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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has ordered an investigation of domestic low-cost carrier Wizz Air over what it calls possible breaches of consumer protection laws. It is the second such investigation launched against an airline since June. The probe, ordered by Hungary’s Ministry of Justice, comes after the ministry

JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen Palestinians have flown to Cyprus from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad. Forty-three residents of the Palestinian cities of Bethlehem, Jericho, Ramallah and Nablus took off on Monday from the Ramon Airport near Israel’s

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures declined Monday as investors looked ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve conference for signals about more possible U.S. rate hikes to cool surging inflation. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. Shanghai, the only major market to

BEIJING (AP) — Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batter the region. Some shopping malls in the megacity of Chongqing have been ordered closed for most of the day to reduce

The Associated Press The Commerce Department issues its monthly tally of new U.S. home sales Tuesday and its latest snapshot of consumer spending Friday. Gap reports its second-quarter results Thursday.

By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without pay and deported some of them, an advocacy group said, just three months before Doha hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The move comes as Qatar faces intense international scrutiny over

BEIJING (AP) — A notice reported by Chinese news outlets says power rationing that forced factories in the southwest to shut down has been extended through at least Thursday due to low water at hydroelectric dams. That adds to losses from China’s hottest, driest summer in decades. Tencent News said the “tense situation” of power

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ohio hog farmer Joe Brandt changed his operation a few years ago to give his pigs more room and keep pregnant sows out of the narrow crates used by most farms. Brandt said he wanted to treat his pigs more humanely, but in doing so

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Indiana’s Republican governor has begun a visit to Taiwan, following two recent high-profile visits by U.S. politicians that drew Beijing’s ire and Chinese military drills. Gov. Eric Holcomb will focus on economic exchanges, particularly semiconductors, and is meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. His visit comes

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company representative said Sunday. Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Idris Elba may go head-to-head with a lion in “Beast,” but the action flick was no match for the latest “Dragon Ball” movie at the North American box office this weekend. “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, with $20.1 million in

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli spyware maker NSO says its chief executive has stepped down as the company prepares to reorganize. In a statement Sunday, NSO said that CEO Shalev Hulio, one of the company’s founders, would be stepping down. NSO has been connected to a number of scandals resulting

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli spyware maker NSO says its chief executive has stepped down as the company prepares to reorganize. In a statement Sunday, NSO said that CEO Shalev Hulio, one of the company’s founders, would be stepping down. NSO has been connected to a number of scandals resulting from alleged misuse by customers

By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press CHONGQING, China (AP) — China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in the southwest waited Sunday to see whether they would be shut down for another week due to shortages of water to generate hydropower. The

LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by transportation workers that have disrupted economic activity across the country. Almost 2,000 workers at the Port of Felixstowe, located about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of London, walked off the jobs over

By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers MECKENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany. Zinkpower’s facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state every