Year: 2024

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan says it has developed a “cool paint” that can keep people inside cars cooler. But the company said the coating is six times thicker than usual auto paint, making commercialization still a challenge. Nissan’s announcement Tuesday came as Japan was enduring record sweltering temperatures. Nissan tested

Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a transformation of mental health services in the West African nation. He abolished the

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco has reported half-year profits of $56.3 billion, down from the year before due to weakening volumes sold amid worries about the global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said Tuesday its overall revenue for the half-year was $220.7 billion.

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer advanced Tuesday to November’s general election in the battle to become the next governor in a Democratic stronghold that hasn’t had an open race for the state’s top job in more

Associated Press New analyses of trade data show that shipments of Russian liquified natural gas to France more than doubled the first half of this year. The big increase comes at a time when Europe has tried to pull back from energy purchases that help finance the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. The EU has restricted

Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India has been significantly increasing its renewable energy capacity in recent years, but when demand for electricity surges, it still goes back to its most trusted source of power. That’s coal. For the first half of this year, the world’s most populous nation has been responding to major energy

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Chicago White Sox lost their 21st straight game, tying the American League record with a 5-1 defeat to the Oakland Athletics as Max Schuemann hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fourth inning. Chicago is on the longest losing streak since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles lost 21 in