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By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Opening statements are scheduled for Monday afternoon in Cleveland in a federal court trial to determine whether retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance in how they dispensed addictive painkillers in two Ohio counties. One of the attorneys representing Lake and Trumbull counties outside Cleveland has said

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is focusing on its neighbors in Asia as it hopes to take a leadership role in the growing push to reduce emissions, having earmarked $10 billion to help the region speed up the move away from fossil fuels. The economy and industry ministry hosted the

LONDON (AP) — Police arrested at least 38 more environmental protesters for causing more traffic misery in London during Monday’s morning rush hour after blocking a string of major routes. The protesters, who are pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade, have for weeks blocked roads in and around the capital.

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Gratitude can increase feelings of joy, hope and connectedness, leading to better physic al and mental health. Focusing on the things we have — rather than the ones we wish we had — may also help reduce things like economic impatience and resentment. When it comes to handling money, research

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysia’s main opposition leader is calling for information found in the Pandora Papers data leak to be discussed in Parliament, after learning the country’s former finance minister and several current officials might have been involved with offshore firms set up in tax havens. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia plans to reopen the airport in the resort island of Bali for international flights on Oct. 14, after closing it for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The maritime affairs and investment minister says the airport will open to international flight as

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Calls are growing for an end to the financial secrecy and shell companies that have allowed many of the world’s richest and most powerful people to hide their wealth from tax collectors. The outcry came after a report published Sunday revealed the way that world leaders, billionaires

LONDON (AP) — British military personnel have begun delivering fuel to gas stations after a shortage of truck drivers disrupted supplies for more than a week. The crisis has led to long lines at the pumps as anxious drivers scrambled to fill their tanks. The government said about 200 service personnel were deployed Monday to

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders are making a joint appeal to governments to commit to ambitious targets at the upcoming U.N. climate conference. Francis is hosting a daylong conference Monday at the Vatican that climaxed with the signing and handover of the joint appeal to

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Brexit minister has threatened to trigger a contentious break clause in the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Union. Such a move that would send the U.K.’s already chilly relations with its huge neighbor into a deep freeze. David Frost told a gathering of the

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Global stocks have fallen, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down more than 2% after troubled property developer China Evergrande’s shares were suspended from trading. Shares fell in Paris, Frankfurt and Tokyo. U.S. futures also declined. A Chinese financial news service said another developer planned to acquire Evergrande’s property management unit.

By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died. Akin’s son Perry says in a statement that his father died late Sunday at age 74 from cancer. Akin’s comment in 2012 that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape”

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has acknowledged what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Since early in the pandemic, New Zealand had pursued an unusual zero-tolerance approach to the virus through strict lockdowns and aggressive contact tracing.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fumio Kishida has been elected Japan’s prime minister in a parliamentary vote and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other challenges and leading a national election within weeks. Kishida won comfortably since his party and its coalition partner hold a majority in both houses.

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi likes to say the Democrats’ diversity is its strength and unity is its power. But the party’s diversity of opinions is pulling apart President Joe Biden’s expansive federal government overhaul. And it’s going to take full-scale party unity to get it over

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets are mixed, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down more than 2% after troubled property developer China Evergrande’s shares were suspended from trading. The company’s filing did not say why, but a Chinese financial news service said another developer planned to acquire Evergrande’s property management unit. Wall Street rebounded

The Associated Press PepsiCo serves up its third-quarter results Tuesday. The Federal Reserve issues its latest monthly tally of U.S. consumer borrowing Thursday. The Labor Department reports its September snapshot of hiring by nonfarm employers Friday.

By ALICE FUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Shares in troubled real estate developer China Evergrande Group and its property management unit Evergrande Property Services have been suspended from trading in Hong Kong. Cailian, a Chinese online news service affiliated with the state-run newspaper Securities Times, said another developer plans to

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet and leader Yoshihide Suga have resigned, paving the way for Parliament to elect Fumio Kishida as the new prime minister. He’ll be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other challenges before an imminent national election. Kishida replaced Suga as Liberal Democratic Party leader last

By DAVID BAUDER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. The