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Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span
Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is strongly rebuffing those in the West who suggest Ukraine cede control of areas occupied by Russian forces for the sake of reaching a peace agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to strengthen his control of southern Ukraine by giving residents of two regions a fast path to Russian citizenship
The Congressional Budget Office says that high inflation will persist into next year
Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting indicate the central bank intends to move "expeditiously" to raise interest rates back to more neutral levels in its fight to tame inflation
Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday didn't include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform
The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced a congressional grilling over a months-long delay in inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide baby formula shortage
Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they might have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as part of their drive to curb inflation, which has reached a four-decade high
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region
No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away
Amazon shareholders have voted against a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the company’s warehouses
The risks to the global economy are leading to an increasingly gloomy view of the months ahead for corporate leaders, government officials and other VIPs gathered at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Executives with German automaker Volkswagen say at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supply chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’re dealing with a huge backlog of orders
A senior Turkish official says Turkey will not agree to Sweden and Finland joining NATO without “concrete steps in a certain timeframe” to address Ankara’s concerns
An investigative report blames British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing boozy government parties that broke the U.K.’s COVID-19 lockdown rules
Pfizer says it will provide nearly two dozen products at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries
Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will retire in January, as required by the Fed’s mandatory retirement rules
The president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, has received France’s highest cultural honor in recognition of his support of the arts and artists
Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement
Russia says it will pay dollar-denominated foreign debt in rubles, a move that is likely to be seen by foreign investors as a default
CBS has pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas
The European Commission is proposing to confiscate the frozen assets of oligarchs who try to violate the bloc's sanctions adopted in response to the Russian war in Ukraine
Commodities firm Glencore says it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption allegations in return for penalties totaling up to $1.5 billion
Chunks of twisted metal and wood splinters lie among the swings and slides in the playground outside the bombed-out school
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