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By ROD McGUIRK and DAVID RISING Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have advanced in Europe and most of Asia, with Tokyo’s benchmark up 2.6% after the ruling Liberal Democrats won a stronger than expected majority in an election Sunday. Shares rose in all regional markets except Hong Kong. The regional gains followed fresh milestones Friday on Wall Street, where

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — More than 130 world leaders will grab center stage Monday and Tuesday in international climate negotiations in Glasgow. From U.S. President Joe Biden to Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan more than half of the planet’s heads of state and government will kick off two weeks of

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Official data show Chinese manufacturing activity contracted for a second straight month in October amid materials shortages and widespread power cuts. The National Bureau of Statistics said the official manufacturing purchasing managers index dipped to 49.2 in October, down from 49.6 in September. The index is

LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of British bank Barclays has stepped down following a report by United Kingdom regulators into his past links with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Jes Staley has previously said he “deeply regrets” his relationship with Epstein, who killed himself in a New York jail in 2019

By KEN SWEET and EMILY SWANSON The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Americans’ opinions on the U.S. economy have soured noticeably in the past month, a new poll finds. Just 35% of Americans now call the national economy good, while 65% call it poor, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has begun to allow larger social gatherings and lifted business-hour restrictions on restaurants in what officials described as the first step toward attempting to restore some pre-pandemic normalcy. The capital area has been under the country’s strongest social distancing measures short of a

The Associated Press Pfizer reports its third-quarter results Tuesday. The Federal Reserve delivers its latest economic and interest rate policy update Wednesday. The Labor Department issues its October tally of hiring by nonfarm employers Friday.

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane says he did so with plenty of battery power to spare. Gary Freedman’s 40-minute solo flight came 101 years after the first conventional aircraft flight over the strait that separates New

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Fireworks boomed as visitors at Shanghai Disneyland waited for COVID-19 test results, surrounded by health care workers dressed from head to toe in white protective suits. The theme park suddenly locked down late Sunday after learning a recent visitor from another province had tested positive. Park

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer DHANBAD, India (AP) — Efforts to fight climate change are being held back in part because coal, the biggest single source of climate-changing gases, provides cheap electricity and supports millions of jobs. It’s one of the dilemmas facing world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland this week in an attempt

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a single week, fractious congressional Democrats have coalesced significantly around President Joe Biden’s domestic ambitions. They’ve also managed to embarrass Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That dissonance reflects how things work in Congress. It’s a place where legislating and politics are ungainly and often produce

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have advanced in Asia, with Tokyo’s benchmark up 2.5% after the ruling Liberal Democrats won a stronger than expected majority in an election Sunday. Shares rose in all regional markets except Hong Kong. The regional gains followed further milestones Friday on Wall Street, where the three major indexes

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new capitalism” and many in this country are puzzled over exactly what he has in mind. Still, as expected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won the majority of seats in Sunday’s nationwide elections, handing him

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors again after maintaining

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is stalling as President Xi Jinping’s government cracks down on surging corporate debt. For a decade, the ruling Communist Party has talked about shifting to an economy based on spending by 1.4 billion consumers instead of on building factories

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation. Moderna said Sunday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told the company Friday evening that its review could last until January. The company also says it will

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Southwest Airlines says it’s conducting an internal investigation after one of its pilots in greeting passengers used a phrase that’s become a stand-in for insulting President Joe Biden. The Dallas-based airline announced its investigation Sunday after The Associated Press reported the incident in a story about the