Sri Lanka’s Parliamant approves budget amid economic crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament has approved a budget that includes reforms aimed at improving the country’s finances as it…
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FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. regulators have cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5.…
Continue ReadingMemphis nonprofit puts money behind drive to curb gun deaths
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis has long suffered from disproportionately high homicide rates. And like many other…
Continue ReadingKorean firms plan $4 billion-plus battery plant in Georgia
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean battery maker say they will jointly invest $4 billion to $5…
Continue ReadingFifteen automakers reach automatic braking goals this year
DETROIT (AP) — Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the…
Continue ReadingFamilies dismayed at trial for Rio-Paris Air France crash
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Families of the 228 people killed aboard a Rio-Paris flight that crashed in 2009 were hoping…
Continue ReadingUS jobless claims up modestly last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of…
Continue ReadingFTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality…
Continue ReadingEU court: Google must delete inaccurate search info if asked
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi at Saudi palace to meet royals on Mideast trip
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia’s king and…
Continue ReadingYellen, Malerba become 1st female pair to sign US currency
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped mark a milestone in U.S.…
Continue ReadingBiden releasing nearly $36B to aid pensions of union workers
By DAVID A. LIEB and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is providing nearly $36 billion to…
Continue ReadingEx-Wirecard boss on trial in fraud case that shamed Germany
BERLIN (AP) — The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s…
Continue ReadingChina’s looser anti-COVID measures met with relief, caution
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People across China reacted with relief and caution Thursday to the dramatic government…
Continue ReadingAsian shares advance on back of Wall Street gains
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in…
Continue ReadingMurderous 1600s pirate hid out in US colonies with impunity
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late…
Continue ReadingLebanese banks battered by meltdown struggle to survive
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s once burgeoning banking sector has been hard hit by the country’s historic economic…
Continue ReadingMarijuana now legal in Missouri, but you can’t buy it yet
By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — As of Thursday, it’s lawful for adults to possess and use…
Continue ReadingJapan’s economy shrank less in July-Sept, revised data show
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its economy contracted less than previously thought in the last quarter, weathering the country’s latest big…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea widens back-to-work orders on striking truckers
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has expanded its back-to-work orders against thousands of…
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