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Australia Adds Reddit and Kick to Social Media Platforms Banning Children Under 16
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australia has added Reddit and Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children under 16 from having accounts. Communications Minister Anika Wells said Wed...
Nov 04, 2025
Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Sales Tumble After Government Guidance on the Shots Narrows
The fall COVID-19 vaccine season is starting slowly for Pfizer, with U.S. sales of its Comirnaty shots sinking 25% after federal regulators narrowed recommendations on who should get them. Approval of...
Nov 04, 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Warns of 'Mass Chaos' in Skies if Shutdown Continues
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 23: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks alongside Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) during a press conference on air traffic controller pay and the governme...
Nov 04, 2025
US Steel Details Plans to Invest $11 Billion by 2028 Across All Business Segments
NEW YORK (AP) - United States Steel on Tuesday detailed an $11 billion growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker. U.S. Steel says it has identified m...
Nov 04, 2025
Novo Nordisk Hikes Metsera Bid to Up to $10 Billion in Competition With Rival Pfizer
Novo Nordisk is raising the stakes in its push to outbid rival Pfizer for the development-stage drugmaker Metsera. Metsera says Novo is now offering to pay as much as $10 billion for Metsera, up from ...
Nov 04, 2025
China Blames Netherlands for Chip Supply Tensions Amid Nexperia Standoff
Photo Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesHONG KONG (AP) - China’s Commerce Ministry has blamed the Netherlands for what it called "chaos" in the semiconduc...
Nov 04, 2025
Flight Delays Persist as Government Shutdown Leads to Air Traffic Controller Shortages
Flight delays are continuing at U.S. airports amid air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown enters its second month. Newark airport in New Jersey was experiencing delays of two to t...
Nov 03, 2025
South Korean President Calls for Aggressive AI Spending in Budget Speech
Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun – Pool/Getty ImagesSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for tripling government spending artificial intelligence infrastructure and techn...
Nov 03, 2025
Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and More Put Under One Roof in $48.7 Billion Dollar Consumer Brands Deal
Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company. The combined company will have a huge stable of h...
Nov 03, 2025
Microsoft to Ship 60,000 Nvidia AI Chips to UAE Under US-Approved Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Microsoft has announced it will ship Nvidia’s advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. Commerce Department approved the deal in September. The company plans to s...
Nov 03, 2025
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