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34 minutes ago

UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges
34 minutes ago
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak onboard Border Agency cutter HMC Seeker during a visit to Dover, England, Monday, June 5, 2023 ahead of a press conference to update the nation on the progress made in the six months since he introduced the Illegal Migration Bill under his plans to "stop the boats". (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
2 hours ago

Qatar minister elected to head UN labor conference following World Cup scrutiny

The labor minister of Qatar has been elected as president of the United Nations labor agency’s annual conference
2 hours ago
2 hours ago

Qatar minister elected to head UN labor conference following World Cup scrutiny

The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year’s World Cup soccer tournament, has been elected president of the United Nations labor agency’s annual conference
2 hours ago
Qatari Minister of Labour, Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, chair of the 111th session of the International Labour Conference, is pictured during the opening session in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 5, 2023. The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year's soccer World Cup, was elected on Monday as the president of the United Nations labor agency's annual conference. (Pierre Albouy/Keystone via AP)
4 hours ago

Dozens of dangerous rail crossings will be eliminated with $570 million in grants

The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states just as the industry is increasingly relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs
4 hours ago
FILE - Cars wait for a train to pass, in Valley, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. With the rail industry relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs, the Biden administration is handing out $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states. The grants announced Monday, June 5, 2023 will help eliminate more than three dozen crossings that delay traffic and sometimes keep first responders from where help is desperately needed. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
June 05

Switzerland's UBS says it could complete Credit Suisse takeover on June 12

Switzerland’s UBS says it expects to complete its takeover of longtime rival Credit Suisse as early as next week
June 05
June 05

Stock market today: Crude prices are up after Saudi cuts, but energy prices way down from last year

Wall Street teetered between small gains and losses following last week’s last surge propelled by U.S. jobs data that suggested a recession might be farther off than previously thought
June 05
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 5, 2023. Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday after strong U.S. hiring data coupled with scant wage gains suggested a possible recession might be further away, but also that inflationary pressures are weakening. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
June 05

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St up after strong US jobs report

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street higher after U.S. jobs data suggested a possible recession, so that more interest rate hikes might be further away
June 05
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 5, 2023. Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday after strong U.S. hiring data coupled with scant wage gains suggested a possible recession might be further away, but also that inflationary pressures are weakening. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
June 05

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St up after strong US jobs report

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street higher after U.S. jobs data suggested a possible recession, so that more interest rate hikes might be further away
June 05
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 5, 2023. Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday after strong U.S. hiring data coupled with scant wage gains suggested a possible recession might be further away, but also that inflationary pressures are weakening. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
June 05

Pride becomes a minefield for big companies, but many continue their support

Dozens of big companies from Delta and Coca-Cola to Walmart are sponsoring LGBTQ+ Pride events and displaying racks of Pride-themed merchandise
June 05
The apparel brand Guess is promoted on the Beaches WeHo entry at the WeHo Pride Parade in West Hollywood, Calif., on Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
June 04

Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory
June 04
ADDS IDENTITY OF THE PERSON CHOY IS HUGGING - Award-winning Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy hugs Sham Yee-lan, former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson, after being cleared by the city's top court in Hong Kong, Monday, June 5, 2023. Choy won an appeal quashing her conviction related to work on her investigative documentary Monday in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 04

Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won an appeal quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory
June 04
ADDS IDENTITY OF THE PERSON CHOY IS HUGGING - Award-winning Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy hugs Sham Yee-lan, former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson, after being cleared by the city's top court in Hong Kong, Monday, June 5, 2023. Choy won an appeal quashing her conviction related to work on her investigative documentary Monday in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
June 04

US Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats 'harassed' ship in Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. Navy says its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it
June 04
This still image taken from surveillance video from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon shows three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, June 4, 2023. The U.S. Navy said Monday, June 5, its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard "harassed" it. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident. (U.S. Navy via AP)
June 04

Greek authorities rescue 91 migrants from river islet on border with Turkey

Greek authorities say they have rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey
June 04
June 04

Greek authorities rescue 91 migrants from river islet on border with Turkey

Greek authorities say they have rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey
June 04
June 04

Saudi Arabia to reduce oil output by 1 million barrels per day, while rest of OPEC+ extends previous cuts through 2024

Saudi Arabia to reduce oil output by 1 million barrels per day, while rest of OPEC+ extends previous cuts through 2024
June 04
June 04

Senegal's government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Senegal’s government has temporarily suspended mobile phone data as the country reels from days of deadly clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko
June 04
Police in riot gear stand guard during clashes with demonstrators in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out, later this week, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
June 04

