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The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and several other high-profile ...

BP to slash spending on net zero ventures as it focuses on oil and gas again

LONDON (AP) — British energy company BP confirmed Wednesday that it would slash spending on green ventures and increase its oil and gas production, a change in direction that it hopes will bolster its flagging share price but has been met with incredulity from climate action campaigners. In ...

US dockworkers approve 6-year contract, averting a strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts overwhelmingly approved a six-year contract Tuesday, averting the threat of a strike that could have crippled the economy. The yes vote was expected after the leadership of the International Longshoremen's Association union ...