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BERLIN (AP) — Germany has announced that it is issuing fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of the messagging app Telegram for failing to comply with German law. The Federal Office of Justice said Monday that Telegram FZ-LLC hasn’t established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or named an entity

By DANA BELTAJI Associated Press From incrementally rising temperatures and seas to an influx of natural disasters, the climate right now certainly isn’t the same as it was before the industrial era. The average global temperature today has shot up between 0.9 and 1.2 degrees Celsius (1.6 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1850 according to

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s new Treasury chief ripped up the government’s economic plan on Monday, dramatically reversing most of the tax cuts and spending plans that Prime Minister Liz Truss announced less than a month ago. In a televised address, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt

By DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Addressing climate change — a now ubiquitous term for the warming of the planet caused by humans emitting carbon dioxide and methane from coal, oil and natural gas into the atmosphere — is becoming exponentially more pressing, with the language of scientists, officials and activists becoming more serious with every

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers U.S. markets pointed toward higher early Monday ahead of another batch of corporate earnings that are being released amid erratic market swings. Futures for the S&P rose 1.2% and the Dow Jones Industrials ticked 1% higher before the opening bell. Bank of America’s profits fell by

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As British Prime Minister Liz Truss struggles to retain her authority, one man is seen to be in the real position of power to restore order and credibility to the Conservative government and limit the damage caused by Truss’ economic plans. Jeremy Hunt, named Britain’s new Treasury

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer he rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after being booted off Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. West, who is legally known as Ye, was locked out of Twitter and Instagram a week ago over antisemitic posts that the

BERLIN (AP) — The German government is launching a new program to help to bring about 1,000 people who are at risk of persecution in Afghanistan to Germany each month. The program is part of an agreement between the three governing parties. It provides a formal structure for the way German authorities were already handling

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered an investigation into the Unification Church. The move may be aimed at calming public outrage over his governing party’s cozy ties with the controversial group, which were revealed in the wake of the former leader Shinzo Abe’s assassination. Kishida has

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553. At a briefing Monday on the sidelines of the party’s national congress held every five years, the party’s Committee for Discipline and Inspection said 207,000 party

BERLIN (AP) — King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have started a state visit to Germany that was delayed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic and will see the monarch and Germany’s president open the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. Felipe was received with military honors by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Inflation isn’t leaving your life — at least not right now. While it’s still hanging around, you can take three specific actions to better insulate your finances. First, reconsider your emergency fund. Yes, it can be too large — and you may be better off investing that cash. Next, review

By JILL LAWLESS AND DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The new U.K. Treasury chief will announce details of his tax and spending plans Monday, two weeks ahead of schedule, in a bid to calm markets roiled by the government’s economic policies. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to ditch more of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A scathing report says officers in London’s Metropolitan Police force are getting away with breaking the law, and the system for investigating police misconduct is marred by racism and misogyny. A report by investigator Louise Casey says some officers are “getting away both with misconduct but also

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to greenlight a military training mission in Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops. Foreign ministers from the 27-nation bloc are also set to approve Monday another half a billion euros to help supply weapons and other military support to Ukraine. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, though he did not visit it in person. Kishida donated Shinto “masakaki” ornaments for Yasukuni Shrine’s biennial festival, as he has done

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Monday as investors kept their eyes on a weeklong Communist Party congress in China. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5% in early trading to 5,961.27. Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% to 12,498.72. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.5% to 6,894.84. The future for the

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say that more than half of the flood victims in the country’s worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the water gradually receded. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited on Monday a remote district in Sindh and traveled from

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party is looking beyond the dominant Nehru-Gandhi family for its next leader. The party governed India for more than 60 years after India gained independence, but crushing defeats recently prompted the decision to bring in a fresh face. Results are expected Wednesday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, effectively ending a debate on exempting them because of their artistic accomplishments. Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription