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Iranâs president seeks 'fair and equitable negotiations' with the United States
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's president said Tuesday he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington after the Mideast country's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month.The announcement marked a major turn for reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who broadly had warned Iranians for weeks that the turmoil in his country had gone beyond his control. It also signals that the president... Read More
Trial of the son of Norway's crown princess on rape and other charges opens in Oslo
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The trial of the son of Norway’s crown princess, on charges that include rape, started on Tuesday, opening weeks of proceedings in a case that has cast a shadow on the royal family’s image.Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship and the stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon. Høiby has no royal title or official duties.
He has been under scrutiny since he was repeatedly arrested in 2024 on various allegations of wrongdoing.
Høiby took his seat at the Oslo... Read More
Global shares surge, led by records in Japan and South Korea, as markets regain momentum
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares surged on Tuesday, led by a nearly 7% jump in South Korea’s benchmark and a 3.9% rally in Tokyo that took the Nikkei 225 to a record as investors bought tech-related shares.France's CAC 40 gained 0.6% in early trading to 8,232.71, while the German DAX surged 1.0% to 25,053.90. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.2% to 10,361.21.
The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%.
Markets are awaiting earnings reports from major companies to gauge the impact of various trends including U.S... Read More
Vatican's 'trial of the century' resumes after prosecutors suffer embarrassing setbacks on appeal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the pope’s prosecutors that could have big repercussions on the outcome of the troubled case.The case concerns the once-powerful Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants, who were convicted of a handful of financial crimes in 2023, after a sprawling two-year trial.
However, the Vatican’s high Court of Cassation recently upheld a lower court’s decision to throw out the prosecutors’ appeal entirely. That means the defendants... Read More
Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom
BEIJING (AP) — Even as China's expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world's largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change.More than 50 large coal units — individual boiler and turbine sets with generating capacity of 1 gigawatt or more — were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade, a research report released Tuesday said. Depending on energy use, 1 gigawatt can power from... Read More
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