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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the rebound in Europe. The European Union’s statistics agency said Friday that consumer prices rose 2.9% on a yearly basis in December. It’s the first increase after seven straight months of declines. High food prices contributed, and there was the end of

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its worst week since Halloween with a listless Friday after reports showed workers are getting bigger raises, but key parts of the economy still don’t look like they’re overheating. The S&P 500 rose 8.56 points, or 0.2%, to 4,697.24 after drifting between

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An apparent arson fire aboard a passenger train in Bangladesh’s capital has killed four people. The fire adds to the country’s extreme tension ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that the opposition is seeking to boycott and disrupt with a general strike. The fire rapidly raced through

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government has banned citizens from going to Russia and Ukraine for employment, saying many have been recruited by the Russian army to fight in the conflict there. The country’s Department of Employment issued a notice saying it had reports of Nepalese nationals being recruited in the Russian army being killed

BEIJING (AP) — Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million Model S, X, 3 and Y electric vehicles exported to China for problems with their automatic assisted steering and door latch controls. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced the recall on Friday. It said Tesla Motors in Beijing and Shanghai would use remote upgrades

BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect who was killed by police following a car chase, authorities said. George County Deputy Jeremy Malone was killed after he stopped a vehicle around 5:15 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 98 in Rocky Creek, George County

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A group of farmers prevented Germany’s vice chancellor from disembarking a ferry hours after the government partially climbed down on cost-saving plans that had infuriated the agricultural sector. The protest drew condemnation from government and opposition figures. Police said the farmers blocked a jetty on the North

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Transport safety officials are searching for the voice recorder from a Japan Airlines airliner that caught fire after a collision with a coast guard plane. They hope the recorder will containe crucial information to determine the cause of the clash at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Heavy machinery on Saturday cleared debris

By AMIR VAHDAT, VAHID SALEMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KERMAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials tried Friday to link Israel and the U.S. to an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing while speaking to a mass funeral for some of the 89 people killed in the attack, seeking to intertwine the assault with wider Middle

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India’s foreign minister has concluded a two-day trip to Nepal during which he signed an agreement to increase the amount of electricity India imports from its neighbor. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Nepal Thursday. He met the country’s prime minister and president and took part in a joint meeting where bilateral relations

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos have boarded a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier that was the subject of a hijacking attempt in the Arabian Sea and have started the clearing operations. The navy says it’s a big ship and it will take time to clear it of the hijackers as

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached 100, even as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Deaths had reached 98 earlier Saturday, but two more deaths were reported in Anamizu. A

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Friday, after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo but fell in Sydney, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The yen has weakened amid speculation that the Bank of

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arusyak Martirosyan struggles to open the door of a stranger’s one-bedroom apartment overflowing with the belongings from a life lived but not claimed in death. Wedged against the door is a giant box of Gain laundry detergent and plastic tubs piled high. Blouses and T-shirts, suspended

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Long plagued by rampant gun violence, Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, ending a surge that began in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked civil unrest and prompted widespread calls for police reform. The

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A judge sentenced an ex-Colorado police officer to 14 months in jail for his role in the death of Elijah McClain after hearing the young Black man’s mother on Friday call the officer a “bully with a badge” who will always have blood on

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, RYAN J. FOLEY, JOSH FUNK and NICK INGRAM Associated Press PERRY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm’s way so students could try to escape from a teenage shooter who opened fire in a cafeteria as students were gathering for breakfast before class,

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since an arson fire damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three other sites deemed equally risky under Interstate 10. All of the properties are leased to

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in the massive prosecution of the Jan 6, 2021, riot in the three years