Adidas wonders what to do with Yeezy shoes after Ye split
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas is still wrestling with how to dispose of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion)…
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From marketing to design, brands adopt AI tools despite risk
By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and…
Continue ReadingFrom marketing to design, brands adopt AI tools despite risk
By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Technology Writers Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and…
Continue ReadingFrench strikers maintain pressure to reject pension plan
PARIS (AP) — French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, garbage collectors and others are holding further strikes against President Emmanuel…
Continue ReadingFrench strikers renew pressure on Macron to ax pension plan
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, garbage collectors and others are holding further…
Continue ReadingXi accuses US of trying to hold back China’s development
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused…
Continue ReadingXi accuses US of trying to hold back China’s development
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused…
Continue ReadingCuban women boxers say they have had to endure sexist jabs. Now they’re punching back
CNN By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has…
Continue ReadingExclusive: China’s ‘attacks’ unite region against Beijing, US ambassador to Japan says
CNN By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given…
Continue ReadingIMF chief: Ukraine war will have ‘devastating’ consequences for Russia’s economy
By Julia Horowitz, CNN The International Monetary Fund has drawn criticism for forecasting that Russia will see stronger economic growth this year…
Continue ReadingDeadly train crash in Greece prompts safety worries, strikes
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Striking labor unions have disrupted mass transit in Greece to…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific posts $834 million loss for 2022
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. says it’s ready to rebuild as Hong Kong opens up to global visitors,…
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific posts $834 million loss for 2022
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. says it’s ready to rebuild as Hong Kong opens up to global…
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Wyden reintroduces bill that aims to end homelessness, tackle housing affordability crisis
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reintroduced Tuesday the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act,…
Continue ReadingRussian forces claim progress in Bakhmut but no end in sight
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor claims that his troops have…
Continue ReadingIndian army mortar shell kills 3 in training misfire
By INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A government official says three people were killed when an Indian army mortar shell fired…
Continue Reading Merkley, Wyden, colleagues reintroduce bill to ban govt. use of facial recognition, biometric technology
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have joined colleagues in reintroducing the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium…
Continue ReadingKenyan senator campaigns against stigma around menstruation
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba has said that she attended parliament while wearing a white…
Continue ReadingAn elegant portrait of a pole dancer in Oman celebrates a woman’s strength in nature
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In her sunlit portrait of the pole dancing instructor Nusaiba Al Maskari, the UK-born Omani photographer Eman Ali creates an…
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Portland federal jury convicts Pennsylvania man of distributing fentanyl that caused 3 overdoses, 2 fatal
A federal jury in Portland found a Pennsylvania man guilty Tuesday of distributing a fentanyl analogue on AlphaBay, a former darknet marketplace,…
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