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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of an uneven U.S. economy. Jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 22 inched up by 3,000 to 217,000 from 214,000 the previous week, the Labor Department

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found. The

PARIS (AP) — France’s TotalEnergies has reported third-quarter net income of $6.6 billion despite losses from pulling out of a venture in Russia. The company on Thursday posted adjusted net earnings of $9.9 billion but notably took a charge of $3.1 billion after it sold a 49% interest in a Siberian natural gas field to

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he is ready to “extend a hand of friendship” to neighbor and regional rival Turkey but also accused Turkey’s president of whipping up anti-Greek sentiment at home. The prime minister made the comments after meeting with the German chancellor in Athens on

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader and its president have tried to link the nationwide protests roiling the country to an Islamic State-claimed gun attack on a famous mosque that killed 15 people. The comments Thursday by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi come as

CAIRO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has reached a deal with the Egyptian government that paves the way for the country to access a $3 billion loan. IMF officials on Thursday announced a staff agreement between the Egyptian government and IMF leaders. The 46-month deal includes a series of agreed-upon economic policies that Egypt

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — China has reportedly established dozens of “overseas police stations” in nations around the world that activists fear could be used to track and harass dissidents as part of Beijing’s crackdown on corruption. Information about the outposts underscored concerns about the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s influence

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that imposes tough new restrictions on activities to promote LGBTQ rights in the country.A 2013 Russian law banned what authorities deem to be the “propaganda” of “non-traditional sexual relations” to children. It has been used to stifle debate in any public context and

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since first announced last year, is coming out Jan. 10. The book will be called “Spare” and is being billed by Penguin Random House, as an account told with “raw, unflinching honesty” and filled with ”insight,

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The carnage left by Russian soldiers on the road to Kyiv wasn’t random. It was strategic brutality, perpetrated in areas that were under tight Russian control where military officers — including one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top generals accused of war crimes in Syria —

BEIJING (AP) — Seagate Technology says the U.S. Department of Commerce has warned it may charge the computer hard-drive maker with violating restrictions on exports of high-tech products to China. The company said in an SEC filing Thursday that it had not committed any violations. It said the allegation is over sales between August 2020

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press ZDVYZHIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Even by the standards of the important military officers who came and went in this tiny village, the man walking behind the Kamaz truck stood out. Soldiers providing security peered from behind fences, their guns bristling in every direction. Two Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters circled overhead,

BEIJING (AP) — Figures reported by Chinese tech giant Huawei indicate its revenue rose in the latest quarter as infrastructure sales helped to offset damage to its smartphone business from U.S. sanctions. The company is the biggest global maker of network gear for phone carriers. It said revenue in the first nine months of 2022

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Sitting on a bench in front of Soldier Field, about to watch his beloved Chicago Bears play in person, money wasn’t exactly a big concern for Corey Metzger. Or any concern, really. “This trip has been a long time in the making, and I’m splurging whatever

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland politicians are making a last-ditch attempt to break a political impasse triggered by Brexit that has stopped the formation of a functioning government in Belfast. Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are meeting on Thursday to try to elect a speaker. That’s the first step

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden is focusing on economic issues as he fine-tunes his closing argument in upstate New York for voters trying to cope with raging inflation and fears of a recession heading into the Nov. 8 election. Biden’s visits to a congressional battleground in Syracuse

Cairo (AP) — Egypt’s central bank has announced that it raised interest rates by 2% in a bid to combat the Arab country’s surging inflation. The institution said Thursday it had raised the lending rate, the deposit rate and the discount rate. The intervention is primarily designed to offset rising inflation, which passed 15% in

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two Hong Kong residents, including a pastor, have been found guilty of sedition and sentenced to jail for clapping and criticizing a judge during a previous trial over a banned vigil in the city. The Rev. Garry Pang Moon-yuen and Chiu Mei-ying, a housewife, were arrested