Wall Street was pointing higher before markets opened early Friday, putting major benchmarks in a position for their first week of collective gains after a seven-week losing streak

Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday that Sweden and Finland must now take “concrete steps” to alleviate his country’s security concerns to overcome Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bid

A massive safety recall and supply disruptions have swept many leading formula brands off store shelves

Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035

Turkey’s foreign minister says Sweden and Finland must now take “concrete steps” to alleviate his country’s security concerns to overcome Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bid

The National Rifle Association is beginning its annual convention in Houston

Former Detroit Red Wings star Vladimir Konstantinov is in danger of losing the round-the-clock medical care he has had since he nearly died in a 1997 limousine crash while celebrating the team's championship

China’s foreign minister is visiting the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake

The United States has won the latest round of a legal battle to seize a $325-million Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji, with the case now appearing headed for the Pacific nation’s top court

Asian shares are gaining as investors cheered a strong set of earnings from retailers that has sent U.S. shares higher

Russia is pressing the West to lift sanctions over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis

The mayor of Sievierodonetsk says the Ukrainian city is holding out, although a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group went into a city hotel

Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight pandemic travel restrictions about two years ago, but only for package tours for now

Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel

The Senate has confirmed former California pollution regulator Steven Cliff to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

More than 1,250 Thai workers who sewed bras for brands Victoria’s Secret, Lane Bryant and Torrid — and who were laid off last year without their legally required severance — have received 281 million baht ($8.3 million) in compensation

The Biden administration is advancing plans for offshore wind projects that would place hundreds of turbines in California's coastal waters

Shoppers’ return to occasion dressing helped to power Macy’s fiscal first-quarter results

Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic

Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawfully sowing doubt about his bid to buy Twitter

Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered and stock prices and profits soared

Stagflation

Germany’s energy and climate minister says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on ending the use of coal

Pandemic-weary U.S. residents are confronting high gas prices as they decide whether to travel this Memorial Day weekend

The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating damages to people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions