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#MunichSecurityConference #TransAtlanticRelations #InternationalSecurity
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Trans-Atlantic tensions in focus as annual Munich security gathering opens
MUNICH (AP) -- An annual gathering of top international security figures that last year set the tone for a growing rift between the United States and Europe opens Friday, bringing together many top European officials with U.
#SoftBank #Investments #ArtificialIntelligence
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Japan's technology investor SoftBank Group sees profitability return on AI boom
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group Corp. swung back into profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other ventures paid off, the company said Thursday.
#AutomotiveIndustry #ChinaEconomy #ElectricVehicles
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China issues new rules to curb auto price war after January passenger car sales drop 20%
HONG KONG (AP) -- China moved Thursday to curb a fierce price war among automakers that has caused massive losses for the industry, after passenger car sales dropped nearly 20% in January from the year before, the fastest pace in almost two years.
#NorthKorea #KimJongUn #Succession
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South Korea's spy agency says Kim Jong Un's daughter is close to be designated as future leader
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country's future leader as he moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation.
#Taiwan #ArtificialIntelligence #Semiconductors
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Taiwan's AI-powered economy soars in the shadow of bubble fears and China threats
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- In Taipei, real estate agent Jason Sung is betting that home prices around a high-tech industrial park in the northern part of Taiwan's capital will soon take flight - because of computer chip maker Nvidia.
#TransatlanticRelations #MunichSecurityConference #GlobalPolitics
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Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U. S. delegation this week to the Munich Security Conference where increasingly nervous European leaders are hoping for at least a brief reprieve from President Donald Trump's often inconsistent policies and threats that have roiled transatlantic relations and the post-World War II international order.
#PublicHealth #Lawsuit #FederalFunding
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Democratic-led states sue to stop Trump from withholding $600M in health grants
Four Democratic-led states that have become frequent targets of President Donald Trump sued Wednesday to try to block his administration from cutting off hundreds of millions in public health grants.
#AviationSafety #NTSB #AircraftTechnology
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Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC
Key senators and the families of the 67 dead in an airliner collision with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital are convinced that advanced aircraft locator systems recommended by experts for nearly two decades would have prevented last year's tragedy.
#Seattle #PoliceAccountability #TrafficIncident
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Seattle reaches $29M settlement with family of grad student from India struck and killed by officer
SEATTLE (AP) -- The city of Seattle has reached a $29 million settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023.
#LawEnforcement #MissingPerson #InvestigativeJournalism
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Arizona sheriff finds himself under a microscope with the Nancy Guthrie case in its 2nd week
PHOENIX (AP) -- Chris Nanos has had a long career in law enforcement, but he admits he isn't used to the amount of scrutiny that has come with leading the investigation into the disappearance of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother.
#ElectricVehicles #ChargingInfrastructure #Sustainability
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EV charging build-out has stayed hot, but the Trump administration is throwing up new roadblocks
DETROIT (AP) -- The build-out of electric vehicle charging in the U. S. has not stopped since President Donald Trump returned to office.
#MurderCase #TrueCrime #NFLNews
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Judge keeps ex-Jets linebacker Darron Lee jailed without bond on murder charge in girlfriend's death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday kept former New York Jets first-round draft pick Darron Lee in jail without bond as he faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend in Tennessee.
#Nigeria #USMilitary #Extremism
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US will send troops to Nigeria to train the military to fight extremism
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation's military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north of the country.
#VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #CitizenshipProof
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House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are rushing ahead on Wednesday on legislation that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a longshot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.
#JamesVanDerBeek #DawsonsCreek #Hollywood
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James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48
NEW YORK (AP) -- James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in "Dawson's Creek" and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died.
#JusticeForAnna #CruiseShipIncident #JuvenileJustice
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What to know about the case of a teen found dead on cruise ship
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy under investigation in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship was in federal court at the end of last week, but the reasons for his appearance at the South Florida courthouse have been obscured because of his age.
#GeneEditing #HeartHealth #Cholesterol
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Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.
#TransgenderAthletes #WinterOlympics #SportsInclusion
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Hailed as a pioneer, Swedish transgender skier at Winter Olympics just wants to focus on sport
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) -- Some saw it as a ground-breaking moment for transgender athletes when freestyle skier Elis Lundholm competed at the Winter Olympics.
