Order to liquidate property giant China Evergrande is just one step in fixing China’s debt crisis
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — A Hong Kong court’s order to liquidate the world’s most heavily…
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Departing US road safety chief says agency has the people and knowhow to regulate high-tech vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation’s roads than Ann…
Continue ReadingUK fines HSBC bank for not going far enough to protect deposits in case it collapsed
LONDON (AP) — UK regulators say HSBC has been fined $72.8 million for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event the bank…
Continue ReadingNearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in…
Continue ReadingPolice seize weapons, explosives from a home in northern Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have arrested two people after finding a large weapons cache in their home. Police say the man and…
Continue Reading‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza
By Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching…
Continue ReadingAfter a record year, Norway’s giant oil fund pledges to push sustainable energy
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is pledging to push major oil…
Continue ReadingA UN envoy says her experience in Colombia deal may help her efforts in restarting Cyprus talks
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A United Nations official says her experience in negotiating an end to decades of…
Continue ReadingRussian opposition figure Kara-Murza is moved to another prison and returns to solitary confinement
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Lawyers for Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year…
Continue ReadingFrench police asked for extra pay during Paris Olympics. They will get bonuses of up to $2,000
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Police officers deployed during the Paris Olympics will receive bonuses of up to 1,900 euros. French Interior…
Continue ReadingLondon police fatally shoot a suspect reportedly armed with a crossbow as he broke into a home
LONDON (AP) — London police say they fatally shot a man reportedly armed with a crossbow who broke into a home and threatened the occupants. The…
Continue ReadingEurope’s economic pain drags on with zero growth at the end of last year
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023. The stagnation has now lasted…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron gets a ceremonial welcome in Sweden at the start of a 2-day state visit
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day state visit in Stockholm during which he will meet Swedish Prime Minister Ulf…
Continue ReadingMilan fashion house Moschino taps Adrian Appiolaza as its new creative director
ROME (AP) — Moschino has named Adrian Appiolaza as the new creative director of the Milan-based fashion house. The company said Tuesday that he…
Continue ReadingLondon police fatally shoot man allegedly armed with a crossbow
By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Police in the British capital shot dead a man who was reportedly trying to enter a property armed with a…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
By LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward…
Continue ReadingUndercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say
By Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the…
Continue ReadingUN agency confirms 119.8-degree reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record high temperature
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the…
Continue ReadingRussian figure skaters set to get Olympic bronze ahead of Canada despite Valieva’s disqualification
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, the Russian figure skating team…
Continue ReadingFrance’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests, as barricades squeeze Paris
By OLEG CETINIC and HELENA ALVES Associated Press JOSSIGNY, France (AP) — France’s newly appointed prime minister has announced controls on…
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