July 8, 2021

Europe's central bank intensifies focus on climate change

FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank has adopted a new approach to managing the economy that would tolerate transitory periods of consumer inflation moderately […]
July 8, 2021

The Latest: IOC's Bach arrives to Tokyo's state of emergency

TOKYO — International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has arrived in Tokyo as Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga announced a state of emergency that could […]
July 8, 2021

Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country’s neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil disobedience […]
July 8, 2021

Minnesota will get $50M in Purdue Pharma settlement

Minnesota will receive more than $50 million in a settlement with Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid painkiller oxycontin. State Attorney General Keith Ellison said […]
July 8, 2021

What the rise and fall of lumber prices tell us about the pandemic economy

Lumber is stacked up for sale at a Home Depot store on May 27 in Doral, Fla. Lumber prices surged during the pandemic only to […]
July 8, 2021

Japan to declare virus emergency lasting through Olympics

TOKYO — Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing COVID-19 surge will […]
July 8, 2021

US raises concerns on Mexico's nationalistic energy policy

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. trade representative said Wednesday that she has raised the concerns about Mexico’s energy policies that favor state-owned Mexican companies. Katherine […]
July 8, 2021

Dozens of states target Google's app store in antitrust suit

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of states are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech. This time, attorneys general for […]
July 8, 2021

New FCC rule aimed at protecting consumers from spoofed robocalls

The fight against maddening, illegal robocalls just got easier. Big phone providers nationwide — such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Comcast — must now use […]
July 8, 2021

Chinese social media giant WeChat shuts LGBT accounts

BANGKOK — China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling […]