Edmunds: The pros and cons of vehicle touchscreens
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds Look into just about any new car and you’ll either find a touchscreen or “virtual buttons” that seek to approximate…
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Oil leak from ship off Gibraltar affects fishing, beaches
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar Port authorities say they are working to mitigate the impact of a new oil leak from a…
Continue ReadingUS urges UN court to toss our Iranian frozen assets case
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case…
Continue ReadingBlind dog rescued from hole at California construction site
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old blind dog that fell into a hole at a California construction site. According to…
Continue ReadingWall Street CEOs appear on Capitol Hill as election looms
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In what has become an annual ritual, the CEOs of the major U.S. banks are appearing in front of…
Continue ReadingSpain fines delivery app Glovo 79M euros for labor violation
MADRID (AP) — Spain has fined delivery company Glovo nearly 79 million euros ($78 million) for violating a 2021 law that obliged app-based food…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in the House, Senate bills overhauling Jan. 6 count
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The central idea behind House and Senate bills to reform an arcane federal election law…
Continue ReadingFront line farming: Bombs disrupt critical Ukraine industry
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press NOVOMYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian farms near the front lines are facing constant shelling that is…
Continue ReadingUK government caps energy bills for businesses for 6 months
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says it will cap wholesale energy bills for businesses this winter to ensure…
Continue ReadingFilipino victims: Justice elusive decades after martial law
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Survivors of torture and other atrocities under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos are…
Continue ReadingAustralian Indigenous traditional owners halt gas drilling
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Indigenous traditional owners have won a court challenge that prevents an energy company…
Continue ReadingIntl court, EU agency publish evidence-collecting guidelines
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor and European Union judicial…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks follow Wall St down as Fed fights inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered…
Continue ReadingPutin orders partial military call-up, sparking protests
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday to…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM meets Turkish president, first time in 14 years
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties…
Continue ReadingGermany nationalizes country’s biggest gas importer Uniper
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it’s agreed to nationalize the country’s biggest natural gas…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What kept Iran protests going after first spark?
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality…
Continue ReadingChina dials down Taiwan rhetoric; US, Canada transit strait
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has toned down its rhetoric on Taiwan, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing…
Continue ReadingPalestinians reach truce to end West Bank clashes
By SAM McNEIL and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Authorities in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank announced…
Continue ReadingAround 200 stranded whales die in pounding surf in Australia
HOBART, Australia (AP) — A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania,…
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