Category Archives: Economy
Live updates | Japan: Macron’s reelection key to G-7 unity
TOKYO — Japan welcomed the reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron as key to the unity of Group of Seven at a time when its members need to work together to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as soon as possible.
Spain vows to be transparent in probe of Pegasus spyware use
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are pledging full transparency as they launch inquiries into allegations that the phones of dozens of supporters of Catalan independence were hacked with powerful and controversial spyware only sold to government agenc...
Mississippi set to become final state with equal pay law
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves
DeSantis tests limits of his combative style in Disney feud
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' deepening feud with Walt Disney World is testing the limits of his combative leadership style while sending an unmistakable message to his rivals that virtually nothing is off limits as he
Germany: Left party to hold leadership vote amid turmoil
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Left party said Sunday that it will hold a leadership vote in June amid a series of internal spats including over the handling of sexism allegations.
Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats
OTTAWA — New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security. Other possibilities include making it easier to fine companies that...
4 Polish miners declared dead; search goes on for 6 missing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The death toll from accidents in recent days at two coal mines in southern Poland has increased to nine after four miners were brought to the surface and pronounced dead, authorities said Sunday.
India’s Modi touts development projects in visit to Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Himalayan Kashmir on Sunday for his first public event since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control in 2019.
EXPLAINER: How France’s old-school voting system works
PARIS (AP) — Paper ballots tucked in paper envelopes. No absentee voting, and no early voting either. French voters in Sunday’s presidential election are using and old-school system that has defied calls for more flexibility or modernization.
Live updates |U.S. pledges new Ukraine aid, diplomatic surge
NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER — The United States is giving new military assistance to Ukraine and renewing a diplomatic push in the war-ravaged nation as President Joe Biden’s secretary of state and Pentagon chief complete a secretive trip to Kyiv....
