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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party says authorities cut off the power supply to his home after he refused to pay his electricity bills in protest of high household energy prices. Residential and business customers were hit with exorbitant utility bills after Turkish authorities sharply raised electricity tariffs on Jan.

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hauled in 22% more profit during the first quarter because it charged more and delivered 4% more shipments even as it struggled to clear up congestion along its rail network. The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad said Thursday it earned $1.6 billion, or $2.57 per

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail. The recall covers certain F-150 pickups, and Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from the 2020 and 2021 model years. Also included are F-250, 350, 450 and 550 trucks from

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Emergency crews in southern Poland are working to create conditions that would allow a search to resume for seven miners and rescue personnel who were missing after methane explosions in a coal mine killed five people. The company that operates the Pniowek mine said Thursday that crews were building ventilation systems

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines says the first quarter was difficult, with another large loss, but it expects to turn a profit in the second quarter as more people return to travel. American said Thursday it lost $1.64 billion in the first quarter, which was marred by thousands of flight cancellations, many of them because

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets pointed toward a higher open Thursday as investors waited for hints from central bank leaders about their plans to try to tame four-decade high inflation. On Wall Street, futures for the Dow Jones Industrials gained 0.7% while S&P 500 futures were 0.8% higher. Investors will turn their attention to

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational sales of cannabis for adults 21 and older started Thursday, with the first alternative treatment centers opening early in the day. The start of the market comes a week after Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy announced that

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities. French voters head to polls on Sunday in a runoff vote between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and nationalist rival Marine Le Pen. Experts say the campaign has been unusually dominated by racist discourse

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says a fire has erupted at a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea. Seoul’s Unification Ministry says the fire was detected from a front-line South Korean observatory post at about 2 p.m. Thursday and appeared to have been extinguished about an hour later. It says it will

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers look likely to order an investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly lying about whether he broke coronavirus restrictions by attending illegal gatherings during the pandemic. The opposition Labour Party has called a vote Thursday aimed at triggering a watchdog committee probe of Johnson

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational sales of cannabis for adults 21 and older are scheduled to start Thursday, with the first alternative treatment centers opening at 6 a.m. in part of the state. The start of the market comes a week

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar officials have sought to reassure foreign investors who say doing business in the military-ruled country is nearly impossible because of new currency controls. Two ministers in Myanmar’s army-installed government said Thursday that approved foreign investors, embassies, United Nations agencies and non-government organizations are exempt from

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mixed in choppy trading as inflation worries and the war in Ukraine leave investors cautiously optimistic. European shares were mostly higher in early trading. Oil prices advanced and U.S. futures were higher. The Japanese yen slipped slightly against the U.S. dollar. Benchmarks rose

BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week. That means there’s been a decline in reported infections since the end of March. The Geneva-based U.N. health agency said in a weekly report that nearly 5.59 million cases were reported

BEIJING (AP) — A Russian news outlet says China’s credit card processor has refused to work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted by sanctions over its attack on Ukraine. That cuts off a possible alternative after Visa and Mastercard stopped serving them. RBC reported UnionPay’s decision affects Sberbank, Russia’s biggest commercial bank,

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar officials say the military-led government will exempt approved foreign investors, embassies, United Nations agencies and non-government organizations from its rules requiring conversion of foreign exchange into the local currency. Aung Naing Oo, the army-installed government’s minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, said details of