New rocket company fails to achieve launch on 2nd attempt
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A year after its first rocket launch failed, a new aerospace company has been unsuccessful in its second…
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Bombing inside Pakistani sweets shop kills 1, wounds 14
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a bomb has exploded inside a sweets shop in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least one…
Continue ReadingNobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of…
Continue ReadingMethane blast in Baltic Sea highlights global problem
CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have been measuring the scale of the massive methane leak from damaged pipelines in the…
Continue ReadingDining in the dark: Brussels eateries tackle energy crunch
By SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — While European Union nations are still mulling a cap on gas prices, some businesses are more in a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: A deep dive into risks for undersea cables, pipes
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Deep under water, the pipes and cables that carry the modern world’s lifeblood — energy and…
Continue ReadingEU ministers adopt windfall levy, no deal on gas price cap
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Energy ministers from the 27 European Union countries have agreed to adopt a…
Continue ReadingPutin illegally annexes Ukraine land; Kyiv seeks NATO entry
By JON GAMBRELL and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex…
Continue Reading‘Big impact’: UK economic chaos, pound plunge hit businesses
By SYLVIA HUI and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Like many small business owners in Britain, Harry Niazi hoped for government help to…
Continue ReadingDigital minister aims to wrest Japan out of analog doldrums
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The politician tapped to help Japan keep pace with the digital age has his work cut out for him. The…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s dwindling rain leaves farmers struggling for water
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press HARF BEIT HASNA, Lebanon (AP) — Farmers in a small town perched on a northern Lebanese mountain have long…
Continue ReadingJapan to pay up to $320M for US company’s chip production
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan said it is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to $322 million to back its plan…
Continue ReadingIndia raises interest rate to 5.90% to tame inflation
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s central bank has raised its key interest rate to 5.90% and said developing economy were facing slowing growth, elevated…
Continue ReadingStocks end September down 9.3%, worst month since March 2020
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out a miserable September on Friday with the S&P 500’s worst monthly…
Continue ReadingWater crisis tests Mississippi mayor who started as activist
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Democratic mayor of Mississippi’s capital is facing a leadership test as…
Continue ReadingAfter Ian, the effects in southwest Florida are everywhere
By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for only a few hours. It will take months to clean up all the damage. Maybe…
Continue ReadingAt a Florida trailer park, survivors speak of Ian’s wrath
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — When Ian’s winds swept into this Gulf coast trailer park, they…
Continue ReadingSuicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the…
Continue ReadingThai court rules PM can stay, did not exceed term limit
By GRANT PECK and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingIan lashes South Carolina as Florida’s death toll climbs
By MEG KINNARD and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian has pounded coastal South Carolina after…
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