WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their retail spending last month, a sign that low unemployment and modest wage gains are encouraging consumers to shop. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales rose 0.5% in...
Read MorePARIS (AP) — The billionaire French donors who publicly promised flashy donations totaling hundreds of millions to rebuild Notre Dame have not yet paid a penny toward the restoration of the French national monument, according to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — US retail sales rose a solid 0.5% in May as consumers spent more on cars, electronics.
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is warning oil executives that a “radical energy transition” to clean, low-carbon power sources is needed to stave off the effects of a rapidly warming planet. Francis told the...
Read MoreWhen the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, or even hints that it’s about to, investors cheer. That’s because lowering rates stokes the overall economy, which sends stock prices higher — usually, that is. The Fed...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it’s reached an agreement with the United States to allow more hormone-free U.S. beef onto the European market. The commission said Friday the “in-principle” deal...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s former Chief Secretary Anson Chan — long an outspoken advocate for more democracy in the ex-British colony — is urging the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, to shelve proposed...
Read MoreSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of this region’s oil-import-dependent...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer says it plans to invest some 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) over the next decade in developing “additional methods to combat weeds.” Friday’s...
Read MoreNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are finishing a vote over whether to unionize. The vote of about 1,700 hourly workers began Wednesday and concludes Friday. A win would offer...
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