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Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative

Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program
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FILE - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to reporters inside the rotunda of the state Capitol building, Feb. 25, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on whether to advance Youngkin's plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)
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Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative

Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program
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FILE - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to reporters inside the rotunda of the state Capitol building, Feb. 25, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on whether to advance Youngkin's plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)
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Leaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel

As 30 environment and trade ministers, and 50 CEOs gather in Paris for the 8th international conference on energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency is taking stock
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FILE - An International Electric MV Series truck is on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. A report released Wednesday, June 7, 2023, by the International Energy Agency says that demand for energy is growing, yet emissions are not growing as fast. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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The pause on student loan payments is ending. Can borrowers find room in their budgets?

After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August
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Celina Chanthanouvong stands with her cat in her apartment in Emeryville, Calif., on June 2, 2023. After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August. The pause in repayment has been a lifeline keeping 25-year-old Chanthanouvong afloat. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
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Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco lands in Russia after engine problem

Officials say an Air India flight from New Delhi to San Francisco has landed in Russia after it developed an engine problem
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FILE - Air India aircrafts stand at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2011. An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco landed in Russia after it developed an engine problem, officials said on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The plane, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members, landed safely at Russia’s Magadan airport in the country’s far east on Tuesday, Air India said in a statement. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)
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Bottomless supply? Concerns of limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. seeks to decarbonize grid

An ambitious push to decarbonize Canada’s grid and the nation’s growing demand for green energy is causing concerns in the U.S. that Canadian hydro supplies aren’t as plentiful as they used to be
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FILE - dam generates power along the Manicouagan River north of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, June 22, 2010. Importing more of Canada's historically abundant hydroelectricity is seen by some as a key component to making the U.S. electric grid carbon-free by 2035, as well as improving energy reliability and cost for American consumers. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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China trade tumbles in May, adding to signs economic recovery is slowing

China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5%, adding to signs an economic recovery is slowing
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Driverless trucks move shipping containers at an automated port in Tianjin, China, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. China's exports fell 7.5% from a year ago in May, 2023, and imports were down 4.5%, adding to signs an economic recovery is slowing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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China reports exports fell 7.5% from a year ago in May, imports down 4%, adding to signs economic recovery is slowing

China reports exports fell 7.5% from a year ago in May, imports down 4%, adding to signs economic recovery is slowing
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June 06

US Army Corps revokes permit for Minnesota mine, cites threat to downstream tribe's water standards

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe
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FILE - The closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., Feb. 10, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, June 6, 2023, it has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine, previously known as PolyMet, in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
June 06

Boeing delays shipments of 787s over flaw in tail section of planes

Boeing is holding up deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner because of yet another manufacturing problem
June 06
FILE - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxis after its landing at Le Bourget airport, east of Paris, upon its presentation for the first time at the 49th Paris Air Show at the airport, June 21, 2011. Boeing said Tuesday, June 6, 2023, that deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner have been halted again by another manufacturing issue, the latest in a string of setbacks affecting the two-aisle jet. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
June 06

Apple's Vision Pro goggles unleash a mixed reality that could lead to more innovation and isolation

Reporters are a skeptical bunch, so it was unusual to hear so many of them raving about their firsthand experience with Apple’s next Big Thing
June 06
File - The Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed in a showroom on the Apple campus after it's unveiling on Monday, June 5, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. The Vision Pro is a high-priced headset that blends virtual reality with augmented reality that projects digital images on top of real-world settings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 06

PGA Tour and Europe join forces with Saudi's LIV Golf. Here's what you need to know

Once rivals in court, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are now partners in business
June 06
FILE - Yasir Al-Rumayyan attends the champion's ceremony at the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago tournament Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Sugar Hill, Ill. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world. Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, will join the board of the PGA Tour, which continues to operates its tournaments. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
June 06

Founder, ex-executive of edgy sexual wellness company OneTaste charged with forced labor conspiracy

Two former executives of a company known for offering “orgasmic meditation” sessions have been charged with using sex, psychological abuse and economic exploitation to coerce work from people while taking over their lives
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June 06

Airline unions accuse SkyWest of evading safety rules by seeking charter status for flights

Airline employee unions are sounding off about a small airline's plan to operate charter flights and get around some pilot-training rules
June 06
June 06

Gun rights supporters sue Connecticut after governor signs bill with open carry ban

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
June 06
FILE - A makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre stands outside a home on the first anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, 2013. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block a ban on open carrying and other parts of the new law. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
June 06

Recalled pillows linked to 10 infant deaths still being sold on Facebook Marketplace

Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago
June 06
This photo released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, shows, from left, the recalled Boppy Original Newborn Lounger, Boppy Preferred Newborn Lounger and Pottery Barn Kids Boppy Newborn Lounger. The Boppy Company recalled more than 3 million of its popular infant pillows almost two years ago in light of a suffocation risk — with reports of eight deaths associated with Boppy's loungers between 2015 and 2020. In a Tuesday notice, the CSPC said that two additional babies died shortly after the recall was initiated in September 2021. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)
June 06

Recalled pillows linked to 10 infant deaths still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, US agency says

Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago
June 06
This photo released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, shows, from left, the recalled Boppy Original Newborn Lounger, Boppy Preferred Newborn Lounger and Pottery Barn Kids Boppy Newborn Lounger. The Boppy Company recalled more than 3 million of its popular infant pillows almost two years ago in light of a suffocation risk — with reports of eight deaths associated with Boppy's loungers between 2015 and 2020. In a Tuesday notice, the CSPC said that two additional babies died shortly after the recall was initiated in September 2021. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)
June 06

London Irish becomes 3rd club banished from English rugby competitions amid financial crisis

The financial crisis gripping English club rugby claimed another victim when London Irish was suspended from the entire league structure for missing its latest deadline to pay staff and players
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June 06

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 6/6/2023

Stocks drifted on Wall Street amid a vacuum of market-moving data
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June 06

Cracker Barrel, Joann fall; Thor Industries, HealthEquity rise

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Cracker Barrel, Joann fall; Thor Industries, HealthEquity rise
June 06
June 06

Former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is charged with fraud in voucher-selling scheme

A former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is being charged with fraud
June 06
June 06

Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions

A federal judge has rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles
June 06
FILE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs House Bill 1240, which prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of semi-automatic assault-style weapons in the state, April 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash. A U.S. judge on Tuesday, June 6, rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Inslee in an effort to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
June 06

Mystery client who hired detective to spy on Reno's mayor asks Nevada high court to keep name secret

The mystery client who hired a detective to spy on Reno’s mayor and a county commissioner with GPS trackers has joined an appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court challenging a lower court ruling that his name be made public
June 06
FILE - Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 90th Annual Meeting at the Peppermill Resort Hotel in Reno, Nev., June 3, 2022. The mystery client who hired a detective who secretly tracked Reno's mayor with a GPS device is trying to persuade Nevada's Supreme Court that he has a First Amendment right to remain anonymous, a protected privilege he says is a cornerstone of democracy and part of “the business of politics.” (AP Photo/Tom R. Smedes, File)
June 06

Crypto exchange company Coinbase being sued

The largest U.S. cryptocurrency platform is accused of operating illegally because it failed to register as an exchange.
June 06
VIDEO: Cyrpto exchange company Coinbase being sued
June 06

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 41 cents to $71.74 a barrel Tuesday
June 06
June 06

Detroit clerk who locked door before customers were shot will face trial

A Detroit gas station clerk will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter
June 06
A gas station remains closed less than a week after a fatal shooting in Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Authorities in Detroit say a man fatally shot another customer inside a gas station and wounded two more in a dispute over a small purchase. (AP Photo/Ed White)
June 06

Detroit clerk who locked door before customers were shot will face trial

A Detroit gas station clerk will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter
June 06
A gas station remains closed less than a week after a fatal shooting in Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Authorities in Detroit say a man fatally shot another customer inside a gas station and wounded two more in a dispute over a small purchase. (AP Photo/Ed White)
June 06

Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?

Bluesky is the internet’s hottest members-only spot at the moment
June 06
The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen, in New York, Friday, June 2, 2023. Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, does feel a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters as well as fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
June 06

Poland's state media criticized for its coverage of huge anti-government march

An official with Poland’s state broadcasting authority says it has received multiple complaints over the way state media covered a huge anti-government protest
June 06
Participants join an anti-government march led by the centrist opposition party leader Donald Tusk, who along with other critics accuses the government of eroding democracy, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Poland's largest opposition party led a march Sunday meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government, which it accuses of eroding democracy and following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy. The march is being held on the 34th anniversary of the first partly free elections, a democratic breakthrough in the toppling of communism across Eastern Europe. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 06

Reports: Italian ex-premier, business executives investigated over Colombia deal for ships, planes

Italian state television and other media have reported that prosecutors based in Naples are investigating a former premier and some leading business figures over the sale to Colombia of military planes, ships and submarines
June 06
June 06

Canadian company pleads guilty to shipping banned seal oil to US

A Canadian company has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by illegally selling seal oil capsules to American customers
June 06
FILE - A seal hunter drags a harp seal back to his snowmobile during the annual seal hunt on an ice floe on April 2, 2005, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. A Canadian company has pleaded guilty Monday, June 5, 2023, to violating federal law by illegally selling seal oil capsules to American customers. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
June 06

UK's leading business lobby group wins backing of members in vote amid sexual misconduct allegations

