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BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening and economic data showed the gloomy impact of China’s “zero-COVID” policy. Vice Mayor Zong Ming said 15 out of Shanghai’s

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Monday, as investors eyed surging energy costs and prospects for interest rate hikes in the U.S. Benchmarks edged up in Japan, Australia and South Korea. Shares rose in Hong Kong but declined in Shanghai. Some analysts worry that if the U.S. Federal

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — It was a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its grisly details. Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder when he was 20 years old. Today, he’s the brains behind an Israeli health-tech startup, poised to make millions of

BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening and economic data showed the gloomy impact of China’s “zero-COVID” policy. Vice Mayor Zong Ming said 15 out of Shanghai’s

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Government data show China’s factory and consumer activity were even worse than expected in April as anti-virus controls shut down businesses. But a Cabinet official said the sluggish economy is reviving as anti-virus curbs are eased and its commercial capital of Shanghai reopens. The slump in the

The Associated Press The Commerce Department serves up its monthly tally of U.S. retail sales Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors issues its April snapshot of U.S. home sales Thursday. Deere & Co. reports quarterly results Friday.

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Its military bogged down in a grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russia lost diplomatic ground over the weekend as two more European nations moved closer to joining NATO. Finland announced Sunday that it was seeking to join the alliance, saying Russia’s invasion of

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Monday, as investors eyed surging energy costs and prospects for interest rate hikes in the U.S. Benchmarks edged up in Japan and Australia, while falling in South Korea and China. Some analysts worry that if the U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric cars as part of a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The government said it plans to spend 569 million New Zealand

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years. It’s just not clear they’re moving quickly enough. Police say that when a white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others — most of them Black

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years. It’s just not clear they’re moving quickly enough. Police say that when a white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others Saturday in a “racially motivated

By FRANK JORDANS and JARI TANNER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Finland’s government declared a “new era” is underway as it inches closer to seeking NATO membership, hours before Sweden’s governing party on Sunday backed a plan to join the trans-Atlantic alliance amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia has long bristled about NATO moving closer

BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Germany have backed the incumbent conservative governor and dealt a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in the country’s most populous state. Projections based on partial counts showed the Christian Democrats getting 35.7% in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election. The Social Democrats slumped to 26.7%, while the environmentalist Greens

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owner’s column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. The publication was on track to be sold to the new nonprofit last year until the

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to Northern Ireland to try to end a political deadlock that is preventing the formation of a regional administration. The trip on Monday comes as Britain threatens to break the Brexit agreement with the European Union that it blames for

By FRANK JORDANS and JARI TANNER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Finland’s government declared a “new era” is underway after announcing its intention to seek NATO membership, hours before Sweden’s governing party on Sunday backed a plan to join the trans-Atlantic alliance amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia has long bristled about NATO moving closer

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected four petitions that sought to derail controversial plans to build a cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City, paving the way for the project to progress. The court on Sunday struck down objections filed by Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, environmentalists, urban planners, archaeologists and a small community

By FRANK JORDANS and JARI TANNER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Finland’s government declared a “new era” is underway after announcing Sunday its intention to join NATO, while Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that Ukraine could win the war as Russian military advances appear to be faltering. Sweden also moved a step closer to applying