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MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city has risen to 15. That includes three people who died when they jumped from a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze. The Su-34 bomber came down Monday in the Sea of Azov port of Yeysk after

By ERIC TUCKER and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — French cement company Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying $17 million to the Islamic State group so that a plant in Syria could remain open, in a case the Justice Department describes as the first of its kind. The charges were announced

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from protected waters near Antarctica. It’s an ocean at the center of a diplomatic feud dividing the normally allied U.S. and U.K. governments. Southern Cross Seafoods says in a complaint filed

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hasbro’s profit and sales slipped in the third quarter as families watched their spending on toys more closely with inflation cutting into budgets. CEO Chris Cocks says there is increasing sensitivity to rising prices for the company’s average customer. Hasbro earned $129.2 million in the period, down 49%. Revenue

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Facebook parent Meta says it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by U.K. regulators, who again found that the deal to buy the GIF-sharing platform would limit competition and innovation. Britain’s competition watchdog had ordered Meta last year to

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top opposition leader has called on the country’s ruling party to fully clarify the facts surrounding an eight-year-old affair involving the illegal recordings of top politicians and coal imports from Russia. Tusk said Tuesday that it has long been clear that Russia was involved in

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Interior Ministry says that the head of the national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence. The ministry said Tuesday that Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dismissed Arne Schoenbohm as head of the BSI agency. Schoenbohm co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said Tuesday, calling it a vote of confidence. “Her support of our organization means honestly just as much as the donation,” Sofia Chang, CEO of

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as the market continues to claw back more of the ground it lost in a miserable few weeks of trading. The indiscriminate buying, which sent almost all of the stocks in the S&P 500 higher, was the latest knee-jerk motion in a market that

BERLIN (AP) — Senior members of Germany’s environmentalist Green party have indicated that they would accept Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision to extend the lifetime of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants for a few months. The reactors were long scheduled to be switched off at the end of the year. But Germany’s economy minister agreed

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Interior Ministry says that the head of the national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence. The ministry said Tuesday that Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dismissed Arne Schoenbohm as head of the BSI agency, German news agency dpa reported. Schoenbohm co-founded a cybersecurity group a

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Powerless, humiliated, labeled a “ghost” prime minister and compared unfavorably to a head of lettuce — this is not a good week for Liz Truss. Britain’s prime minister was scrambling to recover her grasp on power Tuesday after her economic plans were ripped up

MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city has risen to 14. That includes three people who died when they jumped from a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze. The Su-34 bomber came down Monday in the Sea of Azov port of Yeysk after

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of the hashtag #GivingTuesday in part to fund a database of charitable giving and other acts of generosity. Melinda French Gates said GivingTuesday has helped people realize they can give in

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry has issued an intelligence alert warning former and current military pilots against Chinese headhunting programs aimed at recruiting them to train the People’s Liberation Army. Armed forces minister James Heappey said authorities will make it a legal offense for pilots to continue with such training activities. Sky News and

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street futures rose sharply Tuesday, pointing toward another day of gains as the U.S. earnings season kicks into high gear. Futures for the S&P 500 climbed 1.9% and the Dow Jones industrials added 1.6%. Major indices notched significant gains to open the week on the

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BOUBKAR BENZABAT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of French workers have taken to the streets  across the country, striking for pay hikes that keep up with rising inflation. The strikes come after weeks of walkouts that hobbled oil refineries and sparked gasoline shortages. Rail and other transportation workers,

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson topped third-quarter expectations thanks to pharmaceutical sales growth, but a strong dollar made the health care giant tread cautiously again with its outlook. J&J on Tuesday narrowed its 2022 forecast and stuck to the midpoint of its previous range after lowering expectations earlier this year due

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