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By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it’s taking steps to cut Russian oil imports by the end of 2022 as Germany triggered an early warning level for natural gas supplies amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday that Poland has already largely

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it’s taking steps to cut Russian oil imports by the end of 2022. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday that Poland has already largely reduced its dependence on Russian oil. Morawiecki told a news conference that Poland was launching the most radical plan among European nations to wean

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says he’s triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid Russia’s continued demand to be paid in rubles. Robert Habeck told reporters Wednesday that this was the first of three warning levels and entails the establishment of a crisis team in his ministry that will heighten monitoring of

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press MONGLA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladeshi town stands alone to offer new life to thousands of climate migrants. Mongla, in the southwestern region, is located near the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans. The town was once vulnerable to floods and river erosion. Now it has become more resilient with improved

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine appeared to make progress. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced, while Tokyo declined. Oil prices advanced less than $1 per barrel. That followed Russia’s announcement it would scale back military

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are trying to fine-tune their “zero tolerance” COVID-19 strategy to rein in job losses and other costs to the world’s second-largest economy. As millions of people in Shanghai line up for coronavirus tests, authorities are promising tax cuts for shopkeepers in the closed-down city

By JANIE HAR Associated Press California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people. The vote was split 5-4. The group said that a compensation

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ambitions for Afghanistan’s stability and economic development under the Taliban will be seen at meetings it is hosting starting Wednesday. Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are also expected to send representatives. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will represent China and Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, will do so for

By JANIE HAR Associated Press California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations was debating Tuesday which Black Americans should be eligible for compensation. Some members want to limit financial and other compensation to descendants of enslaved people. Others say that all Black people in the U.S. suffer from systemic racism in housing, education and employment. The

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has ruled that the company that runs the Port of Wilmington under an arrangement with the state is not entitled to charge terminal usage fees to the operator of a petroleum offloading operation. The judge also ruled Tuesday that GT USA Wilmington cannot

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A preliminary report on an Oklahoma plane crash that killed three Nebraskans says the aircraft was “near vertical” when in struck the ground. A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday says a witness account and an examination of the crash scene indicate the plane crashed nose down

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith’s violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable difference on the size of the ABC broadcast’s television audience. But social media is a different story. ABC said there were some 22.7 million social media interactions during the telecast,

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Americans age 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for that age group and for certain younger

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield curve” is watched for clues to how the bond market is feeling about the U.S. economy’s long-term prospects. On Friday, a closely followed part of the yield curve lit

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say two more bird flu outbreaks in commercial flocks will require the killing of more than 1.5 million hens and turkeys. They said Tuesday that one of the new outbreaks will lead to the killing of 1.5 million chickens at an egg-laying

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday agreed to consider the nomination of Lisa Cook for a position on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on a 50-49 party-line vote. The result suggests that there is sufficient support in the Senate to approve Cook, who would be the first

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: LHC Group, Nielsen, rise; NeoGenomics, Conn’s fall.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street built on its recent gains and closed higher Tuesday as talks on ending the war in Ukraine showed signs of progress. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% and the Nasdaq rose 1.8%. Technology and communications stocks led