Businesses Stop Selling Lobster Because of Whale Concerns Some American businesses have stopped selling lobster because of concerns that fishing methods could harm endangered whales. Several food companies announced they had removed lobster offerings...
South Korea Angry Over New U.S. Trade Policy South Korea says a new American tax law discriminates against South Korean electric vehicle (EV) makers. The issue may be a threat to relations between the long-time allies. The United States Inflation Red...
Ceremonies Surrounding the Death of Queen Elizabeth II Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit Westminster Hall in London this week to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth had been Britain's head of state since 1953...
Ukraine Says Goal Is to Retake All Its Territory in War with Russia Ukraine's leaders say they want to retake all the territory occupied by Russian forces. Ukrainian officials have called on the West to speed up providing weapons systems to support t...
Germany to Expand Loans to Energy Companies Germany says it will expand state loans to help struggling energy companies. The loans are meant to help companies hurt by increasing gas prices linked to the war in Ukraine. Russia sharply reduced gas expo...
Research Shows Many Americans Unhappy with Health Care System A new public opinion study suggests that many Americans are dissatisfied with the nation's healthcare system. The Associated Press and the NORC research group at the University of Chicago...
Ukraine claimed Monday it had re-taken several more villages from Russian troops as part of an ongoing counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine. The counteroffensive forced Russia to withdraw troops from several areas in recent days. News agencies reporte...
Reporters Call Taliban Media Reforms Censorship Taliban leaders of Afghanistan are praising the effects of their restrictions on the country's broadcasters. The new laws bar state and private television channels from showing programs considered offen...
Gas Crisis Hits Dutch Greenhouses Greenhouses buildings that are used for growing plants - have helped make the Netherlands the world's second largest agricultural exporter after the United States. But the $7.9 billion industry developed when gas was...
Property Owners on US Border Face Pressure from Migrants, Government A farm on the U.S.-Mexico border has become part of a larger disagreement between local, state and federal governments. The disagreement centers on immigration enforcement on the so...
Hawaii Closes Last Coal-fueled Power Center in Move to Renewable Energy The state of Hawaii recently closed its last electricity production center fueled by coal. The closure is part of its effort to decrease the use of fossil fuels, such as coal and...
As Britain Mourns Queen, Charles Rises to King Bells rang across Britain on Friday and mourners gathered in London and other places to honor Queen Elizabeth II. She died Thursday at the age of 96, after 70 years as the country's ruler. Around the wor...
EU Nations Seek Joint Efforts to Fight Rising Energy Costs European Union ministers met Friday in Brussels to seek joint solutions to protect citizens from rising energy prices. The increases threaten to put millions of people into cold and poverty t...
UN Report: Division Preventing Nations from Improving Lives A report published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) finds that progress in human development has halted or gone backward. The UN study was released Thursday. It cites the COV...
Queen Elizabeth, Britains Longest Serving Monarch, Dies at 96 British officials in London announced that Elizabeth II, Queen of England, has died at the age of 96. Elizabeth reigned for more than 70 years and became Britain's longest-serving monarch....