Stock market today: Asian shares mixed despite Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a rally on Wall Street driven by optimism over…
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Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud after pleading guilty in German automaker’s diesel emissions scandal
BERLIN (AP) — A German court found ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler guilty of fraud in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal…
Continue ReadingPrigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny
By The Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest…
Continue ReadingCorruption trial begins for former Indonesia IT minister over mobile phone tower project
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s anti-graft court has opened a trial for a former…
Continue ReadingCongo fashion show hopes to inspire peace, creativity in region affected by conflict
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fashion designers from several parts of Africa have come together for a show in eastern…
Continue ReadingFarmers markets thrive as customers and vendors who latched on during the pandemic remain loyal
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Farmers markets gave people something they desperately sought during the pandemic: A place to…
Continue ReadingPower couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people
By DREW COSTLEY, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed walk hand in hand at a…
Continue ReadingSince the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks…
Continue Reading5 takeaways from the AP’s report on Chinese disposable e-cigarettes flooding the US market
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer The Associated Press has found that the Food and Drug Administration can’t keep up with a flood of illegal…
Continue ReadingThousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to…
Continue ReadingNewly all-male South Carolina Supreme Court scrutinizes abortion ban months after tossing one out
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A potential swing vote on the newly all-male South Carolina Supreme…
Continue ReadingWhat is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing…
Continue ReadingJudge to weigh whether Trump’s New York criminal case should be moved to federal court
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday over President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his criminal case in New York out…
Continue ReadingCourt date postponed for Trump’s valet Walt Nauta in the classified documents case
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A court appearance was postponed Tuesday for a Donald Trump valet who’s…
Continue ReadingFire engulfs high-rise in United Arab Emirates. No reports of injuries
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Videos circulating online show a fire tearing through a high-rise residential building in the United Arab…
Continue ReadingRivalry between Trump and DeSantis deepens with dueling New Hampshire campaign events
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — The rivalry between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former…
Continue ReadingStates clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
By MARC LEVY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight…
Continue ReadingConservationists and tribes urge US appeals court to block Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for environmentalists and tribes urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to overturn a…
Continue ReadingA scientist’s 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press CARATINGA, Brazil (AP) — The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy,…
Continue ReadingThe reason US response to the Russia rebellion has been decidedly cautious
By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the surface, the turmoil in Russia would seem like something for the U.S.…
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