AP National Business

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A visiting U.S diplomat has urged Sri Lankan authorities to tackle corruption and…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Around 150,000 Catalan separatists have rallying in Barcelona in an attempt to reignite…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Through the debris-strewn rooms of the bomb-blasted house, the incessant ringing of a…

By KARL RITTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure Sunday, causing…

By The Associated Press As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Near final results in Sweden’s election Sunday show that a bloc of right-wing parties was…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid,…

BEIJING (AP) — Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful…

By KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An emotional Harrison Ford appeared along with a new trailer for the fifth Indiana…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s defense ministry says at least three crew members were killed when the…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain Saturday as a…

LONDON (AP) — The Irish carrier Aer Lingus says a major IT outage forced it to cancel all Dublin-originating flights to European and United Kingdom…

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have gone on strike at the Stellantis casting plant in Indiana. They cite health and safety…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A global search for alternative sources to Russian energy during the war in Ukraine…

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a stunning Beaux-Arts building that housed a bank in the early 20th century, Proenza Schouler…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. Her portrait also…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. government is offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Leonard Glenn Francis, the mastermind of…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A visit to Houston by the Dutch queen has highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — On the third day of a teacher strike in Seattle on Friday, picketing staff members at Hazel Wolf…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Kroger, RH rise; National Beverage, Smith & Wesson…

The Associated Press Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street, breaking a three-week losing streak. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose 1.5% on…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says the federal agency that investigates chemical accidents is hindered by a lack…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose $3.25 to $86.79 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for November delivery rose $3.69…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Burger King plans to invest $400 million in its U.S. restaurants over the next two years to update its stores…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina-based semiconductor company says it will build a $5 billion…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says neighboring Ukraine is ready to supply his country with electricity and help reduce the use…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Across the globe, the death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted reflections on the…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Friday claimed new success in their counteroffensive…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Two key lawmakers want the government to investigate whether airlines used federal pandemic-relief money to…

BERLIN (AP) — German gas importer VNG is seeking help from the government after cuts to Russian gas supplies forced it to buy gas at far higher…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street added to its recent gains Friday with a broad rally that broke the market’s…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-MESMIN, France (AP) — For the glassmakers at iconic French tableware brand Duralex, the…

By JULIE WATSON and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Southern Californians welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain Saturday from…

By AAMER MADHANI, JOSH BOAK and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden steered clear of partisan…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose $1.60 to $83.54 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for November delivery rose…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads say in a new report designed to put pressure on unions and Congress…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuyers are regaining leverage at the negotiating table as the housing market slows, new…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forces are beginning to collide in California as wildfires threaten communities, an epic heat…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of cab drivers have clogged traffic in Brussels in an international demonstration against Uber.  The hail ride company is…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban and the Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions have signed a contract for the Emirati…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time the Federal Reserve faced inflation as high as it is now, in the early…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal report says nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level since…

DETROIT (AP) — Jeep will start selling two fully electric SUVs in North America and another one in Europe over the next two years. The new EVs,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s atomic energy operator accused Russia on Thursday of trying to…

By MATTHEW LEE and KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv,…

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of students have rallied in Indonesia’s capital to protest…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 has struck off the western islands of Zakynthos and…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her Conservative government will cap domestic…

BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss court has granted the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to bring gas from Russia…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has enshrined in law the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…

BERLIN (AP) — A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank made its largest-ever interest rate increase Thursday,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba’s deputy foreign minister is accusing the Biden administration of acting…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Restaurant owners are moving to at least temporarily block a nation-leading new…

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two…

The Associated Press Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street, placing the market on pace to break a 3-week losing streak. The S&P 500 rose…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell $4.94 to $81.94 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for November delivery fell…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It could have been just one night, but Serena Williams’ exit from tennis turned into a boon…

BOSTON (AP) — Brian McGrory, under whose leadership The Boston Globe won three newsroom Pulitzer Prizes, is stepping down after 10 years at the…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat Wednesday, as operators…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal health advisers voted Wednesday to recommend approval for an experimental…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Fed official says the Federal Reserve will need to continue lifting its…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Movie theater operator Cineworld Group LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. as it…

ATLANTA (AP) — An iconic part of Atlanta’s skyline is back in the hands of lenders after its owner defaulted on a loan. The foreclosure on…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his…