Month: April 2022

TOKYO — Stocks are opening solidly higher on Wall Street Wednesday. The S&P 500 is up 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained … Read More

Now Japan and Canada probe mystery hepatitis in children as global outbreak spreads — bringing countries with cases to 14 Canada has had reports of ‘acute hepatitis of unknown origin’ … Read More

European gas prices surge 24% after Putin ‘blackmails’ Poland and Bulgaria by cutting off their supplies as Moscow says ‘unfriendly’ nations only have themselves to blame Russia cut off gas … Read More

Grant Shapps says P&O Ferries boss HAS to go and orders him to pay agency staff minimum wage after ‘inexperienced’ £5.50-an-hour crew were blamed for ship drifting in Irish Sea … Read More

Fly-tippers dump old sofas, fridges, mattresses in Cardiff wasteland as report finds hikes in landfill tax is encouraging organised criminals to make money from illegally disposing of rubbish Fly-tipping prosecutions … Read More

LONDON — A hands-off approach to moderating content at Elon Musk’s Twitter could clash with ambitious new laws in Europe meant to protect users from disinformation, hate speech and other … Read More

The release ends a nearly three-year ordeal for Reed, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 for endangering the “life and health” of Russian police officers … Read More

Russia’s Gazprom says it is halting natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, escalating tensions between the Kremlin and Europe over energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and adding … Read More

Fewer still understand why former President Donald Trump and Republicans persist in their long-disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Much less why they are obsessed about making … Read More

TOKYO — Wall Street appeared ready for a rebound when the market opens Wednesday after some lackluster corporate earnings, the war in Ukraine and concerns over coming interest rate hikes … Read More