Month: August 2024

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan says it has developed a “cool paint” that can keep people inside cars cooler. But the company said the coating is six times thicker than usual auto paint, making commercialization still a challenge. Nissan’s announcement Tuesday came as Japan was enduring record sweltering temperatures. Nissan tested

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco has reported half-year profits of $56.3 billion, down from the year before due to weakening volumes sold amid worries about the global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said Tuesday its overall revenue for the half-year was $220.7 billion.

Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a transformation of mental health services in the West African nation. He abolished the

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer have advanced to the November general election in the battle to become the next governor. The Democratic stronghold hasn’t had an open race for the state’s top job in more than

Associated Press New analyses of trade data show that shipments of Russian liquified natural gas to France more than doubled the first half of this year. The big increase comes at a time when Europe has tried to pull back from energy purchases that help finance the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. The EU has restricted

Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India has been significantly increasing its renewable energy capacity in recent years, but when demand for electricity surges, it still goes back to its most trusted source of power. That’s coal. For the first half of this year, the world’s most populous nation has been responding to major energy

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos. The decision, announced early Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press

Associated Press The Debby storm system could cause historic rainfall and flooding in parts of the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, first hitting the small community of Steinhatchee. The storm was downgraded to a tropical

Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday, just the beginning of a prolonged storm that could dump staggering rain totals of up to 25 inches (64 centimeters). Charleston and Savannah, Georgia, took the first blow,

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers have prevailed in their parties’ primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Slotkin is currently serving her third term in the U.S. House and defeated actor Hill Harper. Rogers is a former U.S. representative who defeated several other Republican candidates

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party’s incumbents has been ousted in an expensive contest that reflected deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bush,

AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has won the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat. Schmidt’s victory Tuesday in the 2nd District in eastern Kansas advances his bid for a political comeback after he narrowly lost the governor’s race two years ago. Schmidt prevailed over former federal