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By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic and global supply problems exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has an “incredible opportunity” to engage with other nations and forge new partnerships and

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. It’s the latest escalation over European energy amid the war in Ukraine

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER Associated Press Writers They never even made it onto the stage. There were constant reminders of the diminished influence of broadcast television networks this past week, when entertainment companies Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC Universal and Fox hawked their upcoming wares to advertisers in flashy New York presentations.

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for research of violating animal welfare law and recently seized at least 145 beagles found to be in acute distress. That’s according to a lawsuit the government filed Thursday against Envigo RMS. The

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but are still headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two days ago. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 10:14 a.m. Eastern, but it is still solidly on track for its

MILAN (AP) — Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy. Milan prosecutors said Friday that the payment covers taxes, penalties and interest from October 2015 through 2019. The streaming service also established an Italian subsidiary this year, which will determine its Italian tax burden based on

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street Friday but are still headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two days ago. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% in the first few minutes of trading. It’s still on track for its seventh straight weekly decline after getting

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany cast has doubt on claims by a German farmer that automaker Volkswagen is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business. The plaintiff alleges that drier soil and heavier rains due to climate change are harming his

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary is planning to visit a nuclear power plant in Connecticut Friday at the invitation of the local congressional member as both work to change how spent nuclear fuel is stored nationwide to solve a decadeslong stalemate. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Democratic

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is welcoming a new U.S. economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is expected to roll out during a visit to Tokyo next week because it demonstrates American commitment to a regional economic order that is not just about market access. Biden is proposing

BERLIN (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies has announced plans to strengthen epidemiological early-warning systems to detect infectious diseases with pandemic potential. Germany’s health minister said Friday that an existing World Health Organization office in Berlin would be used to gather and analyze data more quickly. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the G-7

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. It’s the latest escalation over European energy amid the war in Ukraine

BERLIN (AP) — Russian state energy company Rosneft says former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to leave its board of directors as a backlash over his ties with Russia and its energy sector mounts. Schroeder is the chairman of Rosneft’s board. The company said Friday that Schroeder announced “the impossibility of extending his powers on

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward gains before the opening bell Friday after a surprise interest rate cut from China lowered, at least temporarily, the anxiety over a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. Futures for the Dow Industrial Average climbed 1% and the S&P 500 rose 1.2%. Major benchmarks will

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden opened his trip to Asia on Friday by touring a South Korean computer chip factory that will be the model for a plant in Texas, holding it out as an illustration of how deeper ties with the Indo Pacific

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press KOENIGSWINTER, Germany (AP) — The Group of Seven leading economies have agreed to provide $19.8 billion in economic aid to Ukraine to ensure its finances do not hinder its ability to defend itself from Russia’s invasion. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told reporters Friday that $9.5 billion

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said Friday that their troops repelled a Russian attack in the east, as Moscow struggled to gain ground in the region that is now the focus of the war even while intensifying its campaign there. Battered by their monthslong siege of

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday opened his Asia trip by highlighting the computer chip shortage that has bedeviled the world economy, touring a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory the Korean electronics company

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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the Irish island. The trans-Atlantic sparring comes after British Prime