NEW YORK (AP) — Breastfeeding, sleep training, food allergies: Parents navigate an onslaught of decisions, particularly fraught from birth to preschool when their own sleep deprivation and inexperience may come into play. Add...
Read MoreNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is considering repaying early the remainder of a 2.5 billion euro ($2.83 billion) loan that Russia granted the island nation in 2012 amid a financial crisis. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades told...
Read MoreThe number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century. The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 5,000 last week to 192,000, lowest since September 1969. The...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, as spending on autos, gasoline, furniture and clothing jumped. The Commerce Department said Thursday that sales increased a seasonally...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — US retail sales surged 1.6% in March, fastest pace since September 2017 in a positive for economic growth.
Read MoreKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court has ruled that the 2016 nationalization of a major bank owned by a powerful tycoon was illegal. The court in Kiev ruled on Thursday that Privatbank, owned by tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskyi, was...
Read MoreANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has lashed out at the Financial Times and other western media, accusing them of falsely portraying the economy as being on the brink of collapse. Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Thursday...
Read MoreLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government says truckers have called off a strike over pay and working conditions that caused hundreds of gas stations across the country to run dry. Infrastructure Minister Pedro Nuno...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top court has rejected an appeal by former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers against his extended detention after his fourth arrest on allegations of financial misconduct. The decision...
Read MoreNEW DELHI (AP) — Creditors of India’s beleaguered Jet Airways say they are “reasonably hopeful” that a bidding process with potential investors for a controlling stake in the airline will save the company. The...
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