Asian stock markets mixed ahead of US inflation update
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that traders hope will…
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Joseph Hardy, founder of 84 Lumber, dies on 100th birthday
FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Joseph Hardy III, founder of the 84 Lumber chain of building materials stores and developer of the Nemacolin resort, has…
Continue Reading Serbia says KFOR rejected its forces’ return to Kosovo
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo have rejected its demand for…
Continue Reading Bosnian Serbs award Putin with medal of honor
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader has awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor…
Continue Reading CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse
By HALELUYA HADERO and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where…
Continue Reading ‘The money is gone’: Bahamas tries to turn page after FTX
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Dressed in a canary blue suit on a warm December night, sweat dripping from his brow, Bishop…
Continue Reading Russia claims deadly attack, but Kyiv denies anyone killed
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks…
Continue Reading France’s Macron opens up about love to autistic interviewers
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The question for France’s president about his teenage romance with a teacher at his…
Continue Reading Climate activists dig in to defend village from coal mine
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for…
Continue Reading UAW workers reject CNH offer, extending 8-month strike
More than 1,000 striking CNH Industrial workers in Iowa and Wisconsin rejected the “last, best and final offer” from the maker of construction…
Continue Reading Indian held for unruly behavior with woman on airline flight
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have arrested an unruly airline passenger following a complaint by a woman aboard…
Continue Reading Travelers rush to take advantage of China reopening
BEIJING (AP) — After years of separation from his wife in mainland China, Hong Kong resident Cheung Seng-bun made sure to be among the first in…
Continue Reading Musk says he can’t get fair trial in California, wants Texas
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk has urged a federal judge to shift a trial in a shareholder lawsuit out of…
Continue Reading Negotiations inch along under shadow of NYC nurses’ strike
NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing a group of nurses at a New York City hospital has reached a tentative contract agreement with its…
Continue Reading China’s Ant Group says founder Jack Ma will give up control
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Chinese financial technology provider Ant Group has announced that its…
Continue Reading Ukrainian startups bring tech innovation to CES 2023
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The past year has been difficult for startups everywhere, but running a company in Ukraine during…
Continue Reading Drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Joan Cohrs missed her chance to grab a prescription at her usual drugstore by about 30 seconds. Cohrs walked up to the…
Continue Reading Ukraine hails US military aid as cease-fire said to falter
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president praised the United States for including…
Continue ReadingBest of CES 2023: A color-changing BMW and a boba tea robot
By ADRIANA MORGA, JAMES BROOKS and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies are showing off their latest products at CES,…
Continue Reading China suspends social media accounts of COVID policy critics
BEIJING (AP) — China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies on the COVID-19…
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