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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat. The initiative comes after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. Under a plan to be announced Monday,

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A couple decades ago, convincing investors that they could make money by helping underserved communities was a hard sell. Today, sustainable and social-impact investing is such a hot trend on Wall Street that industry veteran Bobby Turner sees the dangers of it becoming too popular.

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says innovation marched forward last year despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech industries boosted their investments, even as hard-hit sectors like transport and travel eased back on spending. The findings released Monday emerged from WIPO’s latest innovation

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Deciding when to take Social Security benefits can make a huge difference in the amount of money you’ll have in retirement. But depending on the information you get from Social Security employees can be a costly mistake. Decisions are complex because there are several different types of benefits, including ones

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11. The vaccine maker said Monday it plans to seek authorization for this age group soon in the U.S., Britain and Europe. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is available for anyone 12

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tensions have soared on the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Pristina authorities started implementing a rule to remove Serbian license plates from cars entering Kosovo. Kosovo special police with armored vehicles were deployed Monday on the tense border as hundreds of Kosovo Serbs reportedly drove

BERLIN (AP) — Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge to sharply cut their greenhouse gas emissions over nearly two decades. The Climate Pledge is a grouping of companies and organizations spearheaded by Amazon. It said Monday that it has signed up 86 new

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s business secretary says there is no danger that people won’t be able to heat their homes this winter after a surge in natural gas prices forced him to hold emergency talks with energy suppliers and consumer groups. Kwasi Kwarteng also assured lawmakers that the government wouldn’t

By DAVID RISING and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say they have found no evidence that the country’s main intelligence service’s computers were hacked, after a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company alerted them of a suspected breach of its internal networks by a Chinese hacking group. The Insikt Group says it

BEIJING (AP) — Harry Potter fans came dressed as wizards as Universal Studios opened its first theme park in China under anti-virus controls. The Hollywood studio’s “Jurassic Park,” “Kung Fu Panda” and “Harry Potter” film franchises, plus Minions from “Despicable Me” feature prominently at the park on the eastern outskirts of Beijing, the Chinese capital.

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen, with Tokyo down 2%, as worries about heavily indebted Chinese real estate developers weigh on sentiment. Markets were closed in Taiwan, Shanghai and South Korea. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng declined further on selling of property developers. Analysts said fears the

The Associated Press The Federal Reserve delivers its latest economic and interest rate policy update Wednesday. Nike reports its fiscal first-quarter results Thursday. The Commerce Department serves up its August tally of new U.S. home sales Friday.

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer China has set new rules limiting the amount of time kids can spend playing online games. The new rules are part of a campaign to ensure that youths are not spending too much time on entertainment that could potentially be unhealthy. Parents have welcomed the restrictions limiting minors to

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — French and Australian officials say France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal. France withdrew its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after U.S. President Joe Biden revealed last week a new tripartite alliance including

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen  more than 3% in Hong Kong in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with both Tokyo and Shanghai closed. Other regional benchmarks also fell Monday after Wall Street wrapped up last week with another decline. Investors are watching to see whether the Federal Reserve will take any action

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is travelling to the United States with senior Cabinet officials to urge world leaders attending the U.N. General Assembly to take urgent action on climate change ahead of this fall’s COP26 climate summit in Scotland. Johnson is set to co-host a meeting

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days with President Joe Biden in their first contact since a major crisis erupted between France and the United States over a submarine deal with Australia. The French spokesman said Sunday that the phone call

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. Coverage for low-income people locked out of Medicaid because of political battles. Those are just some of the changes to health care that Democrats want to achieve with President Joe Biden’s

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australia’s needs. France accuses Australia of concealing its intentions to back out of the contract and withdrew its ambassadors from

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question. That is how to boost vaccination rates to the max and end a pandemic that has repeatedly thwarted efforts to control it. President Joe Biden has issued sweeping vaccine mandates in the