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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The top negotiators of the European Union and recently departed Britain are seeking a belated renegotiated deal on how trade in Northern Ireland should be dealt with amid signs that increasingly acrimonious relations could lead to a trade war. On top of the dispute on how to

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has handed Russia at least a temporary victory in its appeal of a $50 billion arbitration award to former shareholders of bankrupted oil giant Yukos. The decision Friday quashed a lower court ruling, effectively setting aside a $50 billion award made

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 11 states have filed a lawsuit challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by President Joe Biden’s administration. The suit filed in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals contends that authority to compel vaccinations rests with the

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seized four plots of land owned by the youngest son of former dictator Suharto as part of efforts to recover money owed the government since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. The Finance Ministry says the confiscation was part of government attempts to recover

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% among patients with mild-to-moderate infections. The company announced Friday it will soon ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators to authorize its pill, which is taken twice

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% among patients with mild-to-moderate infections. The company announced Friday it will soon ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators to authorize its pill, which is taken twice

By NICO GARRIGA and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French fisherman Hermann Outrequin gave up his fishing company job and went independent in 2019 to have more time for his newborn son. But he hadn’t reckoned with the post-Brexit spat about fishing rights between Paris and London. He has just been denied

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld part of a Russian appeal against a $50 billion arbitration award to former shareholders of bankrupted oil giant Yukos. The highest Dutch court ruled Friday that a lower Dutch appeal court wrongly dismissed, on procedural grounds, Russia’s claim that

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares have opened lower in Europe after a downbeat day in Asia, where Chinese benchmarks sagged under revived concerns over property developers. Benchmarks fell in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai but rose in Paris and Sydney. Jitters over troubles in China’s property sector flared after

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court is set to rule in a $50 billion legal battle between Russia and former shareholders of the country’s bankrupted oil giant Yukos. If the highest Dutch court rules in favor of the former shareholders Friday in the long-running legal battle, it will likely lead them to

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda has lowered its profit and vehicle sales forecasts for the fiscal year, pointing to a supply crunch in chips and rising material costs. Honda recorded a 31% drop from last year in its fiscal second quarter profit, to $1.5 billion. Honda Executive Vice

By TOM KRISHER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers The sweeping Biden administration’s new COVID-19 mandate will apply to 84 million workers at mid-size and large companies. President Joe Biden has described the new rules as urgently needed to get more Americans inoculated. Though confirmed viral cases and deaths have fallen sharply since the start

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The president of Japanese video game maker Nintendo says the shortage in computer chips needed to make its Switch machine is a serious problem unlikely to be fixed soon. Shuntaro Furukawa said Friday that the Switch sales forecast for this fiscal year was cut to 24

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, COVID-19-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next year. Australia’s largest state by land mass has the nation’s lowest vaccination rates, and is the only Australian state or territory that does

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After two disappointing months of hiring, a key question overhanging Friday’s U.S. jobs report for October will be whether companies found more success this time in filling millions of open positions. Economists have forecast that employers added roughly 400,000 jobs last month, according to a survey

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with Chinese markets weighed down by concerns over property developers. Benchmarks fell in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul but rose in Sydney. On Wall Street, big gains for several technology giants helped push the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska state corporation that was the main bidder in an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge says it is suing federal officials over what it calls improper actions that are preventing lease activities. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have voted to increase the capacity of a Los Angeles-area natural gas storage field where a 2015 blowout caused the nation’s largest-ever methane leak and forced thousands from their homes. The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to increase the storage capacity of

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they have referred more than three dozen airline passengers for possible criminal prosecution this year, as airlines report a surge in the number of disruptions on flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that it has started 227 enforcement actions against passengers this year, including the ones referred to