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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks says it wants to start contract negotiations next month at 234 U.S. stores that have voted to…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $2.03 to $76.71 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for November delivery fell…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Abigail E. Disney has been critical of the company that bears her name before. But for the first time,…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chief at the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center has inherited a raft…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Trucks loaded with aluminum and medications have crossed a bridge…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union and the U.S. have questioned Serbia’s commitment to join…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s defense minister says 100 soldiers have been deployed to each of three Atlantic provinces…

By SUZAN FRASER and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has summoned the Greek ambassador to protest the alleged…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he…

BERLIN (AP) — Denmark’s maritime authority says a gas leak had been observed in a pipeline leading from Russia to Europe underneath the Baltic…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government will no longer require people to wear masks on planes. Government officials…

By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The pound is taking a pounding. The British currency has taken a plunge, sliding against the U.S.…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival, which included performances from Metallica,…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says the economic outlook “is darkening” and…

By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is forecasting growth to slow down substantially next year in the…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new initiative that would eventually allow…

LONDON (AP) — British authorities say TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will have to keep boosting its benchmark interest rate to a point…

By ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — At the start of 2022, the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, published a…

By CATHERINE GASCHKA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Russia’s war in Ukraine and the…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the…

By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — A ship carrying thousands of tons of corn and vegetable oil has arrived in northern…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mining company that wants to extract an assortment of rare elements from under the ground in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Brothers of Italy party, which won the most votes in Italy’s national election, has its roots…

PARIS (AP) — The head of France’s Greens party stepped down from his post Monday after his former partner reportedly accused him of psychological…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet You may assume that having more money in retirement will make you happier. And you’d probably be right. But finances…

By ADAM SCHRECK and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s largest economy is sending recession signals. Germany’s key future indicator has pointed down for the fourth…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Apple Inc. will make its iPhone 14 in India, the company said on Monday, as manufacturers shift…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese army retirees have scuffled with parliamentary guard troops as they…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says it’s considering tougher cybersecurity rules for…

By DAVID McHUGH, JUSTIN SPIKE, KAREL JANICEK and VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is staring down a winter energy…

By MUNIR AHMED and MUHAMMAD FAROOQ Associated Press KHAIRPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Like every year, Arz Mohammed had planted his little patch of land in…

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has sought to reassure financial markets after the British…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon says it is holding a second Prime Day-like shopping event in October. The company is the latest major…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea and China have resumed their freight train service…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after closing broadly lower on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk won a reprieve from questioning by Twitter lawyers Monday,…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week has come to a close after five days of mostly womenswear previews that…

PARIS (AP) — A blaze at a massive produce market that supplies Paris with much of its fresh food sent a billowing column of dark smoke towering…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz planted a tree at a mangrove park in the United Arab Emirates in a…

By AYA BATRAWY AP Business Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer.…

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office launched into orbit aboard a United…

By AYA BATRAWY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia appears to be leaving behind the stream of negative coverage the killing of Jamal…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Week MILAN (AP) — Kim Kardashian took Milan by storm on Saturday, curating a new collection for Dolce&Gabbana that…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first stop of a two-day,…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Sunday parliamentary election will determine who governs next in Italy. But it might take…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Chinese scientific ship bristling with surveillance equipment docked in a Sri Lankan port.…

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public school advocates who oppose a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Every September, the New York City police barricades go up around U.N. headquarters in…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — World Bank President David Malpass said Friday he won’t resign after coming…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s bid to block a major U.S. sugar…

The Associated Press Markets sold off around the world on mounting signs the global economy is weakening just as central banks raise the pressure…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Boeing, Devon Energy fall; Guidewire, Dollar Tree…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago state senator has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to the FBI and seeking a bribe to oppose legislation that would…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has announced a settlement with a property management…

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Highway Patrol troopers who arrived at a crash scene in Pensacola this…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As sports betting has swept across the country, internet casino games have grown much…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — General Motors says it will spend $760 million to renovate its transmission factory in Toledo,…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say building construction has begun at the future site of a factory where Ford and a South Korean company have…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Top allies of former President Donald Trump are creating a new super PAC that’s expected to…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it will allow American tech firms to expand their business in…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is urging the U.S. Treasury secretary to use “flexibility” in…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government is planning a temporary higher tax rate on the richest 1% of the country from next year.…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Young activists have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” to…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Civil Guard says it seized 14 metric tons (15.4 tons) of hashish from Morocco and arrested 49 people as it smashed a major…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in…

By DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — A family-run bakery in the German city of Cologne is turning off its ovens for good…

By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s parliament speaker on Thursday released the first public accounting of complaints to a…

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British pound has went on its biggest one-day drop in 2 1/2 years…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italians will vote on Sunday in what is being billed as a crucial election…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell sharply worldwide Friday on worries an already slowing global economy could fall…

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL says Apple Music will be the new sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. The multi-year sponsorship will begin with this…

NEW YORK (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s father, Donald Blinken, a former U.S. diplomat, investment banker and modern art collector,…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A growing number of businesses, including grocery stores and gas stations, are…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A data privacy watchdog’s lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an Arizona woman to six years in prison for using a cutting…

By MALLIKA SEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing Co. will pay $200 million to settle charges that the company and its former CEO misled investors about the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heads to the Durham, North Carolina, area next Tuesday as part…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year’s Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian…

The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, deepening their losses for the week, as central banks around the world raised interest rates…