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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Hugh Evans started his fight against extreme poverty by mobilizing his friends when he was growing up in Australia. On Saturday, Evans will try to mobilize the world to tackle poverty and COVID-19 with Global Citizen Live, a live, 24-hour concert featuring The Weekend, BTS, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez,

PARIS (AP) — A leading international economic watchdog is urging developed countries to put more effort into providing low-income countries with coronavirus vaccines in order to ensure that the global recovery from the pandemic is more even. In its latest assessment of the state of the global economy, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and

By COLLEEN BARRY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press MILAN (AP) — PSA Peugeot’s takeover of Fiat Chrysler to form the world’s fourth-largest carmaker has had its first executive casualty, with former Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley stepping down from his role of head of the Americas. Stellantis announced Tuesday that Manley, 57, was leaving to

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LA LAGUNA, Spain (AP) — A new volcano erupting on the Spanish island of La Palma has drawn sightseers eager to take photos of glowing lava. Spain’s tourism minister says the government plans to incentivize “volcano tourism” and the active peak will be good for business. But local banana farmers

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn and Emmy-winning writer-producer-actor Lena Waithe will each run new book imprints at Zando. Zando is a new house headed by Molly Stern, who helped establish Flynn when she was the publisher of Crown. Stern founded Zando in 2020 as a

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home construction rebounded 3.9% in August after a July decline with the strength coming in apartment construction. The August increase left home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.62 million units, 17.4% above the pace of a year ago, the Commerce Department reported

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s plans to “drastically” reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The company, which sells more than 1 billion toys each year, says the new goal will reduce its use of virgin plastic by 90%. The burger giant said Tuesday it’s working with toy companies

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch king has outlined a pared-back government plan for the coming year in the traditional speech opening the new parliamentary term. The “speech from the throne” Tuesday comes amid drawn-out negotiations to form a new ruling coalition. The government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte

LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson says a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. The company said Tuesday an extra dose — given two months or six months after the initial shot — revved up protection. The results haven’t yet been published

By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet The pandemic isn’t crushing the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s fueling it. People normally tied to a desk or working double shifts used lockdown to launch side hustles, and some have turned those side gigs into full-fledged businesses. Entrepreneurs hoping to do the same need to plan carefully to give their new

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Energy officials from Qatar and Turkey, two long-standing foes of the United Arab Emirates, have descended on Dubai along with hundreds of other executives. In a scene that would have been unthinkable just a year ago, the ministers shared a stage on Tuesday at

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has agreed to give financial support to a U.S. firm that produces much of the country’s carbon dioxide. The move is designed to avert shortages of meat, poultry and packaged foods amid a crisis triggered by soaring energy costs. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo-Serbia border was blocked for a second day by ethnic Kosovo Serbs protesting a decision by Kosovo authorities to start removing Serbian license plates from cars entering the country. The traffic chaos raised fears that it could unleash much deeper tensions between

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares are mostly lower after major indexes ended mixed on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Shanghai and Taiwan but rose in Sydney. Markets in South Korea and Hong Kong were closed for holidays. The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-supportive monetary policy unchanged, as expected. Investors are

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers struggles to avoid defaulting on tens of billions of dollars of debt. That’s fueling fears of possible wider shock waves for the Chinese financial system. Chinese regulators have yet to say what they

By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is rolling out new COVID-19 rules for travelers flying into the country. They will take effect in November. The rules will affect Americans and noncitizens alike, as the White House seeks to restore more normal air travel after 18 months of disruption

By JULIE WATSON, JUAN A. LOZANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The route for Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in a small Texas border town goes through South America. Many flew to Brazil or Chile and, after jobs dried up, made an arduous journey to the U.S. border to wait

By JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s “zero tolerance” strategy of trying to isolate every case and stop transmission of the coronavirus has kept the country where the virus first was detected in late 2019 largely free of the disease. But the public and businesses are paying a steep price.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A European Parliament trade official says Australia’s cancellation of a French submarine contract will complicate and delay negotiations on an Australian-European Union free trade deal. Bernd Lange told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that Australia’s decision was “kind of an attack against European interests.” Lange says the trade

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April. India’s health minister says the surplus vaccines will be used to fulfill India’s “commitment