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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The speaker of Sweden’s parliament tasked the leader of the Social Democratic Party  with trying to form a new government. If successful, Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson would become the Scandinavian country’s first female prime minister. Parliament speaker Andreas Norlen said Andersson must indicate by Tuesday whether she can find enough support

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The skeptics of Wall Street have gone missing. As the stock market surges to record after record, activity has dwindled to a nearly two-decade low for the traders known as short sellers, who make their money betting stocks will fall. That will sadden nearly no

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch public health institute has announced the highest daily tally of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. The announcement comes as the government reportedly is considering a limited lockdown to put the brakes on spiking infections. The institute said Thursday it recorded 16,364 new positive tests in the

By AARON MORRISON and KAT STAFFORD Associated Press In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black veterans who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A new report is shedding light on what types of organizations are receiving the most donations from charitable funds that have been a hotbed of contention. A report released Thursday by Indiana University and The Giving USA Foundation found between 2014 and 2018, grants from so-called donor-advised funds were

By ANDREW MELDRUM and CARA ANNA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country’s white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. The F.W. de Klerk Foundation confirmed on Thursday that

CAIRO (AP) — An advocacy group says internet has remained largely disrupted in Sudan since last month’s military coup, despite a court order for providers to restore the service. NetBlocks tweeted on Thursday that the disruption has entered its eighteenth day and that this is an “ongoing impediment” to democracy and human rights. A Sudanese

The Associated Press Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street Thursday a day after a surge in inflation knocked the market lower. Big tech companies had some of the strongest gains in the early going. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 0.2%,