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Starbucks’ new CEO says he plans to work a half-day shift once a month in one of the company’s stores

Germany's foreign minister has urged North Macedonia’s leaders to deliver on a pledge to amend the country’s constitution needed to speed up its path toward European Union membership

Some freight train cars have derailed in Massachusetts but the fire department says no hazardous materials were on board

Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee are telling former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank they “must answer” for their banks' "downfall.”

The Federal Reserve raised its short-term borrowing rate another quarter-point yesterday, intensifying the central bank's fight against inflation.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage fell for the second straight week, which combined with moderating home prices, could give the housing market a boost as the spring buying season begins

President Joe Biden arrives in Canada on Thursday with a focus on big global issues

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has addressed lawmakers for the last time as Scottish leader

Police in Montenegro say they have arrested Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency

India will require $900 billion over the next 30 years to move away from coal mines and thermal plants, a New Delhi based think tank said in a report Thursday

The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has given final approval to a Medicaid expansion agreement

A South Carolina barbecue chain known for its pro-segregation stance in a landmark 1960s case and its embrace of the Confederate flag in 2000 is facing allegations of racism and sexual harassment by the fired general manager of one of its restaurants

The International Monetary Fund has given a grim assessment of Lebanon’s prospects for getting out of its deepening financial crisis

Ukraine’s president has made his third visit in two days to areas that have felt the brunt of Russia’s invasion

The Finnish president has formally sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance

Unrest in France is tarnishing the sheen of King Charles III’s first overseas trip as monarch

German unions are calling on thousands of workers across the country’s transport system to stage a one-day strike on Monday that is expected to bring widespread disruption to planes, trains and local transit

Coinbase’s stock is tumbling after the cryptocurrency trading platform received a warning from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could possibly face securities charges

The labor market continues to defy the Federal Reserve’s attempts at loosening it, with U.S. applications for unemployment benefits down again last week and remaining at historically low levels

A top Russian security official has declared that the risk of a nuclear war has risen and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest

Bank of England hikes rates by quarter-point, following US Federal Reserve in focusing on inflation despite bank turmoil

Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of over 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven

The German government says that Berlin plans to buy more than 100 Australian-made combat vehicles as it moves ahead with plans to modernize its armed forces

China’s government says it would oppose possible U.S. plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a security risk and warned such a move would hurt investor confidence in the United States

Joe Biden likes to say he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history

China Evergrande, a real estate developer whose struggle to manage more than $300 billion in debt rattled global financial markets has announced a long-awaited plan to restructure what it owes to foreign bondholders

The Swiss central bank has hiked its key interest rate and declared that a government-orchestrated takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by rival bank UBS ended the financial turmoil

The Bank of England has extended its battle against inflation, announcing an 11th consecutive interest rate increase despite concerns about the economic fallout from troubles in the global financial system

Shou Zi Chew will address a potential ban, prepared remarks show.

European Union leaders have endorsed a plan for sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months to help the country counter Russia’s invasion forces

Stocks are clawing back some of their steep losses from a day before, when markets tumbled into the close

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced the country will lift export controls of three key semiconductor-related materials imposed in 2019 against South Korea

A bill to punish oil companies for profiting from price spikes at the pump has passed the California Senate

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts has finally taken flight, but didn't last long

Approval of President Joe Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago to 38%

Ford’s electric vehicle business has lost $3 billion before taxes during the past two years and will lose a similar amount this year as the company invests heavily in the new technology

Starbucks workers and their supporters rallied outside the company’s Seattle headquarters Wednesday to protest what they describe as union-busting efforts by executives

Americans eager to buy a home this spring, beware: It’s slim pickings out there

The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks through dry farmland in Argentina that should be green and lush this time of year

Actress Lindsay Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so

The CEO of TikTok is being grilled by a U.S. congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned

Many underperforming mall stores will close to strengthen standalone stores.

A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the U.S. Senate

One of the six oil executives with a Texas-based company who was imprisoned five years in Venezuela is suing his company for $100 million

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: GameStop, Greenbrier rise; Petco, PacWest fall

Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election

Officials say two employees of a rural west Tennessee town that resisted a takeover attempt by the state after Ford Motor Co. announced plans to build a truck plant nearby have been charged with the theft of town funds and official misconduct

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose $1.23 to $70.90 a barrel Wednesday

The comments came on Wednesday after the Fed raised interest rates 0.25%.