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 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 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 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 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 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 ReadingThe flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art
A blacksmith in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s…
Continue ReadingEx-Navajo President Zah, guided by love for people, dies
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a…
Continue ReadingUN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after Wall St steadies amid rate fears
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries…
Continue ReadingAs bourbon booms, thirst for rare brands breeds skullduggery
By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons,…
Continue ReadingAustralian leader plans meeting with Biden after India trip
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in the United States following…
Continue ReadingTaiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables
By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) — Residents of Taiwan’s outlying islands near the Chinese coast have been…
Continue ReadingFBI tested by attacks, politically explosive investigations
By ERIC TUCKER and DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingBiden upends politics, precedent in pivot on DC crime law
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s support of a Republican resolution to block new District of…
Continue ReadingWomen enlist in Colombia’s army for first time in 25 years
By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first…
Continue ReadingGovernments criticized for keeping women from peace talks
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the…
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