By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council. The Democratic president is using Monday’s event to announce 30 actions to improve access to medicine and needed economic data and other programs tied to the production and shipment of goods. Biden’s announcement
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic upended the work habits of people around the world, with millions working from home, at least for part of their week. Workers have returned in waves back to the office on some days, but navigating that transition is a significant hurdle for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A storm in the Black Sea damaged buildings and knocked down power lines, leaving more than half a million people without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine, Russian state media and Ukraine’s energy ministry said. One person was killed. The storm sent waves flooding into the Russian Black Sea beach resort
Continue ReadingBy FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s three presidential hopefuls have vowed a peaceful race, a day before campaigning for next year’s election officially began as concerns rose their rivalry may sharpen religious and ethnic divides in Southeast Asia’s largest democracy. The election, due in February, will determine who
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India say they’re set to begin manual digging of what they hope is the final phase of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks. Rescuers have started to drill vertically — an alternate plan to digging horizontally from the front —
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In Chicago, a provider of mental health services to people in the country illegally pivoted to new arrivals sleeping at a police station
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president is swearing in a government that isn’t expected to last more than 14 days, a tactical maneuver that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer. Following a national election in October, President Andrzej Duda is due to
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Labor unions have staged a day of protests and strikes across the Czech Republic to voice their opposition to the government’s package of cuts and austerity measures meant to keep the ballooning deficit under control. The unions are also demanding more money for education and healthcare and oppose the proposed draft of
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Delaware County’s twice-elected top prosecutor will run for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 2024. Jack Stollsteimer said he will make an official announcement Tuesday, joining a crowded Democratic primary field. He is seeking an office that played a critical role in repelling Republican attempts to overturn
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes, Ebony Davis and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — The Republican primary campaign is careening toward its final act, with seven weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses and former President Donald Trump the overwhelming favorite to claim his third consecutive GOP presidential nomination – and a rematch with the politically
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come as no surprise to learn that Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “authentic.” The online dictionary says there has been a high volume of searches for the word’s definition for several years, but
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas appeared open to extending a cease-fire in Gaza that has halted their deadliest and most destructive war but is set to expire after Monday, with a fourth exchange of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel planned for later
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement. South Korea’s military said it detected North Korea building guard posts at border sites where its dismantled guard posts once stood. The military says
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council. He’s using Monday’s event to announce 30 actions to improve access to medicine and needed economic data and other programs tied to the production and shipment of goods. The announcement comes after supply
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Police are investigating a Chinese wealth management company owned by Zhongzhi Enterprise Group days after the firm told investors it was insolvent. The Beijing Public Security Bureau said in a statement published on the social media platform WeChat that they had taken “criminal enforcement measures”
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Magic, wonder and joy” is the holiday theme at the White House. Jill Biden is set to unveil the décor on Monday and says she wants visitors to experience the holidays through the eyes of a child. The White House says the décor includes 98 Christmas trees,
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Police are investigating a Chinese wealth management company owned by Zhongzhi Enterprise Group days after the firm told investors it was insolvent. The Beijing Public Security Bureau said in a statement published on the social media platform WeChat that they had taken “criminal enforcement measures” against
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics intravenously to treat a lung inflammation but that he doesn’t have pneumonia. Francis himself on Sunday revealed that he was suffering from the inflammation problem, explaining why he didn’t keep his weekly window appointment to greet people in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican’s press
Continue ReadingA storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea, Russian state news agency Tass said. One person was killed. Around 800 exotic fish and animals at an aquarium also died after the room
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly retreated Monday as investors awaited updates on consumer spending and inflation in the U.S. and other nations. France’s CAC 40 edged 0.1% lower in early trading to 7,285.41, while Germany’s DAX fell 0.2% to 15,997.64. Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 0.3% to 7,467.37. U.S.
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