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Asian shares are mostly falling, discouraged by a Wall Street slump that followed a blowout profit report from Nvidia and mixed reports on the U.S. economy

Firefighters battle multiple wildfires in Greece, including one in the northeast that officials say is the largest recorded in the European Union. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash in Kuzhenkino, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) northwest of Moscow. The 15th BRICS summit took place in South Africa, with Putin appearing on a video link after his travel to South Africa was complicated by an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him over the war in Ukraine. In sports, Spain's women’s soccer team won their first World Cup in Australia. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by AP photographer Markus Schreiber. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images AP Images blog:...

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change

When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a high-profile speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, many analysts think he could make one thing clear: That the Fed plans to keep its benchmark interest rate at a peak level for longer than had been ...

Former President Donald Trump has returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter

Unionized workers at a General Motors joint-venture electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio will see pay raises while they continue to negotiate a contract

The Biden administration says it will take a look at increasing regulation over some air charters that operate much like regular airlines

The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a government hotline to report safety concerns has kept them from following through on the promise they made back in March to join the p...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum

The release of “Dune: Part Two,” one of the fall’s most anticipated films, has been postponed from November until next year

A federal judge has approved an updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between four Native American tribes and government agencies

Lawyers suing JetBlue say in court filings that the airline could raise fares on some routes by up to 40% if it succeeds in buying Spirit Airlines

A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of lying under oath to protect his once-powerful boss

A California judge is rejecting an environmental group’s lawsuit that sought to block the state's largest utility from seeking to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Wall Street closed lower, despite a blowout profit report from Nvidia, as bond yields rose ahead of a highly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Nike will start selling replicas of England goalkeeper Mary Earps’ jersey after facing a public outcry for not making them available to fans during the Women’s World Cup

The suit alleges company selectively rejected qualified asylees, refugees.

Nordstrom says its sales and profits fell in its fiscal second quarter, joining its department store peers coping with shoppers' cautious spending

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 16 cents to $79.05 a barrel Thursday

General Motors says it will close a large computer center near Phoenix at the end of October, eliminating 940 jobs

General Motors says it will close a large computer center near Phoenix at the end of October, eliminating 940 jobs

Fran Drescher says the strike she's leading as head of the actors union is a huge moment for both Hollywood and the world of work beyond it

The candidates discussed other economic issues like inflation and U.S. debt.

Nigeria's statistics agency says the unemployment rate now stands at 4.1%

A study points to a “substantial” increase in philanthropic funding for journalism over the past five years, particularly to outlets that serve poor and minority communities

British police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of burning down an historic English pub that was famous for its lopsided walls and sagging foundation

Wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Petco, Spirit AeroSystems fall; Nvidia, Guess rise

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed further above 7% this week to its highest level since 2001, another blow to prospective homebuyers grappling with rising home prices and a stubbornly low supply of properties on the market

Two years after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money off their fame and celebrity, digital technology is allowing some of them to get paid by their fans without having to do very much in return

Fox News reached an estimated 12.8 million viewers on two television channels and its streaming network for the first GOP presidential primary debate of the 2024 season, even though former President Donald Trump skipped it

Fox News reached an estimated 12.8 million viewers on two television channels and its streaming network for the first GOP presidential primary debate of the 2024 season, even though former President Donald Trump skipped it

Federal regulators are proposing a series of rules changes aimed at toughening safety requirements for millions of miles of gas distribution pipelines nationwide following a string of gas explosions in Massachusetts in 2018

Fast fashion retailers Shein and Forever 21 are going into business together

Norway is rebuilding a dilapidated reindeer fence along its border with Russia in the Arctic to stop the animals from wandering into the neighboring country

Dollar Tree’s fiscal second-quarter results beat Wall Street’s estimates as the discount retailer experienced strong sales and increased traffic at its stores

French President Emmanuel Macron is vowing to make key economic, immigration and education reforms

The Brazilian Amazon has long been home to small and mid-sized sustainable businesses that use forest nuts, fruits and other products, and it's an incubator for new ones

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the most likely nominees for the 2024 presidential election, but you won't see many new books about either this fall

Uber has raised the minimum age requirement for most new drivers in California to 25

Sandwich chain Subway said Thursday it will be sold to Roark Capital, a private equity firm with expertise in restaurant management

Applications for unemployment benefits fell again last week as America’s labor market continues to hum along despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring down inflation that’s still higher than optimal

Applications for unemployment benefits fell again last week as America’s labor market continues to hum along despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring down inflation that’s still higher than optimal

Air traffic controllers at Lebanon’s only civilian airport say they are badly understaffed and are planning to go on strike next month

Boeing and a key supplier say that a new manufacturing flaw could delay deliveries of the 737 Max, Boeing’s best-selling plane

Switzerland’s financial markets authority says an in-depth review of more than 30 banks conducted this spring found that “a large number” failed to meet basic requirements for analyzing the risk of money laundering

Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by an aggressive 7.5 percentage points, in a new sign of a return to more traditional economic policies

Turkey's central bank hikes key interest rate to 25% to combat inflation, in a new sign of normalizing economic policy