from…

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is protesting U.S. sanctions against additional Chinese companies over their alleged attempts to evade U.S. export controls…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy…

By DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media…

HOUSTON — DXP Enterprises: Q4 Earnings…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Boeing Co., down $11.88 to $201.71. The airplane maker said…

The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Friday as worries about interest rates offset an encouraging start to earnings reporting…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest banks appear to be weathering the current turmoil in their industry just…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose 36 cents to $82.52 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for June delivery rose 22 cents…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from The Heavy and Rodrigo y Gabriela, a new Judy Blume…

ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A contract worker at a northern Michigan paper mill has died from a fungal infection that has forced the business to…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing challenges to the structure of two federal agencies to go…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut their spending at retail stores and restaurants in March for the second…

NEW YORK — Citigroup: Q1 Earnings…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 52% jump in its first-quarter profits, helped by higher interest rates, which…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Wells Fargo beat sales and profit targets in the first quarter of the year, a period that saw the collapse of two…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer UnitedHealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more…

NEW YORK — BlackRock: Q1 Earnings…

MINNETONKA, Minn. — UnitedHealth: Q1 Earnings…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer OTARU, Japan (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Wall Street dipped Friday as worries about interest rates overshadowed an encouraging…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10…