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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp 225 million euros ($267 million) for breaching…

By BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Medical bills can throw a wrench in anyone’s budget. If you’re also trying to maintain a good credit score, the…

LONDON (AP) — Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia (AP) — European Union ministers discussed Thursday their options to beef up the…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The international team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17…

By JOAN MATEU Associated Press ALCANAR, Spain (AP) — Many Spaniards are counting their losses and damage to homes and businesses caused by flooding…

BERLIN (AP) — A court has rejected a bid by German train operator Deutsche Bahn for an emergency injunction to stop a strike by many train drivers…

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. envoy John Kerry says China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to hold back the rise in global…

BERLIN (AP) — A German regional official’s plan to let authorities receive anonymous online tip-offs about potential tax evaders has prompted a…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — Winemakers are taking stock of the damage after a wildfire blazed through a…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators have ordered ride-hailing platforms to correct unfair market tactics amid a crackdown on the internet sector that…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await U.S. jobs numbers some appear to hope will be…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested that…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer More companies are requiring COVID-19 vaccines and taking actions to motivate employees into getting their shots. Some…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy has seized a massive tanker believed to be loaded with thousands of tons of wasted black oil and has…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has received its first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines after a prolonged purchasing process…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is aiming to give a technological upgrade to government services and recordkeeping with the…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon force large department stores to display some child products in…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has for the first time banned a company making so-called stalkerware…