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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it is opening a formal investigation into 416,000 Tesla vehicles over reports of unexpected brake activation tied …

PARIS – French luxury group and Gucci owner Kering is eyeing second- and third-tier cities for possible store expansion in the United States, where its sales are booming, Chairman and …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet world leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Munich this week, her highest-profile foreign trip yet, as the …

By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA – Efforts to strengthen global health security will only succeed if the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) is enhanced, the agency’s …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the FBI announced an initiative on Thursday to detect and prosecute companies that take advantage of supply chain disruptions to collude …

By Nelson Renteria MEXICO CITY – President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday asked U.S. senators to stay out of El Salvador’s “internal affairs” after they called for an investigation into the …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI – The United States has “no intention” of engaging with China in its forthcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, but is talking to its partners who share the …

WASHINGTON – A Republican U.S. senator said on Wednesday he is blocking President Joe Biden’s nominees for environmental regulatory positions in a bid to win permission for his state to …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on a stop-gap funding bill on Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. The spending bill would …

By Dawn Chmielewski – Walt Disney Co will design U.S. residential communities in deals with property developers, capitalizing on fans’ enthusiasm for the brand beyond its theme park and entertainment …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a government mandate requiring that masks be worn at U.S. airports and on …

WASHINGTON – Russian aircraft came close to three U.S. Navy planes in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, at a time of heightened tensions between …

– Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, also known as Ho Wan Kwok, filed for individual bankruptcy protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court in Bridgeport, a court filing showed. Guo listed assets …

By Michelle Price WASHINGTON – U.S. banks this week welcomed a regulatory proposal to incorporate climate change risks into their daily operations, yet said they opposed prescriptive risk management and …

WASHINGTON – U.S. business inventories increased strongly in December, with motor vehicle stocks accelerating, a sign that the worst of the global semiconductor shortage was probably behind. Business inventories increased …

WASHINGTON – Production at U.S. factories increased moderately in January as motor vehicle output fell for a second straight month amid an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors. Manufacturing output gained …

– The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan surged by the most in nearly two years last week, shooting above the 4% level for the first time …

– Two U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday, called the “Kids Online Safety Act,” that would require social media platforms to provide parents with tools to protect their children …

By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico -A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico’s southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday in a bid to convince the country’s immigration authority to grant …

By David Lawder and Dave Graham WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY -U.S. imports of new Mexican avocado harvests will stay suspended for “as long as necessary” to ensure the safety of U.S. inspectors …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. government said it faces “significant harm” if an a appeals court fails to reverse an injunction barring enforcement of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – A majority of U.S. Senate Republicans introduced on Tuesday their own legislation to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia over a military build-up near …

By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen – Vaccinating pregnant women against the coronavirus may help prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations in infants after they are born, especially if the expecting mothers got …

By David Lawder – Canada prevailed on Tuesday in a challenge to U.S. solar panel tariffs under the trade pact between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, its trade minister said …