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By Thu Thu Aung – Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA -Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ first woman president on Thursday in front of a cheering crowd including U.S. Vice President Kamala …

By Andrea Shalal and Doina Chiacu PITTSBURGH -President Joe Biden stopped to look at a Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed just hours before he arrived for a scheduled visit to the …

By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici -A U.S. judge’s surprise decision this week to annul the Biden administration’s first Gulf of Mexico oil lease auction because of its climate change …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK – Wall Street surged on Friday, notching its best day so far in 2022 after another zigzag session, ending a tumultuous week marked by mixed …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. House of Representatives will take up a bill next week aimed at increasing competitiveness with China and supporting the U.S. chip industry, including $52 …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -Lawyer Michael Avenatti on Friday sought to undermine the credibility of [censored] star Stormy Daniels, the U.S. government’s star witness against him at his fraud …

NEW YORK – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown on Friday said he met with President Joe Biden’s three latest nominees for the Federal Reserve board, calling them qualified and urging fellow …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury said on Friday it is considering alternatives to facial-recognition technology by commercial provider ID.me to verify identities for online taxpayer accounts after …

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -The United Steelworkers union (USW) rejected a pay increase offered by lead oil company negotiator Marathon Petroleum in talks for a new three-year agreement covering U.S. …

-Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer David Solomon’s total compensation for 2021 will be $35 million, the bank said on Friday. That is double the $17.5 million he received for 2020. …

By David Shepardson and Daina Beth Solomon WASHINGTON – Three U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged General Motors and the Mexican government to safeguard worker rights ahead of a union vote …

By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton LONDON – A British judge found on Friday that tech tycoon Mike Lynch had masterminded an elaborate fraud to inflate the value of his …

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO – U.S. carriers on Friday canceled thousands of flights through the weekend in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to bring high winds and heavy …

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – World stocks rallied on Friday as investors turned their eyes toward corporate earnings and ignored geopolitical turmoil and Federal Reserve tightening concerns. Strong earnings from …

LONDON – Tech tycoon Mike Lynch will file an appeal against his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges including securities fraud related to the $11 billion deal …

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS – The European Union aims to invest tens of billions of euros to bolster its chip industry and double its share of global production to 20%, …

By John McCrank NEW YORK -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late on Thursday approved the country’s 17th stock exchange, a subsidiary of Boston-based BOX Exchange, which will incorporate …

By Maria Chutchian NEW YORK – Aeromexico on Friday won court approval of its restructuring plan after the airline struck a deal with the remaining holdouts among its creditors, clearing …

By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday said it has returned 40 people to Cuba after intercepting two vessels near Florida while two people were being …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the deadly Capitol riot last year has issued a subpoena for Judd Deere, who served as one of former President Donald …

By Caitlin Ochs NEW YORK -A powerful Nor’easter was forecast to hammer New England and the Middle Atlantic region this weekend with up to two feet of snow, bringing the …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday upheld California’s net neutrality law, saying a 2017 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse federal internet …

By Huw Jones LONDON – Foreign banks based in the European Union may have to hold more capital and liquidity under revisions to rules being considered by the bloc’s member …

NEW YORK -Thousands of New York City police officers lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Friday to honor a fellow officer who was shot and killed last week while responding to …