By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK – Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Port of Los Angeles bears witness to President Joe Biden’s failed efforts to tackle what he calls his top economic priority: inflation. Biden will speak at America’s busiest port on Friday, with inflation lingering as a problem that has eluded his … Read more
By KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a policy conference where he is expected to review state affairs, including a COVID-19 outbreak, and possibly address relations with Washington and Seoul in the midst of its nuclear revival. The plenary meeting of the ruling … Read more
By JOSH FUNK – AP Business Writer A group of U.S. senators led by Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders is supporting workers at two CNH Industrial plants who have been on strike for more than a month for better wages and benefits. The group, which also includes former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and three other Democrats, … Read more
By CLAUDIA LAUER – Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the sidewalk. That thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver traveling on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia hit and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks’ young sons as they crossed the … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Police on Tuesday identified a suspect in what they said was a seemingly unprovoked fatal shooting of a passenger aboard a New York City subway train. Andrew Abdullah, 25, is wanted in the death of Daniel Enriquez, 48, the NYPD said. He was shot on his way to brunch on Sunday … Read more
PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 23, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Valentis International Group, Inc. has entered into agreements for investment advisory and advisory services related to the company’s expansion and move toward an IPO (IPO) on a significant medium of exchange or negotiation. Valentis’ new advisors will develop a current and successful relationship with OGGI Equity, a … Read more
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting on Saturday they would consider expanding military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from South Korea. North at a time when there is little hope for genuine … Read more
By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON – Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was named France’s new prime minister on Monday, becoming the second woman in history to hold the post. Borne, 61, labor minister in the previous government of French President Emmanuel Macron, succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation on Monday was … Read more
PA DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s biggest airlines and the Middle East’s number one carrier, Emirates Air, said on Friday it lost $1.1 billion in the past financial year, but this figure still marks an 80% improvement over the previous year. The airline said its revenue rose 91% to $16.1 … Read more
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI – Associated Press Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he has replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machines. In Houston, Al Flores has raised the price of his barbecue restaurant’s brisket plate because … Read more