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By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Inflation has made the cash prices of flights and hotel stays skyrocket this year, but it’s having a surprising effect on a different currency — your airline miles and hotel points. Across the board, your airline miles and hotel points are actually worth more than last year, which is unusual

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bombing near the front gate of Myanmar’s main prison for political detainees has killed at least eight people, including visitors and prison personnel. The military confirmed that five visitors, including a 10-year-old girl, and three prison staff were killed, and 13 visitors and five prison personnel

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s domestic security agency on Wednesday took over investigations of drone sightings near key infrastructure sites hours after the airport in the country’s second-largest city briefly closed due to area residents spotting at least one drone nearby. Bergen Airport, which is near Norway’s main naval

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as she faced down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan. Yet the grim faces of Conservative lawmakers behind her in the House of

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. The state Department of Health reports that as of Friday there have been 65 cases of vibrio vulnificus infections and 11 deaths in Florida this

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to massively expand the country’s charging network for electric cars. It plans to spend 6.3 billion euros ($6.17 billion) over the next three years as it expects more and more drivers to turn from combustion cars to more climate-friendly electric vehicles. The country’s transportation minister

By LEON YIN and AARON SANKIN/The Markup The Markup Having a fast internet connection at home has become a near-requirement for many Americans, especially with the rise of remote education and working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But an investigation by The Markup has found that internet service providers often offer drastically different

By SETH BORENSTEIN and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Nations around the world are trying to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, with the world already having warmed at least 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since then. These small degrees and fractions of a degree represent a global average

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two senior officials from the Palestinian militant Hamas group have visited the Syrian capital of Damascus for the first time since they were forced to leave the war-torn country a decade ago over backing armed opposition fighters. Wednesday’s visit appears to be a first step toward

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she is “a fighter and not a quitter” as she faced down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan. Truss made a public apology to Parliament during a session of Prime Minister’s

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The airport in Norway’s second-largest city briefly closed Wednesday after area residents spotted at least one drone nearby, authorities said. The Norwegian army and state-owned airports operator Avinor were notified after the first drone sighting at Bergen Airport was reported at 4:15 a.m., police spokesman

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving inflation back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books without gutting help for the nation’s poorest residents. Food prices jumped 14.6% in the

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party has elected Mallikarjun Kharge as its new president in a contest in which the Nehru-Gandhi family, which has led the party for more than two decades, did not compete. The party has struggled to regain support since being routed by Prime

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners. More than a dozen groups that track what policies insurers have on high-emissions activities say the industry

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose on strong corporate profit reports. Paris, Frankfurt and Tokyo advanced, while London, Hong Kong and Shanghai declined. The yen stayed near a two-decade low near 149 to the dollar. Oil prices rebounded. The future for Wall

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set for a House of Commons grilling as she tries to fend off calls to quit over her botched economic plan. Truss faces both a hostile opposition and members of her own furious Conservative Party when she attends Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says the World Bank estimates that this summer’s record-breaking floods have caused $40 billion in damages in this impoverished country. The figure is $10 billion more than the government’s earlier estimate. Pakistan was already facing a serious financial crisis before the heavy monsoon rains hit

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will discuss with his Japanese counterpart strengthening their bilateral defense and security partnership when Fumio Kishida visits Perth this week. Kishida will stay from Friday to Sunday with the leaders’ annual meeting Saturday. Kishida and Albanese will consider further

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile strikes and shelling of energy utilities left more Ukrainian villages, towns and parts of two cities without power on Wednesday, authorities said, further squeezing Ukraine and threatening misery for millions in winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again urged Ukrainians to make “a very conscious” effort to save power, speaking ahead