US puts 3 dozen more Chinese companies on trade blacklist
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding 36 Chinese companies to an export controls…
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Starbucks workers plan 3-day walkout at 100 US stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday as part of their effort to…
Continue ReadingMacron returns to Qatar for love of sport, despite criticism
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is about to jet off to Qatar for the second time in a week, despite…
Continue ReadingInflation dampens otherwise bright small biz holiday season
By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, the bustling holiday shopping season feels like a return to pre-pandemic days:…
Continue ReadingFormer Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army has been found guilty of arbitrarily…
Continue ReadingChina sends ships into Pacific amid Japan security moves
BEIJING (AP) — A squadron of Chinese Navy ships sailed through straits near Japan into the Western Pacific this week, while Beijing blasted…
Continue ReadingAfrica has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, droughts
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that…
Continue ReadingHuge Berlin aquarium bursts, unleashing flood of devastation
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of…
Continue Reading3 in critical condition after crush at London concert venue
LONDON (AP) — Three people are hospitalized in critical condition after a suspected crush at a London concert venue. Police say eight people were…
Continue ReadingAs sports betting grows in Africa, many see a real scourge
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that…
Continue Reading10 dead in France’s worst residential fire in years
By LAURENT CIPRIANI and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press VAULX-EN-VELIN, France (AP) — Local authorities in France say 10 people, including five…
Continue ReadingAs regional threats rise, Japan eases defense-only strategy
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s strict self-defense-only postwar principle is being loosened. Japan on Friday adopted…
Continue ReadingDisillusioned with democracy, Tunisians to elect parliament
BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — To the outside world, Saturday’s elections in Tunisia raise several red flags: Many…
Continue ReadingFiji observers say election was free after 5 parties protest
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An international group that monitored Fiji’s general election this week says it…
Continue ReadingAt World Cup, women shrug off worries over dress codes
By HELENA ALVES and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Coming from Brazil for the World Cup in Qatar, Daniela Crawford had been worried…
Continue ReadingRussia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine
By HANNA ARHIROVA, VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital came under one of the biggest…
Continue ReadingHome prices, rents skyrocket in Turkey amid economic turmoil
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Economic turmoil driven by inflation of 85% has plunged Turkey into one of its…
Continue ReadingDrivers are stuck in limbo as world’s oil supply reshuffles
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe…
Continue ReadingUkraine stalemate sets stage for possible winter escalation
By The Associated Press With the war in Ukraine grinding through its 10th month, both sides are locked in a stalemated battle of attrition, which…
Continue ReadingJordan bans TikTok after police officer killed in protests
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has imposed a “temporary ban” on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during…
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