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FILE - A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility, in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, Oct. 6, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a less conservative approach to its holiday planning than Walmart. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Amazon to hire 150,000 workers for holidays

Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a … more

By HALELUYA HADERO | 10/6/22

FILE - A home with a "Sold" sign is shown, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market triggered the Great Recession in 2008. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, that the average on the key 30-year rate dipped to 6.66% from 6.70% last week. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this week

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market … more

By MATT OTT | 10/6/22

FILE - A man sits outside the gate of an overcrowded asylum seekers center where hundreds of migrants seek shelter in Ter Apel, northern Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. A Dutch court on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 ordered the government and its asylum seeker accommodation agency to significantly improve conditions at overcrowded and unsanitary emergency migrant housing facilities. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch court orders government to improve migrant centers

A Dutch court has ordered the government and its asylum-seeker accommodation agency to significantly improve conditions at overcrowded and unsanitary emergency migrant housing facilities. The ruling … more

By MIKE CORDER | 10/6/22

Peloton to cut 500 jobs as turnaround efforts continue

Peloton is looking to trim approximately 500 jobs, or about 12% of its workforce, as the high-end exercise equipment maker continues its turnaround efforts. “A key aspect of Peloton’s … more

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN | 10/6/22

Hiring sign is displayed in Deerfield, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropped last week, a sign that few companies are cutting jobs despite high inflation and a weak economy. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 24 fell by 16,000 to 193,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week

More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the labor market remains strong even in the face of persistent inflation and a slowing overall U.S. economy. Jobless claims for the week … more

By MATT OTT | 10/6/22

Fatima Nunez Ardon, a teacher in training, teaches Spanish to second graders at Madrona Elementary School in SeaTac, a suburb in Seattle, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Ardon went through a program at Highline College, a community college, to train to be a teacher. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

To fill teacher jobs, community colleges offer new degrees

Amid national teacher shortages, community colleges are stepping in, launching teacher-training programs traditionally found in four-year colleges. In Washington state, nine community colleges offer … more

By JANELLE RETKA of The Seattle Times | 10/6/22

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of Denmark, a view the disturbance in the water above the gas leak, in the Baltic Sea, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Following the suspected sabotage this week of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to Europe, there were two leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1, and a smaller one above North Stream 2. (Rune Dyrholm/Armed Forces of Denmark via AP)

Sweden completes investigation of Baltic Sea pipeline leaks

Sweden’s domestic security agency says its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” as the … more

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Japan's Toyota finds wheel, airbag fixes for recalled EVs

Japan’s top automaker Toyota says it has identified how to fix its 2023 model year bZ4X crossover electric vehicles after recalling 2,700 of them in June out of concern wheel bolts might become … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 10/6/22

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Sub-Prefecture in Saint-Nazaire after a visit at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Stephane Mahe/Pool photo via AP)

France fights winter shortages with new energy-saving drive

Under the watchword “Every gesture counts,” France's government is detailing an energy-saving drive to get the country through the winter without gas from Russia. The French government's push for … more

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President Joe Biden visits Fisherman's Wharf at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, to see the damage caused by Hurricane Ian. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Biden to mark IBM investment with Democrats in tough races

President Joe Biden is ready to celebrate a new $20 billion investment by IBM in New York with two House Democrats running in competitive races in next month’s elections. Biden is taking part in a … more

By AAMER MADHANI | 10/6/22

FILE - Visitors walk by a replica of the Brandenberg Gate and the Berlin wall at Mini-Europe in Brussels, Tuesday May 11, 2004. With the entrance of ten new members to the EU on May 1, 2004, Mini-Europe faced having to expand as well. Leaders from more than 40 countries will gather Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Prague, to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, but critics claim the new forum is an attempt to put the brakes on European Union enlargement. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Europe's leaders gather in Prague but Russia isn't invited

Leaders from around 44 countries are gathering to launch a “European Political Community” aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent. The one country not invited to … more

By LORNE COOK and KAREL JANICEK | 10/6/22

Eurowings aircrafts are parked at the airport in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. A pilots strike at budget airline Eurowings has forced the German carrier to cancel hundreds of flights Thursday. The airline said about half of its 500 daily flights would be nixed, affecting tens of thousands of passengers in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. (Bernd Weissbrod/dpa via AP)

Pilots strike cancels flights at German carrier Eurowings

A pilots strike at budget airline Eurowings has forced the German carrier to cancel hundreds of flights. The Lufthansa subsidiary said about half of its 500 daily flights would be nixed on Thursday, … more

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Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Sri Lanka begins crucial debt restructuring talks with China

Sri Lanka’s government has started debt restructuring discussions with China, an important step toward finalizing an International Monetary Fund rescue of the island nation from its worst economic … more

By KRISHAN FRANCIS | 10/6/22

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss makes a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Oct. 5, 2022. After an acrimonious divorce and years of bickering, Britain’s government looks like it wants to make up with the European Union. On Thursday, Oct. 6 Truss travels to the Czech Republic to attend the first meeting of the European Political Community, an initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron that brings together EU members and countries outside the union. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

With division at home, UK's Truss seeks to thaw EU relations

After an acrimonious divorce and years of bickering, Britain’s government looks like it wants to make up with the European Union. European politicians and diplomats have noticed a marked softening … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 10/6/22

Electronic signage at an Optus telecommunications retail store is seen at the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. The government has announced changes to telecommunications law, Thursday, Oct. 6 to protect customers of Australia's second-largest wireless carrier, Optus, whose personal details were stolen in a major cyberattack. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australia updates law to protect data after Optus hack

The Australian government has announced changes to its telecommunications law to protect vulnerable customers after personal details were stolen in a major cyberattack on the nation’s … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 10/6/22

FILE - An Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Joseph Sullivan, the former chief security officer for Uber, was convicted Wednesday, Oct. 5 of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Former Uber security chief guilty of data breach coverup

The former chief security officer for Uber has been convicted of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. … more

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The ski slopes are almost devoid of snow at the Tūroa ski field, on Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand on Sept. 22, 2022. A disastrous snow season has left two of New Zealand's largest ski fields on the brink of bankruptcy, with climate change appearing to play a significant role. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Missing snow puts famed New Zealand ski areas on precipice

New Zealand’s Tūroa ski area closed three weeks early because it has hardly any snow. Rain washed it away all winter, and snowmaking machines proved no match against balmy temperatures. Throughout … more

By NICK PERRY | 10/5/22

Traders gather around a post as Twitter shares resume trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Twitter under Musk? Most of the plans are a mystery

A super app called X? A bot-free free speech haven? These are some of Elon Musk’s mysterious plans for Twitter, now that he may be moving toward buying the company after all. After months of … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and TOM KRISHER | 10/5/22

Members of Inzá, a community-based organization of peasants in Cauca, Colombia, gather for a General Assembly of the Asociación Campesina de Inzá Tierra Adentro in 2011. The group will be one of hundreds of nonprofits aided in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela by the $80 million Ford Foundation donation. (Dejusticia via AP)

Ford offers $80 million to fight global authoritarianism

The Ford Foundation will commit $80 million over the next five years to work that strengthens nonprofits fighting against authoritarian regimes. Such groups are struggling in the face of governments … more

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy | 10/5/22

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, speaks alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a summit in A Coruna, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022. Leaders of Spain and Germany are meeting in northwestern Spain for a one-day summit focusing on Europe's energy crisis and consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (M.Dylan/Europa Press via AP)

Spain, Germany discuss energy crisis before EU summit

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, two days before a European Union summit to discuss Europe’s energy crisis derived from Russia’s invasion of … more

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