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Year: 2024

EU slaps Meta with a nearly 800 million euro fine for engaging in ‘abusive’ Marketplace practices

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, issued the 797.72 million euro ($841 million)

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US wholesale inflation picks up slightly in sign that some price pressures remain elevated

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy has yet to completely vanquish inflationary pressure. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% from September to October, up from a 0.1% gain the

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Former VOA Farsi service journalist kills himself in Iran after demanding release of prisoners

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say a former journalist with the Voice of America’s Farsi service jumped to his death from a building in Iran’s capital in protest of the country’s supreme leader and an ongoing crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic. An official in Iran’s presidency acknowledged the death Wednesday

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The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs do to regain its relevance

By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump’s reelection last week emboldened his allies to proclaim that he had vanquished the American news media as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. “The media is dead,” Fox News comedian Greg Gutfeld declared. “It’s dead,” his primetime colleague Sean Hannity echoed. “You are the media

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Bill restricting school bathroom use by transgender students passes Ohio Senate, awaits governor’s signature

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday greenlit a measure that would ban transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms associated with their gender identities. Senate Bill 104 passed 24-7 on a party-line vote. If signed into law by the state’s GOP governor, the Republican-backed legislation would require primary and

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AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The refugee organization, the International Rescue Committee, is testing some artificial intelligence tools to try to increase the number of displaced people they can reach with critical information. The number of refugees has dramatically increased in the past decade, and at the same time, humanitarian organizations are facing enormous

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2 charged in connection with orange spray attack on Stonehenge monuments

LONDON (AP) — Two environmental activists have been charged over the spraying of orange paint powder at the Stonehenge monuments in southwest England in June. Wiltshire Police said in a statement Thursday that 73-year-old Rajan Naidu and 22-year-old Niamh Lynch have been charged with “destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument and intentionally or recklessly

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