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Instacart partners with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries

Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries to its customers
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FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo, an Uber Eats delivery person rides a bicycle through the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan. Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer restaurant delivery to its customers. Instacart said Tuesday that its U.S. shoppers will see a “Restaurants” tab in the company’s app in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
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US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked

Federal safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system
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FILE - Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company's Autopilot partially automated driving system. In a letter to Tesla posted on the agency's website Tuesday, May 7, 2024, investigators wrote that they could not find a difference between warnings to the driver to pay attention before the recall and after the new software was sent out. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
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Disney's streaming business turns a profit in first financial report since challenge to Iger

The Walt Disney Co. moved to a loss in its second quarter, hampered by significantly higher restructuring and impairment charges, but its adjusted profit topped Wall Street’s view and its streaming business was profitable
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FILE - A Disney logo forms part of a menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on a computer screen in Walpole, Mass, Nov. 13, 2019. Walt Disney's moved to a loss in its second quarter, hampered by significantly higher restructuring and impairment charges, but its streaming business was profitable and theme parks continued to be a strength. While The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it foresees its streaming business softening in the third quarter due to Disney+Hotstar, it expects its combined streaming businesses to be profitable in the fourth quarter and to be a meaningful future growth driver for the company, with further improvements in profitability in fiscal 2025. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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One way to appreciate teachers: These schools provide their day care

Struggling to give teachers meaningful raises, some school districts are adding a new perk — subsidized, on-site child care for their kids
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Erin Ulibarri, a third grade teacher at Endeavor Elementary, helps a student on Feb. 29, 2024, in Nampa, Idaho. Her son Theo, 1, attends the onsite daycare, which is more affordable than most in the area. (Carly Flandro/Idaho Education News via AP)
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EU Council adopts a plan worth 6 billion euros for Western Balkans to speed up enlargement process

EU countries have approved a plan worth 6 billion euros ($6.45 billion) to support Western Balkan states aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc
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FILE - Parliament members attend a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. EU countries rubberstamped a plan worth six billion euros ($6.45 billion) in support of Western Balkans states Tuesday, May 7, 2024, aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, in view of their future membership to the bloc. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
May 07

Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's announcement about a successor to its Switch home console is coming sometime before March 2025
May 07
FILE - This photo shows a balloon of the Mario character of Mario Bros. during an event in Tokyo, on Feb. 15, 2024. Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday, May 7, 2024 that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home console sometime before March 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
May 07

Malaysian government defends presence of companies that supply weapons to Israel at defense show

Malaysia will not interfere in business relations between arms manufacturers and other countries, its defense minister said after protesters demanded that the government expel companies that supply weapons to Israel from an international exhibition
May 07
Malaysian military personnel stand at the booth of Leonardo, a company that specializes in aerospace, defense, and security, at the Defense Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Syawalludin Zain)
May 07

Stock market today: Wall Street leans toward gains, Disney tumbles after posting second-quarter loss

Wall Street shifted between small losses and gains before the opening bell as more corporate earnings arrive during what is otherwise expected to be relatively quiet week
May 07
People stand in the rain near an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
May 07

Congo military releases 2 Kenya Airways staffers held for 2 weeks over cargo dispute

Kenya says the Republic of Congo's military has released two Kenya Airways staffers who were detained for two weeks in a cargo dispute
May 07
May 07

Xi to begin Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia starting Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy during NATO’s air war over Kosovo
May 07
A statue of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius stands in front of the Chinese Cultural Center in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 29, 2024. Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday, May 7, falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO's air war over Kosovo. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
May 06

Starbucks is struggling. Here's why that matters.

The company's shares have plummeted about 17% in value since last week.
May 06
A Starbucks logo on a store in Los Angeles, CA,, March 10, 2015.
May 06

Workers at Stellantis plant near Detroit authorize strike in dispute over health and safety issues

The United Auto Workers union says over 1,000 workers at a Stellantis metal stamping plant in Warren, Michigan, have voted to authorize a strike over health and safety issues
May 06
May 06

The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records

The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes
May 06
FILE - A Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 787-10 Dreamliner, sits on the tarmac at their campus in North Charleston, S.C., May 30, 2023. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, May 6, 2024, that it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.” (Gavin McIntyre/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool, File)
May 06

Nonprofit Chicago production house Invisible Institute wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes

A nonprofit Chicago journalism production company has won two Pulitzer Prizes for local and audio reporting
May 06
May 06

A US company is fined $650,000 for illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

A Tennessee-based sanitation company is agreeing to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities
May 06
May 06

Federal appeals court upholds ruling that Zion Williamson's 2019 contract with an agent was void

A federal appeals court has upheld a 2021 ruling that NBA star Zion Williamson’s contract with a marketing agent was void because the agent was not licensed in North Carolina when the two entered an agreement in 2019
May 06
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson shouts from the bench during the second half in Game 2 of the team's NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
May 06

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a 'measure of good news'

The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report
May 06
FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
May 06

