Bulgaria signs deal to use Turkey’s gas terminals
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has gained access to Turkey’s terminals and gas transmission network under a long-term deal that will help the…
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Pakistan appeals for flood aid ahead of donors conference
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister has issued an emotional appeal ahead of a major conference next…
Continue Reading EU, Beijing heading for collision over China’s COVID crisis
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China are moving closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis.…
Continue Reading Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Forty-seven. That’s how many days of child care Kathryn Anne…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Up the odds of meeting money goals in 2023
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet We head into the new year with big plans, hoping this will be the year we whittle down that to-do list and get our…
Continue Reading UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Commuters returning to work after the Christmas break are advised not to travel as tens of thousands…
Continue Reading 1st tanker carrying LNG from US arrives in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — The first regular shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States has arrived in Germany. It’s part of a wide-reaching…
Continue Reading Russia, shaken by Ukrainian strike, could step up drone use
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency crews are sifting through the rubble of a building that was struck by Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Turkey’s December inflation slows to 64% in boost to Erdogan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Official data show that inflation in Turkey has slowed in December thanks mainly to technical reasons. The development could…
Continue Reading Where are the Gulf Arab tourists? Israel’s hopes fall short
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel struck an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to open diplomatic ties in 2020, it…
Continue Reading Asian stock markets gain ahead of Fed update
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday ahead of the release of minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting…
Continue Reading Survey finds bleak outlook for Japanese companies in 2023
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A survey shows major Japanese companies are expecting hard times in 2023 due to higher costs and the…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed ahead of Fed report, US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of updates on U.S. employment amid fears of a…
Continue Reading EU to try again for coordination on China COVID-19 policies
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how…
Continue Reading Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla says it sold a record 1.3 million electric vehicles last year. But the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to…
Continue Reading Facial recognition tool led to mistaken arrest, lawyer says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney says Louisiana authorities’ use of facial recognition technology led to the mistaken-identity arrest of a…
Continue Reading 3 dead, 2 hurt in North Carolina construction site accident
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial…
Continue Reading Protests near German village vacated to expand coal mine
BERLIN (AP) — Scuffles have broken out outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that…
Continue Reading NYC nurses, hospitals resume contract talks; some reach pact
NEW YORK (AP) — A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses loomed Monday even as nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: Navier CEO Sampriti Bhattacharyya
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Sampriti Bhattacharyya is bringing a 30-foot electric yacht to the upcoming CES gadget show in Las Vegas.…
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