Economy and business

UK Immigration Health Fee Hikes Face Criticism

UN: Sudan Health Care Near Collapse Due to Conflict

Pianist André Watts Dies at Age 77 of Prostate Cancer

Vegas Could Break Heat Record as Tens of Millions Across US Endure Scorching Temperatures

Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy

Actors’ Strike Shuts Down Major Hollywood Studios

Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails

UAE’s COP28 President Lays Out Plan for ‘Brutally Honest’ Climate Summit

Exodus of Doctors, Nurses Threatens Universal Health Coverage in Zimbabwe

Long Flight to the Women’s World Cup? US Players Have a Plan for That

India Launches Second Moon Landing Attempt

WHO: Occasional Artificial Sweetener Intake Poses Low Risk of Cancer

Coroner’s Report: Lisa Marie Presley Died From Small Bowel Obstruction

India to Launch Moonshot Friday

Report: Ending AIDS Is Political, Financial Choice

Hollywood Actors Join Screenwriters in Historic Industry-stopping Strike as Contract Talks Collapse

Sweetener Aspartame Listed as Possible Cancer Cause but Still Considered Safe

Sponsor Offers 20,000 Free Tickets to Women’s World Cup as New Zealand Sales Lag

First Over-the-counter Birth Control Pill Gets FDA Approval

UN: AIDS Can Be Ended by 2030 with Investments in Prevention, Treatment

El Nino Threatens Rice Crops Across Asia

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’

As China Struggles With Heat, Flooding and Drought, Employers Ordered to Limit Outdoor Work

‘Succession’ Leads All Emmy Nominees with 27 as HBO Dominates

Webb Space Telescope Reveals Moment of Stellar Birth

‘Barbie’ Movie Rekindles China-Vietnam Territorial Dispute

EU Extends Ozempic Review to Include More Weight-loss, Diabetes Drugs

Australian Researchers Develop Super Glue to Help Damaged Coral

Svitolina Thinks of Family, Ukraine as She Beats No. 1 at Wimbledon

Scientists Want to Mark New Epoch of Human Impact on Earth in Canadian Lake

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Wins Appeal Against Testosterone Rules at Human Rights Court

India to Take Second Shot at Moon Landing

Webb Space Telescope Spots Most Distant Black Hole Yet, More May Be Lurking

As Temperatures Soared in Europe Last Year, So Did Heat-Related Deaths, Study Finds

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US

Indonesia Welcomes Return of Jewels, Temple Carvings as Important Step in Global Restitution Effort

Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform

Nearly 50 Cholera Deaths in South Africa

Many Stop Getting Vaccinations in Brazil

One Dead as Japan Warns of ‘Heaviest Rain Ever’ in Southwest

Are Cities’ ‘Extreme Heat’ Plans Enough for a Warming World?

‘Insidious 5’ Topples ‘Indiana Jones’ Before ‘Mission: Impossible’ Launches

US Forest Service and Historically Black Colleges Unite to Boost Diversity in Wildland Firefighting

New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically

Elton John Hails Fans in Sweden at Emotional Farewell Concert

Leaders of Brazil, Colombia Meet to Build Momentum for Amazon Summit

Solar Storm Likely to Make Northern Lights Visible in 17 US States

AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better

No Barbie Girl in Vietnam’s World 

Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End

US Is ‘Canary in Coal Mine’ on Fentanyl, Blinken Tells New Coalition

Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created

Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses

Cameroon Vaccinates for Measles, But Says Hesitancy Persists

For the Third Time This Week, Earth Sets an Unofficial Heat Record

What Is Threads? Questions About Meta’s New Twitter Rival, Answered

Experts: China Sees Fukushima Water Release as Tool to Divide Seoul and Tokyo

Japan’s Radioactive Water Release Plan Safe, IAEA Chief Says

Meta’s New Twitter Competitor, Threads, Boasts Tens of Millions of Sign-Ups