By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates. Last month’s job growth was up from a
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries. The health care giant said Friday that it will spend $335 in cash for each share of Shockwave. The total deal
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s is buying its restaurants in Israel from a longtime franchisee, hoping to reset sales that have slumped due to boycotts in the region. The Chicago-based burger giant said Friday it will buy Alonyal Limited, which owns and operates 225 restaurants in Israel. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. McDonald’s says
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and Treasury yields climbed following a hot U.S. jobs report. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 113 points, or 0.3% as of 10:10 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. The gains follow
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has begun testifying to prosecutors on Friday after authorities said the president possesses jewelry including Rolex watches and received cash transfers totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. The prosecutors’ office estimated that her jewelry may be worth as much
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s week began with the chants of thousands of protesters demanding a hostage deal and early elections outside the Knesset and his official residence. It ended with a scolding from US President Joe Biden over the Israeli military’s killing of seven humanitarian aid workers and the
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the “commercialization of life.” A Vatican-affiliated university hosted a two-day conference promoting an international treaty to outlaw surrogacy, be it commercial arrangements
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Chinese defense officials have met for the first time in nearly two years to discuss unsafe and aggressive ship and aircraft incidents between their militaries in the Pacific region. The gathering Wednesday and Thursday in Hawaii restarted a dialogue Beijing abruptly ended in a
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It has been 21 years since Sean Paul’s dancehall anthem “Get Busy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and introduced new audiences to his Jamaican genres. “It’s changed for me now,” Sean Paul told The Associated Press, reflecting on the song’s legacy. “Because when I say,
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Experts say Austrian glaciers receded last year at a rapid pace and the Alpine country is likely to be largely ice-free in 40 to 45 years. The Austrian Alpine Club said Friday that, of the 93 glaciers its volunteers measured and observed, all but one receded in 2022-2023. It said in an
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose following a hot U.S. jobs report. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 8 points and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%. U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong number of
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s deputy foreign minister has handed a diplomatic note to Israel’s ambassador protesting the killing of a Polish aid worker in an attack earlier this week on a convoy of aid workers in Gaza. After the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna told reporters in Warsaw
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — A human rights lawyer in Egypt says the authorities have arrested 10 activists who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest where they accused the government of contributing to the siege of Gaza and called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. Egypt’s government has condemned Israel’s campaign in Gaza and has played a
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is preparing new proposals aiming to reduce or cancel student loan debt for millions of borrowers, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN, another attempt to address a key issue facing voters before November’s election. The expected proposals come nearly 10 months
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A lost dog was homeward bound this week after an incredible journey took her inexplicably from her San Diego home to the suburbs of Detroit. The tale began last July, when Mishka went missing from her owner’s workplace in California, according to an animal adoption group. Then, on March
Continue ReadingCNN By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A lost dog was homeward bound this week after an incredible journey took her inexplicably from her San Diego home to the suburbs of Detroit. The tale began last July, when Mishka went missing from her owner’s workplace in California, according to an animal adoption group. Then, on
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Southest Asian finance ministers and central bank governors have ended meetings in the Laotian city of Luang Prabang citing progress in building stronger regional institutions, but also noting serious challenges due to geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices. Laos’ Finance Minister Santiphab Phomvihane read
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries. The health care giant said Friday that it will spend $335 in cash for each share of Shockwave. The total deal
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency in the latest in a series of such arrests in Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Friday the suspects allegedly gathered information about people and companies of interest to Israel and passed on the data and
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A series of scandals has blighted Denmark’s Armed Forces at a time when the country, a NATO member, is building up its defenses, chiefly as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This week, the head of the military resigned after he failed to inform
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