#SchoolShooting #Canada #TumblerRidge
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Canada in shock after one of the country's worst mass shootings
VANCOUVER, Canada (AP) -- Canadians were in shock Wednesday after one of the country's deadliest mass shootings as authorities said seven people were killed at a school in remote northern British Columbia and two others were killed at a nearby home.
#Nexperia #Semiconductors #NationalSecurity
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Dutch court orders investigation into semiconductor chipmaker Nexperia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered a formal investigation into Dutch-based semiconductor chipmaker Nexperia and upheld an earlier order suspending its Chinese CEO, citing doubts about the company's policies and conduct.
#NuclearArms #NewSTART #USRussiaRelations
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Russia says it will stick to New START's nuclear arms limits as long as US does
MOSCOW (AP) -- Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington is doing the same, Russia's top diplomat said Wednesday.
#SchoolShooting #Canada #Tragedy
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Canadian Olympic team is 'heartbroken' by deadly school shooting in British Columbia
MILAN (AP) -- The Canadian Olympic Committee said it is "heartbroken" by a school shooting in British Columbia that left at least seven people dead and many others wounded.
#Senegal #StudentProtests #EducationCrisis
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Senegalese university students say death of protester dashes hope for change
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Thousands of students left Senegal's top public university Tuesday after authorities closed campus housing following a student's death during protests over unpaid financial aid.
#SexualViolence #SurvivorStories #RapeCulture
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Gis猫le Pelicot publicly recounts harrowing discovery of her husband's rape crimes
PARIS (AP) -- Gis猫le Pelicot's brain froze as the French police officer revealed the unthinkable.
"Fifty-three men had come to our house to rape me," she recalls the officer telling her.
#ClimateChange #Wildfires #Patagonia
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Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina's Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming, a team of researchers warned on Wednesday.
#Ukraine #DroneAttack #HumanTragedy
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Russian drone kills a father and 3 children in Ukraine, pregnant mother badly injured
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Russian drone smashed into a home in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, killing a father and his three small children and seriously wounding their mother who is 35 weeks pregnant, officials said Wednesday.
#Iran #MiddleEast #IslamicRevolution
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Iran marks 1979 Islamic Revolution anniversary under pressure from inside and out
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country's theocracy remains under pressure, both from U.
#IranNuclearDeal #MiddleEastPeace #USIsraelRelations
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Netanyahu to urge expanded Iran talks during White House meeting as Trump says Tehran wants a deal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With President Donald Trump saying he believes Iran wants to make a deal on its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to arrive at the White House on Wednesday with his own urgent message: Expand the talks further.
#ICE #LawEnforcement #Accountability
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Takeaways from AP's review of recent criminal cases against ICE employees and contractors
At least two dozen U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020, and the wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other misuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found.
#Gaza #HumanRights #WarConsequences
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A father in Gaza searches for his family's bones in the rubble of their home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Crouching amid a pile of rubble that used to be his Gaza home, Mahmoud Hammad scoops dirt into a large sieve and shakes it, looking carefully before dumping it out.
#ImmigrationEnforcement #ICEAbuse #LawEnforcementCorruption
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As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators said one immigration enforcement official got away with physically assaulting his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.
#BangladeshElection #Democracy #PoliticalReform
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Bangladesh's first post-uprising election is a test for democratic norms and minority rights
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladeshis will cast ballots on Thursday in a crucial national election, the first since a mass uprising ended the 15-year rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
#HongKong #NationalSecurity #HumanRights
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Father of US-based Hong Kong activist convicted under national security law
HONG KONG (AP) -- The father of a U. S. -based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities was convicted of attempting to deal with an absconder's financial assets on Wednesday, in the first court case of its kind brought under a homegrown national security law.
#CaliforniaGovernorRace #DemocraticCandidates #PoliticalLandscape
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Crowded Democratic field in California governor's race might provide a rare opening for the GOP
In the race for California governor, so many Democratic candidates have crowded into the contest that party insiders have become fearful of a historic calamity in the making.
#Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalFootprint
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Video in investigation into Nancy Guthrie's abduction raises questions about surveillance technology
Tuesday's release of video surveillance footage showing an armed, masked person at Nancy Guthrie's doorstep on the night she was abducted has raised a host of questions about why it took so long to publicly release, how it was retrieved and what it means for privacy.
