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Russia’s Minister for Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov attends a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 21, 2022. Delegates from the United States and four other nations staged a walkout Saturday when the representative from Russia began his opening remarks at the meeting, officials said. (Kyodo News via AP)

U.S., other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker

Delegates from the United States and four other nations have staged a walkout when a representative from Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic … more

By GRANT PECK | 5/21/22

San Diego Padres' Jurickson Profar watches his RBI single against the San Francisco Giants during the 10th inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, May 20, 2022. The Padres won 8-7 in 10 innings. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Profar: SF fans `worst in league' after ball, bottle thrown

Fans in San Francisco threw at least one baseball and a beer bottle onto the field Friday night in the direction of San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar, who called the crowd at Giants games … more

5/21/22

A man casts his ballot at an inner Sydney polling station, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Australians go to the polls following a six-week election campaign that has focused on pandemic-fueled inflation, climate change and fears of a Chinese military outpost being established less than 1,200 miles off Australia's shore. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australians vote to determine conservative government future

Vote counting has started in Australia's election that will decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government can defy odds and rule for a fourth three-year term. Opposition … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 5/21/22

English actress and singer Aimée Osbourne, who creates electropop music under the name ARO, left, thanks music producer Jamal Rajad Davis, outside a Hollywood recording studio in Los Angeles Friday, May 20, 2022 in Los Angeles. Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Aimee and her producer escaped a Hollywood recording studio fire that killed another person, her mother said.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Aimee escapes Hollywood studio fire

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimee and her producer escaped a Hollywood recording studio fire that killed another person. Her mother, Sharon Osbourne, confirms in an Instagram post that her elder … more

5/20/22

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. A federal judge in California has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit on Thursday, May 19, 2022, that a Tesla investor had filed against CEO Elon Musk, the company and a supporter of Musk. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Musk, Tesla and Twitter fan

A federal judge has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO Elon Musk, the company and a Musk supporter. In an order filed Thursday, U.S. District … more

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Election workers continue the process of counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Oz, McCormick prepare for recount in Pa. GOP Senate race

Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick began staffing up their campaigns with recount specialists as vote counting entered a fourth day in Pennsylvania’s … more

By MARC LEVY | 5/20/22

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, right, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, second from right, tour the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford, Conn., Friday, May 20, 2022. They are both working to change how spent nuclear fuel is stored nationwide to solve a decades long stalemate. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

Energy secretary visits nuclear plant to discuss waste issue

The U.S. energy secretary is visiting a nuclear power plant in Connecticut at the invitation of the local congressional member as both work to change how spent nuclear fuel is stored nationwide to … more

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT | 5/20/22

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines on Thursday, May 19, 2022, that he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney general Letitia James. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

Trump pays $110K fine, must submit paperwork to end contempt

Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general. … more

By MICHAEL R. SISAK | 5/20/22

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. On Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a Space X flight attendant who worked on his private jet in 2016. A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in severance in 2018 in exchange for her agreeing not to file a lawsuit over her claim. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk denies sexual misconduct allegation by flight attendant

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a Space X flight attendant who worked on his private jet in 2016. A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in … more

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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, right, welcomes U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, front left, for a G7 Finance Ministers Meeting at the federal guest house Petersberg, near Bonn, Germany, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Report: G7 countries set to approve $18 billion for Ukraine

Germany’s finance minister says the Group of Seven leading economies are set to agree on more than $18 billion in aid for Ukrainian defense efforts. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told … more

By FATIMA HUSSEIN | 5/20/22

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari speaks during his meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Pakistan’s new foreign minister says the United States and his country must move beyond past tensions over Afghanistan and are entering a new engagement after years of strained relations under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Zardari, the 33-year-old son of assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, spoke in an interview with The Associated Press in New York, where he was attending meetings this week on the global food crisis at U.N. headquarters. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool photo via AP)

The AP Interview: New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

Pakistan's new foreign minister says his country has resumed engagement with the United States after year of strained relations under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke in … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 5/20/22

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 20, 2022. With world economies all suffering from more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic and global supply problems exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United States has an "incredible opportunity" to engage with other nations from a common playing field and forge new partnerships and agreements, the top U.S. trade negotiator told The Associated Press.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

The AP Interview: US trade rep. sees opportunity in recovery

The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic and global supply problems exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, … more

By DAVID RISING | 5/20/22

Netflix pays $59 million to settle tax dispute in Italy

Netflix has agreed to pay more than $59 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy. Milan prosecutors said Friday that the payment covers taxes, penalties and interest from October 2015 through 2019. … more

5/20/22

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 16, 2022. Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum is saying that natural gas imports from Russia under its supply contract will be halted on Saturday, May 21 after the Finns had refused to pay in Russian rubles, a demand made by President Vladimir Putin after sanctions were levied against his nation over the invasion of Ukraine. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Finland says Russia suspending natural gas supplies

Finland's state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to … more

5/20/22

This combination of photos shows Marcia Gay Harden, left, and Skylar Astin in a scene from the new CBS series "So Help Me Todd," from left, Niecy Nash-Betts who will star in the new ABC spinoff series "The Rookie: Feds," and Brice Gonzalez with George Lopez in the new NBC series "Lopez VS Lopez." (CBS/ABC/NBC via AP)

Broadcast TV's reduced role made clear in fall presentations

There were constant reminders this past week, when major entertainment companies hawked their wares to advertisers in Manhattan presentations, of the diminished role of broadcast networks. In some … more

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER | 5/20/22

Ulf Allhoff-Cramer, farmer, stands in a rye field in front of his tractor in Detmold, Germany, Wedenesday, May 18, 2022. The organic farmer holds the VW car company partly responsible for damage to his farm. Together with Greenpeace, he wants to go to court to get VW to stop producing combustion vehicles by 2030. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP)

Backed by Greenpeace, farmer sues VW over climate change

A German court is set to begin hearing a case brought against Volkswagen by a farmer who claims the automaker is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family … more

By FRANK JORDANS | 5/20/22

FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Thursday, May 19, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the island. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

N Ireland party leader pans Pelosi's warning on Brexit terms

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 5/20/22

Noriyuki Shikata, cabinet secretary for public affairs of Kishida's government, gets introduced before he speaks in a news briefing in Tokyo, Friday, May 20, 2022. Japan welcomes the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a new U.S. economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific region that President Biden is expected to roll out during his Tokyo visit next week. Shikata said IPEF is expected to focus more about supply chains, clean energy, worker standards and anti-corruption programs rather than issues in traditional trade agreements such as market access and tariffs. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japan welcomes new US Indo-Pacific economic initiative

Japan is welcoming a new U.S. economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is expected to roll out during a visit to Tokyo next week because it demonstrates American commitment … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/20/22

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, rear center, speaks as he opens a working session of a health ministers of the G7 countries in the Red City Hall in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, May 19, 2022. On the screen is Xavier Becerra, Health Minister of the USA, who cannot attend in person due to a corona infection. Photo: (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

G7 agree pact to better prepare for future pandemics

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies has announced plans to strengthen epidemiological early-warning systems to detect infectious diseases with pandemic potential. Germany’s health minister said … more

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