No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says representatives from Turkey and Sweden will meet in just over a week to try to bridge their differences about the Nordic country joining the military alliance
June 04
The Alliance against NATO network take part in a demonstration in support of democratic forces in Turkey and against Swedish NATO membership, in Stockholm, Sunday June 4, 2023. Hundreds of people, including dozens of pro-Kurdish protesters, gathered in Stockholm to demonstrate against Sweden’s planned NATO membership. They rallied under the banner of the “Alliance Against NATO,” an umbrella for a mix of Kurdish organizations, leftist groups, anarchists, youth and climate activists and people opposed to Sweden’s new anti-terror laws, which took effect on June 1, as well as those calling for free media. (Maja Suslin/TT News Agency via AP)
June 04

Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show 'Meet the Press' and being replaced by Kristen Welker

Chuck Todd says he's leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show and will be replaced by Kristen Welker
June 04
FILE - This May 14, 2018 file photo shows Chuck Todd at the 2018 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York. Chuck Todd said Sunday, June 4, 2023 he'll be leaving after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show “Meet the Press,” to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
June 04

Chuck Todd says he's leaving 'Meet the Press' after a tumultuous near-decade moderating the NBC political panel show

Chuck Todd says he's leaving 'Meet the Press' after a tumultuous near-decade moderating the NBC political panel show
June 04
June 04

Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament

Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature
June 04
People line up to cast their ballots in Guinea-Bissau's legislative elections in Bissau Sunday June 4, 2023. The Centre for Democracy and Development, an African human rights organisation, said nearly 1 million voters were registered to elect more than 100 lawmakers from six parties with active seats in the National People's Assembly. (AP Photo/Darcicio Barbosa)
June 04

Russia says it thwarted attack in Donetsk; unclear if this was start of Ukrainian counteroffensive

Unclear if the attack in Donetsk was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
June 04
Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region, seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)
June 04

Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for?

Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world
June 04
File - People stand outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. If Apple unveils a widely anticipated headset equipped with mixed reality technology at the theater on Monday, it will be the company's biggest new product since the introduction of the Apple Watch nearly a decade ago.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
June 04

Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for?

Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world
June 04
File - People stand outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. If Apple unveils a widely anticipated headset equipped with mixed reality technology at the theater on Monday, it will be the company's biggest new product since the introduction of the Apple Watch nearly a decade ago.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
June 04

Oil tanker breaks down in Egypt's Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the global waterway

A spokesperson for Egypt's Suez Canal says a tanker transporting crude oil broke down in the canal on Sunday, briefly disrupting traffic in the global waterway
June 04
June 04

Saudi Arabia is slashing oil supply. It could mean higher gas prices for US drivers

It's taking a unilateral step to support the sagging cost of crude.
June 04
FILE - The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on March 3, 2022. Leading oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are wrestling with whether to make another cut in crude supplies to the global economy as the OPEC+ alliance struggles to prop up sagging oil prices that have been a boon to U.S. drivers and helped ease inflation worldwide. The group is meeting Sunday, June 4, 2023 at OPEC headquarters in Vienna after sending mixed signals about possible moves. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)
June 04

Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

Defenders of Ukraine's city of Bakhmut are keeping up the pressure even though Russian forces declared victory there after the longest, deadliest battle of the war so far
June 04
A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears while firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
June 04

Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy

Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in an anti-government protest in Poland’s capital
June 04
Centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, right, and Lech Walesa, who along with other critics accuses the government of eroding democracy, lead an anti-government march in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 4, 2023. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1989 after Poland emerged from decades of communist rule. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 04

Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

A proposal to help finance a new ballpark for Major League Baseball's Athletics in Las Vegas has revived nationwide debates about public funding for private stadiums
June 04
FILE - This rendering provided by the Oakland Athletics, Friday, May 26, 2023, shows a view of their proposed new ballpark at the Tropicana site in Las Vegas. The proposal to help finance a new Oakland Athletics ballpark has revived nationwide debates about public funding for private stadiums, pitting Nevada’s powerful tourism industry and labor unions against some progressive groups raising concerns about ceding tax revenue when services like public schools are funded below the national average. (Courtesy of Oakland Athletics via AP, File)
June 04

Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

New York's fledgling marijuana market doesn't have enough licensed retailers to sell the 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms) of cannabis grown by farmers in the state
June 04
Marijuana plants are seen at a secured growing facility in Washington county, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Farmers growing New York's first legal adult marijuana crop are having trouble moving product because there's only a dozen licensed dispensaries statewide to sell to. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
June 04

Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

New York's fledgling marijuana market doesn't have enough licensed retailers to sell the 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms) of cannabis grown by farmers in the state
June 04
Marijuana plants are seen at a secured growing facility in Washington county, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Farmers growing New York's first legal adult marijuana crop are having trouble moving product because there's only a dozen licensed dispensaries statewide to sell to. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
June 03

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
June 03
June 03

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism

A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation is leaving the company
June 03
FILE - Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Ella Irwin, a top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation, has left the company. Her departure came after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 03

Russia bans 'unfriendly' countries' journalists from showpiece economic gathering

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events
June 03
June 03

'Thrown in their faces': Bud Light salespeople say boycott is hurting commission

Thousands of salespeople have suffered financial pain.
June 03
In this April 21, 2023, file photo, a sign disparaging Bud Light beer is seen along a country road in Arco, Idaho.
June 03

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling
June 03
President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
June 03

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

Charter fishing industry experts in southeast Alaska say they're eager to learn the cause of a tragedy that left five people dead or lost at sea
June 03
FILE - Homes in downtown overlook the harbor, in Sitka, Alaska, on March 26, 2008. Sitka is the home port for a charter fishing boat that sank in late May 2023 in nearby waters killing three and leaving two lost at sea. The tragedy has put a spotlight on the safety of southeast Alaska's vibrant charter fishing industry and on the port town of Sitka, where charter operators charge thousands of dollars per person for guided fishing trips. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)
June 02

Attorney says West Virginia governor refusing to pay judgment in coal lawsuit

An attorney for a Pennsylvania coal exporter says West Virginia Gov. James Justice is refusing to pay a balance of $1.9 million on a judgment against him and one of his family-owned coal companies
June 02
June 02

Court battle over interstate travel targets Utah bus stops in Nevada, California

A Utah-based bus company says the state of Nevada has “declared war” on its interstate travel services, seized one of its commercial vans and falsely accused it of operating unsafe vehicles
June 02
June 02

How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023

Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries about a possible recession
June 02
June 02

Lululemon, Five Below rise; Guidewire Software, PagerDuty fall

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Lululemon, Five Below rise; Guidewire Software, PagerDuty fall
June 02
June 02

Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims

The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia
June 02
FILE - Newly-released inmate George Ballentine holds his prescription medicine Suboxone outside a pharmacy on July 23, 2018, in Greenfield, Mass. The attorneys general for 41 states and the District of Columbia announced a $102.5 million settlement Friday, June 2, 2023, with Suboxone maker Indivior Inc., over claims that the company schemed to keep generic competitors off the market. Suboxone, a branded version of buprenorphine and naloxone, is used to treat opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
June 02

YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections

YouTube says it will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election and other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by widespread fraud, errors or glitches
June 02
FILE - The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad on March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches," the platform announced Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
June 02

Kimberly Palmer: Financial tips for new college grads

Deciding how to spend your first paycheck after graduating from college can be overwhelming, given the many competing demands on it
June 02
June 02

Kimberly Palmer: Financial tips for new college grads

Deciding how to spend your first paycheck after graduating from college can be overwhelming, given the many competing demands on it
June 02
June 02

Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from 'forever chemicals' water contamination

Three chemical manufacturing companies have reached a deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with compounds known as PFAS
June 02
FILE - The DuPont logo is seen on a sign at the entrance to the company's Spruance Plant on April 22, 2008, in Richmond, Va. Three chemical companies, including DuPont, said Friday, June 2, 2023, that they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
June 02

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $1.64 to $71.74 a barrel Friday
June 02
June 02

Wall Street reacts to hot jobs report

ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous discusses Wall Street’s reaction to the higher-than-expected jobs report.
June 02
VIDEO: Wall Street reacts to hot jobs report
June 02

This Week: Campbell Soup earnings, jobless claims, mortgage rates

Campbell Soup Co. reports third-quarter financial results before the bell on Wednesday
June 02
June 02

Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis

A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor
June 02
Travelers check out a jumbo screen projecting images of Walt Disney World in the east hall atrium at Orlando International Airport, Thursday, May 25, 2023 in Orlando, Fla. Auto club AAA said this summer could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 43 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles or more. (Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
June 02

Debt ceiling bill's impact on the economy

Business reporter Alexis Christoforous breaks down the bill and its economic impact.
June 02
VIDEO: Debt ceiling bill's impact on the economy