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World shares are mixed after AI worries drag Wall Street tech stocks lower
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday after declines for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market to its worst day in nearly a month.Traders were waiting for an update later in the day on U.S. inflation, and on a decision Friday by Japan’s central bank on interest rates. The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its key rate by 0.25 percentage point to tamp down price pressures, despite a contraction in the July-September quarter.
Germany's DAX edged 0.2% higher to 24,007.33, while the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.4% to 8,114.30. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to... Read More
Belgium demands ironclad guarantees of protection as EU leaders weigh a massive loan for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium insisted on Thursday that its European Union partners must provide ironclad guarantees that it will be protected from Russian retaliation before it would back a massive loan for Ukraine.At a high-stakes EU summit in Brussels, the 27-nation bloc’s leaders are set to decide on whether to use tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to underwrite a loan to meet Ukraine’s military and financial needs over the next two years.
The bulk of the assets — some 193 billion euros ($227 billion) as of September — are held in the... Read More
Lyon moves to second on Australia's all-time bowling list. England struggles in 3rd Ashes test
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Nathan Lyon took two wickets to surpass Glenn McGrath at No. 2 on Australia’s all-time bowling list, and returning skipper Pat Cummins took his first wickets of the series as a relentless bowling attack kept England in trouble in the third Ashes test.Australia resumed Day 2 at 326-8 and was out for 371 with Mitchell Starc posting a half-century before Jofra Archer finished off the tailenders to return 5-53, his fourth five-wicket haul in test cricket.
By stumps England had struggled to 213 for eight, still 158 behind.
England... Read More
Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in
MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood against dry grass lands in unison, a technique perfected by more than a decade of fighting bushfires.There is no fire today but the men — volunteer firefighters backed by the U.N. refugee agency — keep on training.
In this region of West Africa, bushfires are deadly. They can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days. The impoverished, vast territory is... Read More
Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab female film directors have helped change the landscape of Arab cinema in recent years, presenting stories that haven't been told before and claiming space in an industry in a region that rarely makes room for women to grow.Four influential female directors took part in this year's Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, paving the way for more diverse narratives in Arab cinema.
The festival, bringing together 38 directors, showcases Saudi Arabia's heavy investment in film, gaming and sports as part of its broader transformation efforts. Some... Read More
Top Stories
- World shares are mixed after AI worries drag Wall Street tech stocks lower
- Belgium demands ironclad guarantees of protection as EU leaders weigh a massive loan for Ukraine
- Rain creates a crimson spectacle on Iran's Hormuz Island for the first time this year
- US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion
- Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws
- Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
- US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
- Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel
- FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official
- Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect
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- Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
- Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
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- Lyon moves to second on Australia's all-time bowling list. England struggles in 3rd Ashes test
- Bears mull move to Indiana with effort to secure public funding for stadium in Illinois stalled
- Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes begins rehab after knee surgery with eye on Week 1 return in 2026
- Ani Kilambi, 31, is joining the Washington Nationals as their general manager, AP source says