Slain nurse's husband sues health care company, alleging it ignored employees' safety concerns

Home health care provider Elara Caring is being sued by the husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist
May 06
FILE - This undated photo shows Michael Reese who is the main suspect in the killing of nurse Joyce Grayson in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 28, 2023. The husband of the visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, May 6, 2024 alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers' safety concerns about treating some patients with mental illness and violent pasts. (Connecticut Department of Corrections via AP, file)
May 06

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 5/6/2024

U.S. stocks closed higher on Wall Street, adding to last week’s gains
May 06
May 06

One natural gas transport plan killed in New Jersey as another forges ahead

A major pipeline that would have moved natural gas through New Jersey and under two bays to New York has been killed
May 06
Blair Nelsen, executive director of the Waterspirit environmental group, speaks at a press conference in Keyport N.J., on Monday, May 6, 2024, to celebrate the cancellation of a natural gas pipeline project that would have run through the bay en route to New York City. But a different project to carry liquefied natural gas through Pennsylvania and New Jersey for export to other nations is moving forward. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
May 06

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 37 cents to $78.48 per barrel Monday
May 06
May 06

Call it Cognac diplomacy. France offered China’s Xi a special drink, in a wink at their trade spat

How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China
May 06
China's President Xi Jinping presents books by French authors produced in China to French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during a gifts exchange at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, May 6, 2024. China's President Xi Jinping is in France for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
May 06

Redfin agrees to pay $9.25 million to settle real estate broker commission lawsuits

Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle federal lawsuits that claim U.S. homeowners were saddled with artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their home as a result of longstanding real estate industry practices
May 06
FILE - A Redfin "for sale" sign stands in front of a house on Oct. 28, 2020, in Seattle. Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle federal lawsuits that claim U.S. homeowners were saddled with artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their home as a result of longstanding real estate industry practices. The online brokerage and real estate services company disclosed the proposed settlement Monday, May 6, 2024 in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
May 06

Inspired by the Met, 'sleeping baddies' tackle medical debt at the Debt Gala's pajama party

The Met Gala has inspired pajama-clad New Yorkers to fundraise for medical debt relief at an alternative benefit called the Debt Gala
May 06
Show producer Adam Gold, left, and comedian Chanel Ali appear at the Debt Gala in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Some 200 attendees sought to help alleviate medical debt at the second annual benefit, one of several alternative fundraisers that have popped up around the star-studded Met Gala. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
May 06

Interest rates may stay high for longer. Here’s what it means for the 2024 election.

The Fed has cast doubt over a previous forecast of interest rate cuts.
May 06
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum,  April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y.
May 06

The number of fish on US overfishing list reaches an all-time low. Mackerel and snapper recover

Federal officials say the number of fish on the government’s overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries
May 06
FILE - A juvenile coho salmon is held by a fish biologist at the Lostine River, March 9, 2017, in Lostine, Ore. The number of fish on the government's overfishing list sunk to a new low in 2023, a sign of healthy U.S. fisheries, federal officials said. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
May 06

Trump Media fires auditing firm that US regulators have charged with 'massive fraud'

Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.”
May 06
FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building as the stock price of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is displayed on screens, March 26, 2024, in New York. On Friday, May 3, Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, fired BF Borgers, an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
May 06

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Freshpet rise; Luminar, Integra fall, Monday, 5/6/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Freshpet rise; Luminar, Integra fall
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This image released by E! Entertainment shows a model wearing a design by Desiree Scarborough in a scene from the fashion competition series "OMG Fashun." (Quantrell Colbert/E! Entertainment via AP)
May 06

Starbucks founder Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales
May 06
FILE - Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. In a LinkedIn post published over the weekend April 4, 2024, Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
May 06

Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy protection

Hospital operator Steward Health Care has filed for bankruptcy protection, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts
May 06
FILE - The Texas Capitol is viewed from its south side on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in Austin, Texas. Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care filed for bankrupcy protection early Monday, May 6, 2024, morning in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)
May 06

New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor

In an interview with The Associated Press, the new head of Liberia's forest management authority, Rudolph Merab, said he would work to increase timber exports and cut regulations
May 06
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
May 06

Robinhood receives SEC notice for alleged securities violations at crypto unit

Robinhood Markets Inc. has received a notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission about alleged securities violations at its crypto division
May 06
FILE - Electronic screens in New York's Times Square announce the Robinhood IPO, July 29, 2021. Robinhood Markets Inc. has received a notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission about alleged securities violations at its crypto division. The company said in a regulatory filing that it received investigative subpoenas from the SEC about issues including cryptocurrency listings, custody of cryptocurrencies, and platform operations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
May 06

For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

As climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest, it can mean more anxiety for farmers eager to carry out the ritual of spring planting
May 06
Water runs out of a drain under an agricultural field, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Sabina, Ohio. These tiles are large perforated plastic pipes about 3 feet (1 meter) below the soil that collect water and carry it away, usually to a canal between fields. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
May 06

