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In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home
![A vendor sells refrigerator magnets showing a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on main pedestrian street in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, about 200,000 Russians have left their homeland for Serbia, with many seeking a new life in a fraternal Slavic country free from Kremlin oppression. The Balkan country is a close ally of Moscow, with historic, religious and cultural ties, and Russia backs Serbia’s claim over its former province of Kosovo.]()
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China-Australia trade ministers hold 1st meeting since 2019
![Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, left, gestures as he speaks to China's Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao during a meeting via teleconference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Australian and Chinese trade ministers held their first bilateral meeting in three years Monday as Australia urges China to lift official and unofficial barriers that are costing exporters 20 billion Australian dollars ($14 billion) a year. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)]()
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North Korea party meeting set to discuss 'urgent' food issue
![FILE - Farmers plant rice using rice seedling transplanter at Chongsan Cooperative Farm in Kangso District, Nampho, North Korea, on May 9, 2022. North Korea has scheduled a major political conference Feb. 2023, to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign that the country’s food insecurity is getting worse as its economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push.]()
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Asian stocks sink after US jobs data fan rate hike fears
![A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Asian stock markets sank Monday after strong U.S. jobs data fanned fears of more interest rate hikes to cool inflation.]()
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This Week: Disney earnings, unemployment, consumer sentiment
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Officials urge evacuation near derailment, fearing explosion
![This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.]()
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![FILE - Remembrances of Michael Jaramillo, the 11-year-old killed on the Raging River ride at Adventureland, are seen as family and friends gather for his funeral at Corinthian Baptist Church, July 17, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Jaramillo died after an amusement ride capsized. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, the managers of the Iowa amusement park said the ride that Jaramillo died on in 2021 will never reopen. Adventureland's general manager announced the decision in a letter posted on the park's website. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)]()
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![This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dave Bautista, from left, Abby Quinn, and Nikki Amuka-Bird in a scene from "Knock at the Cabin." (Universal Pictures via AP)]()
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![NASCAR Cup Series drivers Chris Buescher (17) and Alex Bowman (48) participate during a practice session ahead of a NASCAR exhibition auto race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Los Angeles.]()
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![President Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.]()
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![FILE - A fuel trucks drives along a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27, 2023. European Union governments tentatively agreed Friday Feb. 3, 2023, to set a $100-per-barrel price cap on sales of Russian diesel to coincide with an EU embargo on the fuel — steps aimed at ending the bloc's energy dependence on Russia and limiting the money Moscow makes to fund its war in Ukraine.]()
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![The Diesel price for trucks is displayed at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A European ban on imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries takes effect Feb. 5. The goal is to stop feeding Russia's war chest, but it's not so simple. Diesel prices have already jumped since the war started on Feb. 24, and they could rise again.]()
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![FILE - Outgoing British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks outside Downing Street in London, on Oct. 25, 2022. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, Truss says it wasn’t her fault. Truss alleges that a “powerful economic establishment” and opponents inside the governing Conservative Party thwarted her plans for a tax-cutting overhaul of the U.K. economy.]()
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![Two men share a meal in a makeshift tent camp outside the Petit Chateau reception center in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Many refugees and asylum-seekers are literally left out in the cold for months as the European Union fails to get its migration system working properly. And most talk is about building fences and repatriation instead of working to improve a warm embrace for people fleeing nations like Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken over.]()
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![Machine operators clean solar panels at the Premier Energies Solar on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Over 500 energy industry heavyweights will descend on the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, to discuss the future of renewables and fossil fuels at India Energy Week — the first big ticket event of the country's presidency of Group of 20 leading economies.]()
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's currency ended its nosedive after a meeting between the Iraqi Central Bank head and a top U.S. Treasury official. Under Secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian E. Nelson said in a statement...
