AP National Business

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia says its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s highest court says travelers whose package tours were ruined by the imposition of restrictions to combat…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — The beginning of the end of Europe’s dependency on China for precious rare earth…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has dropped sedition charges against former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont for his role in the region’s…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister says that the United Arab Emirates agreed to extend…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals have ended a three-day strike after reaching…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — An industry group says China’s auto sales rose 9.5% in 2022 as electric vehicle purchases…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The map was called “Beach Trip” and was blasted out to more than 18,000…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Universal Parks & Resorts is bringing a theme park to Texas that will focus on entertaining young children. Officials…

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pet tech made itself present at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas. Gadgets for furry…

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Until Wednesday, few travelers had ever heard of a Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM,…

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-bound Amtrak passenger train that started in Virginia was delayed for almost a day by the derailment of a freight…