Pacific rim economies in doldrums, sapped by inflation, war
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Economies in the Asia-Pacific are forecast to hit the doldrums this year as decades-high…
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Farmers’ group: Talks with Dutch govt delivered ‘too little’
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leader of the Netherlands’ top agricultural lobby group says a first round of…
Continue Reading Dutch government, farmers in talks on emission cut targets
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Representatives of Dutch farmers are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other Cabinet ministers to discuss…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How do we know when a recession has begun?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has updated its estimate of the U.S. economy’s performance in the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How do we know when a recession has begun?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sent a sobering message after it announced its latest big interest…
Continue Reading Hundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shiite cleric to gather in…
Continue Reading Meta quieter on election misinformation as midterms loom
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting…
Continue Reading Meta quieter on election misinformation as midterms loom
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting…
Continue Reading Indian police block opposition protests over price increases
By RISHI LEKHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have detained dozens of lawmakers from the opposition Congress…
Continue Reading Indian police block opposition protests over price increases
By RISHI LEKHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have detained dozens of lawmakers from the opposition Congress…
Continue ReadingThe NFL is back! Preseason begins with Las Vegas Raiders blowing out under-manned Jacksonville Jaguars
By Ben Morse, CNN After nearly six long months away, the NFL is back. The 2022 season’s preseason began on Thursday with the typical curtain…
Continue ReadingAt least 14 killed, dozens injured as fire engulfs Thai nightclub
By Kocha Olarn, CNN At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in…
Continue Reading In France, a battle to save weakened whale lost in the Seine
By OLEG CETINIC and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-PIERRE-LA-GARENNE, France (AP) — French environmentalists were hoping Friday to feed a…
Continue Reading Indonesia arrests 3 foreigners for drug distribution in Bali
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press Authorities in Indonesia arrested three foreigners for distributing cocaine on the Indonesian resort island of…
Continue Reading Norwegian cruise ship runs aground; no passengers on board
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian cruise ship operator Hurtigruten says one of its ships has run aground in a fjord off the Nordic country’s west…
Continue Reading In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the…
Continue Reading Berlin forest fire contained but ammo depot still a problem
BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Germany say fire accompanied by explosions at a police ammunition depot in a Berlin forest is contained. The head of the…
Continue Reading Spain leads Europe in monkeypox, struggles to check spread
By JOSEPH WILSON and RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — As a sex worker and adult film actor, Roc was relieved when he was among…
Continue Reading Iran demands release of its citizen held in Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is seeking the release of a citizen held by Saudi Arabia since the hajj pilgrimage that concluded a month ago. Iran’s…
Continue ReadingChina sends warships and jets close to Taiwan and sparks alert in Japan as tensions rise
By Jessie Yeung and Rob Picheta, CNN China pressed ahead with military drills near Taiwan and flew drones close to Japan on Friday, escalating…
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