Korean battery firm offers Georgia plant as dispute lingers
ATLANTA — With a giant battery factory in northeast Georgia hanging in the balance of a trade dispute, South Korean company LG Energy Solution...
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
WASHINGTON — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes:...
Protests around Lebanon as local currency continues to slide
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s currency plummeted to a new record low on Saturday, continuing its crash amid a worsening economic crisis that has triggered near-daily...
Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s
WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...
Despite hacks, US not seeking widened domestic surveillance
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals...
IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way
WASHINGTON — Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun,...
Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver
SAN FRANCISCO — A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted...
Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflation
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to...
Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure
Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress’ passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of...
Biden aims for quicker shots, ‘independence from this virus’
WASHINGTON — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address...
