- Australian Defense Department to remove Chinese-made cameras
- Australia rejects new coal mine on environmental grounds
- Japan, Philippines to sign plans to boost defense ties
- Asian shares mixed after Wall St falls on rate hike worries
- Toyota reports 8% drop in Oct-Dec profit, keeps forecast
- Biden's oil comments spark debate over energy production
- SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge has upheld Washington's residency requirement for involvement in the state's legal cannabis industry — a decision at odds with a federal appeals court ruling concerning a similar requirement in Maine. A man who co-owns... By GENE JOHNSON
- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers advanced proposals on Wednesday to strip Disney of its self-governing status, expand a controversial migrant transportation program and strengthen prosecutions tied to the state’s election police unit.... By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
- DETROIT (AP) — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the steering wheel of a Tesla that crashed in a Texas two years ago, killing two men. The agency said in... By TOM KRISHER
- LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced Wednesday by CEO Bob Iger. The job cuts amount to about 3% of the entertainment giant's... By ALEX VEIGA
- PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought Western support for his country in surprise visits to Britain and France on Wednesday, pushing for fighter jets to battle Russian invaders in a dramatic speech to the U.K. Parliament, and... By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIE CORBET
- REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Nearly a quarter-century after Google's search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence. If it seems... By MATT O'BRIEN
- Netflix has a plan to deal with rampant account sharing: a program that lets subscribers pay extra to share their account with people outside their household. The streaming giant introduced paid sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain... By DEE-ANN DURBIN
- Wall Street gave back some of its recent gains Wednesday as uncertainty about interest rates and inflation continued to reign. The losses followed another mixed set of earnings reports. Chipotle Mexican Grill sank after delivering weaker results... By The Associated Press
- WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave final approval to a new law on judicial accountability that the government believes will meet European Union expectations and help unfreeze billions of euros in pandemic...
- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google, a company built on finding quick answers to people's questions, suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a potential threat to its internet empire — a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival... By MICHAEL LIEDTKE