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By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Traffic, pedestrians and joggers have reappeared on the streets of Shanghai as China’s…
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By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Traffic, pedestrians and joggers have reappeared on the streets of Shanghai as China’s…
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government includes a record 13 women, including the first female Muslim to serve in the role and…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s support for Russia through oil and gas purchases is irking Washington and raising the…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says it has agreed to review a labor complaint filed by the United States under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada…
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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman wounded in last month’s New York City subway shooting has filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock. In her lawsuit…
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure that pushes app-based companies like food delivery services to…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is going to keep Boeing on a shorter leash when it comes to performing safety-related…
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DENVER (AP) — A Denver-based federal appeals court has agreed with a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed the 2020 presidential…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas chapels of love that use Elvis Presley’s likeness could find themselves becoming Heartbreak Hotels. The licensing…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like…
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The Associated Press Wall Street ended lower after another wobbly day on Tuesday, closing out a rocky month. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, having…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Unilever, DexCom rise; Gold Fields, LivePerson…
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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 40 cents to $114.67 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery rose $1.17…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Score one for JetBlue in the dogfight over who gets to buy Spirit Airlines. A firm that advises investors on proxy voting said…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The unofficial start of summer over the Memorial Day weekend offers a troubling glimpse of what lies ahead for…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence edged lower in May as Americans’ view of their present and…
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has enacted a $21 billion extra budget to tackle soaring fuel and food prices following Russia’s invasion…
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MADRID (AP) — Tired of speaking to a machine when you call the bank or power company? Spain’s government wants to end those nerve-shattering,…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ordered a utility not to restart a nuclear power plant because of inadequate…
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s divisive leader has once again got his own way with the European Union. This…
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany have raided the offices of Deutsche Bank and its subsidiary DWS following claims that it was exaggerating the…
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By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Car prices have skyrocketed in the last year, making it an even bigger challenge to shop for your first car. With…
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By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the…
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit a record 8.1% amid surging energy…
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By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s groundbreaking decision to ban nearly all oil from…
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By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has highlighted the activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party as part of…
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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish citizens are voting in a referendum that will decide whether their country will…
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Diners in Singapore are bracing for prices of their national chicken-and-rice dish to soar as neighboring Malaysia…
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BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows Chinese manufacturing activity started to rebound in May after the government eased anti-virus restrictions…
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By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward…
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By JOSH BOAK, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Focused on relentlessly rising prices, President Joe Biden…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street closed out a month buffeted by…
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By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters angry over a building collapse in southwestern Iran…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer U.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns…
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By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (AP) — The cybersecurity firm Recorded Future boasts some 1,400 clients and enjoys…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s annual inflation rate accelerated to 7.9% in May, its highest level in nearly half a century, according to an official…
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By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers who cleaned up the 2008 Kingston, Tennessee, coal ash spill spent years working…
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says next month’s NATO summit in Madrid will be…
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese judicial officials say a judge has questioned disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut,…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it will use an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign…
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition and the main opposition party have reached a deal to move ahead with a big increase in defense…
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has reached an agreement with Boeing to buy 50 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline says…
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By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops pushed deeper into a key eastern Ukrainian city…
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into…
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By OMAR FARUK and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and U.S. futures rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string…
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Miami punter Lou Hedley is among thousands of international student athletes who can’t earn income…
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The Associated Press The Conference Board delivers its latest monthly index of U.S. consumer confidence Tuesday. Hormel Foods reports quarterly…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string of declines and…
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By AILEEN TORRES-BENNETT and NICK PERRY Associated Press SUVA, Fiji (AP) — China fell short Monday on a bold plan to have 10 Pacific nations…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says protesting youth groups will be invited to be part…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Forget breaking the sound barrier: Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. The 59-year-old superstar just…
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines utility has filed lawsuits, proposed legislation and even tried public…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by mid-afternoon Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the…
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By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian populist president has announced that he has secured an “extremely…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Starbucks has until later this week to file objections after workers at a shop in Birmingham became the first of the…
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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of…
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BEIJING (AP) — Shoppers returned to the malls of Beijing on Sunday as the Chinese capital relaxed pandemic restrictions after declaring a small but…
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press Cultural and arts organizations in Chinatowns across North America have worked for decades on bringing greater…
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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Florida gallery owner has been arrested on federal charges…
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend.…
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military’s…
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By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka used tear gas and a water cannons Saturday to disperse…
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The proposed settlement of more than $1 billion as compensation for the 98 people who died in a Florida condominium collapse is far from the largest…
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A Cape Cod science center and one of the world’s largest shipping businesses are collaborating on a project to…
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By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new independent union at a Mexican auto plant that won a historic organizing vote last year has negotiated an 8.5% wage…
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Associated Press MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah (AP) — Federal officials signed an agreement with leaders of the Navajo Nation on Friday that provides…
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By STEPHEN GROVES and AMY FORLITI Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota attorney general’s office is not charging…
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California woman who punched a flight attendant in the face during a flight and broke her teeth…
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change. California Gov. Gavin…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Big Lots, American Eagle fall; Dell, Ulta Beauty…
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The Associated Press Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and closed higher for the week, breaking a seven-week losing streak, the longest such stretch…
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By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press Texas authorities said Friday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school…
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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose 98 cents to $115.07 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for July delivery rose $2.03 to…
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Motor Speedway has opened a sports book lounge in time for Sunday’s…
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By JON GAMBRELL and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of the largest natural gas utility in Alaska says it is selling the company to Canada-based TriSummit Utilities…
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international credit ratings agency has warned that the results of this month’s…
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The biggest convoy of aid since Ethiopia’s government has declared a unilateral…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Attorney General…
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on…
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DJIBO, Burkina Faso (AP) — African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address…
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescue teams at the site of a 10-story collapsed building in southwestern Iran pulled seven more bodies from the rubble on…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press UMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Soviet-era cargo plane linked to an arms smuggler known as the…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, the…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticized a new U.S.-led economic grouping,…
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he’s confident Turkey’s objections to…
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media is reporting that Tehran has demanded the release of a ship seized by Greek authorities in their waters…
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely…
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar drivers are among the growing number of athletes who getting deep in the crypto game.…
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Vladimir Konstantinov has traded hockey sticks for an Uno deck. Many, in fact. The…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies led a broad rally for stocks Friday as Wall Street…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support…
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States on Friday won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a…
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By JUAN LOZANO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — One by one, they took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual…
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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs were there for anyone to stumble upon, days before the 18-year-old gunman…
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