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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Markets fell in Europe and Asia after China reported Wednesday that its economy grew at a 4.9% annual pace in July-September, down from 6.3% in the previous quarter. Oil prices jumped more than $1. Germany’s DAX was unchanged at 15,253.87 while the CAC 40 in Paris

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden touched down in Israel on Wednesday for a diplomatic scramble to prevent the war with Hamas from spiraling into an even larger conflict, a challenge that became more difficult as outrage swept through the Middle East over an explosion

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s ruling party has named the top security minister as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election. Muhammad Mahfud will run alongside Ganjar Pranowo, former Central Java governor, for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. Wednesday’s announcement sets up a potential

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has vigorously protested the U.S. Commerce Department’s latest update of export controls to prevent exports to China of advanced computer chips and the equipment to make them. China’s Commerce Ministry said the controls were “improper,” urging that Washington end them as soon as possible. The remarks were in response to questions

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a Berlin synagogue has been attacked with Molotov cocktails. It comes as antisemitic incidents in the German capital have been rising following the violent escalation in the Middle East. The Kahal Adass Jisroel community said its synagogue in the city’s Mitte neighborhood was attacked early Wednesday with two

By NAJIB JOBAIN, ISABEL DEBRE, RAVI NESSMAN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Doctors hamstrung by dwindling medical supplies rushed Wednesday to save people badly wounded in a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital the day before, performing surgery – often without anesthesia – on patients lying on floors,

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 6.7% in September as easing food and drink price rises were offset by higher fuel costs for motorists. The flat reading reported by the Office for National Statistics was unexpected. Most economists had predicted another fall. It means that the

VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is set to go on trial on a charge of having allegedly made false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. The charges center on his testimony to the inquiry that focused on the coalition made up of his conservative People’s Party

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is promising foreign companies more access to China’s huge market and more than $100 billion in new financing for other developing economies. He spoke at a forum Wednesday in Beijing on Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure program. The BRI initiative has financed

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in China for breaking an embargo with a television broadcast. Cheng‘s first television interview since she was freed was broadcast in Australia on Tuesday, almost a week after she returned to her mother

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — When Laima Springe-Janssen was looking to replace her French-made gasoline-powered SUV with an electric car, she considered models from Volvo and Nissan. The Volvo extras she wanted would have busted her budget, while the Nissan lacked the “wow factor.” The Copenhagen, Denmark, resident ended up buying

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after China reported that its economy grew at a 4.9% annual pace in July-September, down from 6.3% in the previous quarter. U.S. futures also fell, while oil prices jumped $2. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said the world’s second-largest economy slowed

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich adapted shrewdly over their combined seven decades in Argentine politics. But experience may not be an asset in the 2023 election. Javier Milei is a mop-topped freshman lawmaker who leads most polls. He has pointed