Facing tough midterms, Biden releasing oil from US reserve

WASHINGTON (AP) — High gasoline prices are the problem that President Joe Biden keeps trying to fix — and roughly a year’s worth of extraordinary efforts have done little to significantly lower costs. With Biden’s latest push Wednesday to release 15 million barrels...

Scholz overrides allies, keeps 3 German nuke plants running

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered ministers Monday to prepare to keep all of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants running until mid-April, putting his foot down on an issue that had threatened to split his three-party government. The...

Feds ask banks to help make carbon-price rebate deposits more clear

‘ Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said banks and other financial institutions need to update the way they label carbon-price rebates, after another round of the payments went out to Canadians without making it clear where the money came from. The deposits...