Britain’s leading business lobby group has won the overwhelming support of its members at a special meeting for a broad set of reform proposals that should ensure its continued survival
June 06
June 06

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border towns' notorious casinos, but they keep operating

A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with notorious casino complexes that allegedly host major organized crime operations
June 06
June 06

How Apple's new device announcements are impacting its stock

With the release of new Apple tech, including its new AR virtual reality set, ABC News business reporter Alexis Christoforous breaks down the stock market’s reaction.
June 06
VIDEO: How Apple's new device announcements are impacting its stock
June 06

Delaware Supreme Court upholds judge's finding that Tesla acquisition of Solar City was fair

Delaware's Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s decision in favor of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins
June 06
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a conference at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Delaware's Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s decision in favor of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins. The court on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 rejected arguments from a group of Tesla shareholders that a Chancery Court judge erred in finding that Tesla’s deal to acquire SolarCity in 2016 was “entirely fair.” (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
June 06

5 things to know from Prince Harry's day in court

It's rare enough to see a senior British royal testifying in a court of law
June 06
Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is due at a London court to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an "industrial scale" to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
June 06

OpenAI CEO suggests agency like UN's nuclear watchdog to oversee AI

An innovator warns of artificial intelligence's "existential risk" to humanity.
June 06
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Altman on Tuesday suggested an international agency like the International Atomic Energy Agency could oversee artificial intelligence worldwide while visiting the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
June 06

NATO eastern flank members want to boost support for Ukraine at alliance summit in July

The leaders of nine central and eastern European countries say NATO allies should aim at further boosting their support for Ukraine and for its aspiration to become a member of the alliance
June 06
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, right, arrive at the meeting of the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine countries that make up the eastern flank of NATO, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, June, 6, 2023. (Michal Svitok/TASR via AP)
June 06

Wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine

The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global prices of wheat and corn higher
June 06
File - A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. Following the collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine, global prices of wheat and other key consumer goods climbed higher on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
June 06

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion

Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion
June 06
FILE - A Merck scientist conducts research on Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, Pa. Merck is suing the federal government Tuesday, June 6, 2023, over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the coming years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
June 06

Ex Formula One boss Ecclestone pleads not guilty to fraud charge

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has formally pleaded not guilty to a fraud charge over his alleged failure to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore
June 06
Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone arrives for a hearing at Southwark Crown Court, in London Tuesday June, 6, 2023. Ecclestone is charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
June 06

EU parliament criticized for slow pace of anti-corruption reform as offices searched over Qatargate

Anti-corruption officials and lawmakers say the European Parliament has failed to introduce new rules or enforce the old ones six months after a cash-for-influence scandal rocked the assembly
June 06
June 06

PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud

The PGA Tour abruptly dropped its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf venture on Tuesday and instead announced a stunning merger that creates a global operation featuring the world’s top players backed by the Saudis’ massive wealth
June 06
FILE - Team champions David Puig, Sebastián Muñoz, Mito Pereira, Captain Joaquín Niemann of Torque GC and their caddies celebrate on stage with the team trophy during LIV Golf DC at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.(Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP, File)
June 06

Banks' growing reliance on chatbots to handle customer service tasks worries consumer watchdog

Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place
June 06
FILE - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 11, 2022. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report Tuesday where the bureau lays out a number concerns about the growing use of chatbots by banks to handle routine customer service requests by customers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
June 06

Bulgaria gets new government as former rivals enter uneasy alliance

Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of ex-Premier Boyko Borissov, which won the April general election, and the runner-up, the pro-European liberal coalition “We Continue...
June 06
Newly approved Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and his government take their oath at the Bulgarian Parliament, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Sofia. Bulgaria's parliament on Tuesday formally approved the country's new government proposed by the two main political rivals in a bid to end the 30-months-long political crisis, restore stability and spur economic development in the poorest EU member country. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
June 06

Maria Sherman appointed AP's music writer, based in Los Angeles

Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of global significance for the news cooperative
June 06
Maria Sherman poses for a portrait on Monday, June 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
June 06

World Bank offers dim outlook for the global economy in face of higher interest rates

The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic
June 06
File - The World Bank building in in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic according to the latest outlook of the World Bank. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 06

SEC brings charges against cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase

Shares of Coinbase Global tumbled nearly 17% before the market open on Tuesday.
June 06
File - The mobile phone icon for the Coinbase app is shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging Coinbase with operating its crypto asset trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
June 06

Japan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China's influence

Japan has joined the United States and Australia in signing an agreement on a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its i...
June 06
FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, from left, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 20, 2023. Japan announced Tuesday, June 6, 2023, that it joined the United States and Australia in signing a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its influence. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 06

US-based aid group says around $900,000 stolen by employees in Congo

An American-based aid group says approximately $900,000 was stolen from its Congo programs by members of the organization who conspired with outside actors
June 06