By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement, Midwest farmers planted cover crops on only about 7% of their land in 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The planet is on track to heat up at a much faster rate than scientists have previously predicted, meaning a key global warming threshold could be breached this decade, according to a new study co-authored by James Hansen — the US scientist widely credited with being the first to
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In the sun-split desert of the Coachella Valley, life here is only possible with water from elsewhere. The water that grows our food, the water we drink and the water we exist around come from the special aquifers below the valley and the Colorado River. But the river is now in crisis, and as environmentalist and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is piling more gains onto its rally from the day before on hopes the Federal Reserve may finally be done with its market-crunching hikes to interest rates. The S&P 500 was 1.3% higher in early Thursday trading and on track for a fourth
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Diplomats from Chinese and a Southeast Asian group of nations have renewed a pledge to finalize a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years. That’s according to two regional diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday. They said the pledge came
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Beyond Meat is cutting 19% of its non-production workforce after a weaker-than-expected third quarter. The plant-based meat company said Thursday that the reduction of about 65 employees is part of a broader corporate review. The company is also considering exiting some product lines, changing pricing, shifting its manufacturing and
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s national rail operator says the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment. The Swiss federal railway operator, known by its acronym SBB, said the damage from the Aug.
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya Marines, trained by their British counterparts as part of their countries’ long-standing defense cooperation, have put on a drill for King Charles III. Thursday’s exercise came on the third day of Charles’ trip to the East African nation, his first state visit to a Commonwealth
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is on the rise with party donors and voters, thanks in part to strong debate performances and the 2024 campaign’s increased focus on foreign policy. Her climb has come partly at the expense of rival Ron DeSantis,
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say 14 people are due to appear in court following their arrests during extensive clashes between members of far-right groups and participants in a counter-demonstration. Supporters of the extreme right group Golden Dawn defied a blanket police ban on demonstrations in greater Athens late Wednesday and clashed with protesters
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits inched up last week but remains low by historical standards, even with the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes meant to cool the economy and taper lingering inflation. Unemployment claims rose by 5,000 to 217,000 for the week ending Oct. 28,
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while yet especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply because of the Israel-Hamas war.
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling has killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old man in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region. Officials said Thursday’s deaths were the latest civilian casualties in Moscow’s recent ramped-up bombardment of the front-line area. Kherson is a strategic military region
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — In the middle of October, Natalia Pitaichuk packed up her four children and left her family home in the town of Beryslav in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. Two days later, her house was destroyed in a Russian strike. “If we hadn’t evacuated, we would have been dead,” she told CNN. “It was like heavenly powers told me, it
Continue ReadingBy Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska man was arrested on Monday after allegedly sending a threatening message to a US senator, writing that he planned to hunt down and physically harm the senator, according to court documents. Arther Charles Graham is charged with making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a current US
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle wage theft claims in New York, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. James said the settlements resolve investigations into the companies improperly charging drivers sales taxes and other fees when the costs should
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A ferry that ran aground last month off southeastern Sweden and leaked oil into the Baltic Sea has arrived in a Swedish harbor where its tanks will be emptied. Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported that no new leaks were observed as the Marco Polo was towed into Karlshamn on Thursday. Authorities and
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed toward early gains Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need to pump the brakes any harder on the economy. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials rose 0.4% before the bell and the S&P 500 ticked 0.6% higher. Fed Chair
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25%, as inflation across the U.K. is expected to fall further over the coming months. In a statement issued on Thursday, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee indicated that inflation, as measured by the consumer price
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Latin America to trade more with the United States as part of an initiative that so far has failed to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing. Yellen kicked off an Inter-American Development Bank investment event Thursday on the sidelines of the Americas
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