Asian stocks gain ahead of US inflation report
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday ahead of data traders hope will show surging…
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Activist investor Loeb drops support for independent ESPN
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer Activist investor Daniel Loeb said Sunday that he is no longer pushing Disney Corp. to spin off or sell…
Continue ReadingLoud thunder from small Oregon storm shakes Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A single strike of lightning from a small Oregon storm and the ensuing thunder shook the city of Portland on Sunday…
Continue Reading‘Barbarian’ is top film amid late-summer box office doldrums
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The horror film “Barbarian” won the weekend as the late-summer doldrums at the box…
Continue ReadingUnions blast rail move to delay shipments before deadline
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The heads of the nation’s two largest rail unions said Sunday that the freight railroads’…
Continue ReadingCatalan separatists rally as movement frays 5 years on
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Around 150,000 Catalan separatists have rallying in Barcelona in an attempt to reignite…
Continue ReadingUSAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A visiting U.S diplomat has urged Sri Lankan authorities to tackle corruption and…
Continue ReadingAs small businesses raise prices, some customers push back
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well. At…
Continue ReadingEastern Ukraine towns hit in overnight strikes
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Through the debris-strewn rooms of the bomb-blasted house, the incessant ringing of a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Ukraine’s threatened nuclear plant shuts down
By The Associated Press The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is Europe’s largest, was shut…
Continue ReadingRussia hits power stations after Ukraine counteroffensive
By KARL RITTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure Sunday, causing…
Continue ReadingUkraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days
By The Associated Press As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a…
Continue ReadingSwedish conservatives close to election win amid crime fears
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Near final results in Sweden’s election Sunday show that a bloc of right-wing parties was…
Continue ReadingChina legislator criticizes sanctions on visit to Russia
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say the country’s top legislator decried sanctions against Russia during a recent visit to the country.…
Continue ReadingLast reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid,…
Continue ReadingChina quarantines college students under strict COVID policy
BEIJING (AP) — Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful…
Continue ReadingVisa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales
By KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun…
Continue ReadingIndiana Jones, Black Panther take spotlight at Disney expo
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An emotional Harrison Ford appeared along with a new trailer for the fifth Indiana…
Continue ReadingMarsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and…
Continue ReadingHelicopter crash kills 3 in Kabul during training session
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s defense ministry says at least three crew members were killed when the…
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