Jamaica under scrutiny for fraud scandal that hit Usain Bolt
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million…
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European delegation ends 1st round of questioning in Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Judicial officials say a European legal team has wrapped up the first round of questioning of…
Continue ReadingWitnesses: Eritrean troops withdrawing from towns in Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses in some towns across Ethiopia’s Tigray region say troops from neighboring Eritrea…
Continue ReadingBig tech job cuts keep coming; Dell latest to trim headcount
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The tech industry started the year with a wave of job cuts, around 50,000 in January alone, and there…
Continue ReadingGM to sink over $900M into 4 plants, Flint to get new engine
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — General Motors says it will spend more than $900 million to update four…
Continue ReadingCrypto lender Genesis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Crypto lending company Genesis is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as faltering prices and the…
Continue ReadingSierra Leone president signs women’s rights bill into law
By CLARICE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president has signed into law legislation that mandates…
Continue ReadingHow (and where) to watch the AP Top 25 Movies online
By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and…
Continue Reading2022 was slowest year for US home sales in nearly a decade
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. home sales tumbled to the slowest pace in nearly a decade as soaring mortgage rates and…
Continue ReadingInspections of Ukrainian grain ships halved since October
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain and other food exports have slowed to half…
Continue ReadingIn soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and ADAM BEAM Associated Press ACAMPO, Calif. (AP) — On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door…
Continue ReadingNordstrom cuts outlook as bad news piles up for retailers
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Nordstrom are slipping in early trading after the upscale department store…
Continue ReadingUkraine, climate, economy: Takeaways from glitzy Davos event
By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Power brokers have wrapped up the World Economic Forum’s annual…
Continue ReadingLilly shares slip as FDA seeks more Alzheimer’s drug data
The Associated Press Eli Lilly shares slipped Friday morning after regulators said they need to see more data on the company’s application for a…
Continue ReadingScientists say pollution not cause of UK mass crab deaths
LONDON (AP) — British scientists say they don’t think pollution killed thousands of crabs that washed up on beaches in northeast England in late…
Continue ReadingMan’s body found in Serbia as Balkans struggles with floods
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian state television says that a man’s body has been pulled out of a swollen river…
Continue ReadingDior mania and K-Pop overtake Paris Fashion Week menswear
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior mania descended on Paris Fashion Week menswear Friday as over a thousand screaming fans…
Continue ReadingRussia claims progress in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv craves tanks
By ANDREW MELDRUM and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claims its forces have captured a village in an intense and…
Continue ReadingMacron to hike military funds amid Ukraine war, new threats
By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to boost military spending by more…
Continue ReadingRomanian judge grants 30-day extension of Tate detention
By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A judge in Romania has granted a request to extend by another…
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