Italy's RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI are on strike to protest budget streamlining and what they say is an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media
May 06
From left, Italian Foreign Press Association's member Costanze Reuscher hosts a press conference at the Association headquarters in Rome, Monday, May 6, 2024, with Italian state television RAI's journalists, Daniele Macheda, Serena Bortone, Vittorio di Trapani, and Sigfrido Ranucci. Journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI went on strike Monday to protest budget streamlining and what they said was an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media under the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni. (Cecilia Fabiano /LaPresse via AP)
May 06

John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after taking the helm of the Scottish National Party

A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland's next leader
May 06
FILE - Deputy First Minister John Swinney delivers his address to delegates during the 2019 SNP autumn conference at the Event Complex in Aberdeen, Oct. 14. 2019. John Swinney was elected Monday, May 6, 2024 as leader of the SNP after no other candidates came forward. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP, File)
May 06

How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy

Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help lighten a mother’s load if she was struggling with shopping bags and children
May 06
FILE - Rita Moreno arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Moreno will be honored for her career and philanthropic accomplishments at the WNET Group 2024 Gala at the Edison Ballroom in New York City on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
May 06

Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate

Senate Republicans are returning to a strategy they hope could neutralize their Democratic rivals' financial edge: Find rich people to run
May 06
FILE - Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks outside a student encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, May 1, 2024. Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. But it also risks elevating untested candidates who might not be prepared for the scrutiny often associated with fiercely contested Senate campaigns. McCormick will have to combat questions about the depth of his ties to Pennsylvania, having lived and worked in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
May 06

Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi during Europe tour

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half
May 06
A Chinese flag is placed near flowers on a monument at the site of a former Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 29, 2024. During NATO bombing campaign, in 1999, jets bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three people and at least 20 were injured. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half, Hungary and Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
May 06

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher, though China benchmarks falter

Asian markets are mostly higher, although Chinese shares faltered
May 06
People stand in the rain near an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
May 06

Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has put trade disputes and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts at the top of the agenda for talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 06
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand in front of the Republican Guards during the official welcoming ceremony at the Hotel national des Invalides in Paris, Monday, May 6, 2024. China's President Xi Jinping is in France for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine.(Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)
May 06

Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI

The Biden campaign and top Democrats are wrestling with how best to use artificial intelligence, exposing the party’s anxiety over falling behind Republicans in the race to deploy technology that could transform the future of elections
May 06
FILE - President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle Gardens, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Warsaw. For years, campaigns in both parties have used machine learning and sophisticated artificial intelligence tools to collect, analyze and automate data. But disinformation experts have amplified warnings in recent months about the threats posed by the advent of powerful generative AI programs, which allow the rapid proliferation of fake images, video or audio. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
May 06

What to know about Trump strategist's embrace of AI to help conservatives

Brad Parscale, the digital guru behind Donald Trump's surprise 2016 presidential victory, has become an evangelist about the power of artificial intelligence to transform how Republicans campaign for office
May 06
Pages from the Campaign Nucleus website are seen on a computer in New York on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Political consultant Brad Parscale’s company, Campaign Nucleus, is boosting fundraising and voter engagement for the Trump campaign and other right-wing causes by leveraging data science to automate how political operatives identify and motivate their supporters. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
May 06

Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist

The digital campaign operative who helped engineer Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory with the heavy use of Facebook ads is back working for Trump and is an evangelist for artificial intelligence
May 06
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, Brad Parscale, then-campaign manager to President Donald Trump, speaks to supporters during a panel discussion, in San Antonio. Since 2023, Campaign Nucleus and other Parscale-linked companies have been paid about $2 million by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and their related political action and fund-raising committees, according to campaign finance records. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
May 06

Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of glob...
May 06
Migrants travel inside train cars of a northbound freight train, in Irapuato, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. The image was part of a series by Associated Press photographers Ivan Valencia, Eduardo Verdugo, Felix Marquez, Marco Ugarte Fernando Llano, Eric Gay, Gregory Bull and Christian Chavez that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
May 05

Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights

Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights
May 05
FILE - A Qantas Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Sydney Airport, Australia, on Sept. 5, 2022. Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) in compensation and fines for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
May 05

Berkshire Hathaway event gives good view of Warren Buffett's successor but also raises new questions

This year’s Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one day take over as CEO when Warren Buffett is gone
May 05
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell," May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb. Everyone knows Buffett's successor won't be able to match the legendary investor, but Berkshire Hathaway's board remains confident that Greg Abel is the right guy to one day lead the conglomerate into the future. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
May 05

Commercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders. There's a reason for that

Europe’s Airbus had established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns
May 05
FILE - Models of Boeing aircraft are displayed during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 22, 2024. In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe's Airbus has established a clear sales lead over Boeing as the American company deals with the fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
May 05

China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry
May 05
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave as they arrive at Orly airport, south of Paris, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country trip to Europe on Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing's growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
May 05

Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment

Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close
May 05
Al Jazeera cameraman Zaid Aqrat works at his network's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday, May 5, 2024. Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)