Month: September 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of cab drivers have clogged traffic in Brussels in an international demonstration against Uber.  The hail ride company is seen as unfairly distorting the market. The drivers want Belgian and European Union authorities to curb the spread of Uber and say the service does not face the tax burden and regulation

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban and the Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions have signed a contract for the Emirati company to provide flight services and manage planes landing and taking off on key airports in Afghanistan. The Taliban say the flight guidance services deal will also include equipping the facilities

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 1980s, it jacked up interest rates to double-digit levels — and in the process caused a deep recession and sharply higher unemployment. On Thursday, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in his reelection bid after deciding against openly backing him in the primary. In a statement on Wednesday, Trump says DeWine quietly, but professionally and patriotically, goes about doing his job. DeWine fought off three far-right challengers in the GOP

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best remembered for calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 as missiles flew around him in Baghdad, has died. He was 82. He died of pneumonia on Wednesday