World Business

  • France, Lebanon aim to rebuild port

    BEIRUT -- About 3½ years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the world's biggest non-nu…

  • Farm bankruptcies hitting Brazil

    Agricultural powerhouse Brazil is harvesting one bumper crop after another. Yet, growers are going bankrupt at an alarming rate, dealing a blow to investors in…

  • Germany: ’23 emissions fell; on goal for ’30

    BERLIN -- Germany's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by one-tenth last year as renewable energy grew in importance, the use of coal and gas diminished and econ…

  • Nissan and Honda partner to develop EVs, technology

    TOKYO -- Nissan and Honda announced Friday that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanes…

  • Cruise line halts stops at Haitian port

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is suspending visits to its private enclave in Haiti as gang violence and lawlessness grip the country's capital.

  • EU gives final OK on bloc’s AI rules

    LONDON -- European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc's artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track …

  • China’s Sichuan Trust unravels

    CHENGDU, China -- Some investors in a troubled trust fund in China are facing financial ruin under a government plan to return a fraction of their money, casua…

  • Musk visits German plant after fire, outage

    GRUENHEIDE, Germany -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car maker's first European plant on Wednesday as production resumed at the factory just outside…

  • Zimbabwe predicts steep drop in tobacco output

    HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Africa's largest tobacco producer began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decli…

  • Eye kept on chip export controls

    MANILA, Philippines -- The United States is constantly assessing the need to expand export controls to stop China from acquiring advanced computer chips and ma…

  • Germany escalates Tesla arson inquiry

    BERLIN -- Germany's top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Ber…

  • Olive oil consumption falls as cost rises

    MILAN -- The high price of olive oil has Italians reducing consumption of the mainstay of the Mediterranean diet, according to a survey released Friday.

  • Apple to allow outside apps in EU devices

    Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone's digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe that is striving to give consumers more choices -- a…

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