December 30, 2020

EU, China leaders meet to seal investment deal

BRUSSELS — Top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping will conclude a business investment deal Wednesday that will open big opportunities to European […]
December 30, 2020

To raise financially savvy kids, give money lessons a reboot

Many elder millennials may have learned to manage money much like our parents did: waiting for statements to arrive in the mail, balancing checkbooks and […]
December 30, 2020

UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage

LONDON — Britain on Wednesday became the first country to authorize an easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine whose developers hope it will become the “vaccine for the […]
December 30, 2020

Prosecutors seek 9-year prison term for Samsung chief Lee

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday requested a nine-year prison term for Samsung’s de facto chief, Lee Jae-yong, during a retrial for […]
December 30, 2020

Ojibwe bands ask for halt on Line 3 construction

The Red Lake and White Earth Bands of Ojibwe have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to pause the ongoing construction of the Line 3 […]
December 30, 2020

Opposition to Minnesota's bar and restaurant COVID-19 restrictions still bubbling

When Gov. Tim Walz extended his executive order barring inside dining and drinking at restaurants and bars nearly two weeks ago, dozens of those businesses […]
December 30, 2020

Moorhead cracks down on payday lending

City officials in Moorhead say a new ordinance regulating pay day lenders is the first of its kind in Minnesota and among the first in […]
December 30, 2020

State health officials cite three Minnesota establishments for noncompliance of COVID-19 restrictions

Three restaurants in outstate Minnesota received cease-and-desist orders and license suspensions from the state Department of Health for violating Gov. Tim Walz’s latest executive order […]
December 30, 2020

Cambodia begins commercial extraction from oil well offshore

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the country’s long-awaited first commercial extraction of oil has finally begun. Speaking nationwide […]
December 30, 2020

No one knew secret behind Ford's Mustang Mach-E, Bronco Sport — until now

The Bronco Sport wasn’t in the original plan at Ford. It started out as a boxy, bland, nondescript, unmemorable small SUV — definitely not part […]