Energy in America

U.S. stocks are rising Friday after the federal government said employers added 250,000 jobs in September, far more than analysts expected.

Iran is bracing for the restoration of U.S. sanctions on its vital oil industry next week, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked sporadic protests over rising prices, corruption and unemployment.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Warsaw amid calls by Polish officials that Germany pay Poland billions of dollars for damage inflicted by the Nazis during World War II.

Leaders of four Balkan nations have met to discuss regional security, economic development and energy and transport connectivity.

US says it will grant waivers to temporarily allow 8 nations to continue importing Iranian oil.

Malaysia's new government has unveiled a record budget for 2019 despite battling a huge national debt, with new tax measures and increased dividends from national oil company Petronas intended to plug the country's fiscal deficit.

Asian shares advanced Friday after President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone and the Chinese state media reported progress in resolving trade tensions between their two countries.

Cyprus' president has called on Turkey to cooperate on exploiting the east Mediterranean's potential oil and gas wealth, as long as the ethnically split island nation is reunified.

___ Google employees leave work to protest treatment of women SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of Google employees around the world walk off the job to protest what they say is the tech giant's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives.

Federal prosecutors have been conducting a criminal investigation into the natural gas explosions and fires that rocked three communities north of Boston in September.

Officials with a utility building a 239-turbine wind farm in the Texas Panhandle say more than half of the concrete foundations have been poured.

The United States is pumping record amounts of oil, vaulting over Russia to become the world's biggest producer of crude.

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as traders wondered if the Chinese government could shore up its economy without weakening the yuan as manufacturing slows.

Stocks are climbing again Wednesday morning as investors applaud quarterly results from companies including Facebook, General Motors and Estee Lauder.

The former finance chief of Venezuela's state oil company has pleaded guilty to a role in helping to launder $1.2 billion stolen from the company in a high-profile case implicating President Nicolas Maduro's stepsons.

Fitch Ratings has changed its outlook on Mexico's long-term foreign-currency debt issues from "stable" to "negative," citing the potential policy effects of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

A group of Republican senators urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend negotiations with Saudi Arabia on a potentially lucrative atomic energy agreement following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Turkey says it has begun a search for oil and gas in east Mediterranean waters in a move that could stoke regional tensions.

President Hassan Rouhani warned Iranians on Wednesday they may face more difficulties in the months ahead, after the United States imposes new sanctions on the country next week, Iran's state TV reported Wednesday.