Art from Microsoft founder Paul Allen sells for $1.6 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.6 billion during Christie’s two-day…
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US weather satellite, test payload launched into space
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A satellite intended to improve weather forecasting and an experimental inflatable heat shield to protect spacecraft entering…
Continue ReadingWar ‘wake-up call’ spurs EU to boost cyber, army mobility
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants to help its armies move faster in times of conflict and boost cyber security as Russia’s war on Ukraine…
Continue ReadingUS Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia running for mayor of Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is joining a crowded field of candidates hoping to unseat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Garcia…
Continue ReadingFormer Interior Secretary Zinke wins Montana US House seat
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Ryan Zinke has prevailed over his Democratic challenger in the race for a…
Continue ReadingUN envoy urges lifting of sanctions harming Syrian civilians
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A U.N. envoy is urging Western and Arab countries to lift sanctions imposed on Syria, warning…
Continue ReadingBiden to meet China’s Xi on Monday for Taiwan, Russia talks
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet Monday with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines…
Continue ReadingBiogen tabs veteran pharma leader Viehbacher as next CEO
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Biogen has picked former Sanofi CEO Christopher Viehbacher to become its next leader, as the drug developer continues…
Continue ReadingRights group: Labor abuses widespread at World Cup stadiums
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Migrant laborers who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums often worked long hours under harsh conditions and were…
Continue ReadingStray bullet hits plane landing in Beirut, no casualties
BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines says a stray bullet hit a jet landing in Beirut, causing some material damage. No…
Continue ReadingLate Pennsylvania rep was on ballot due to law, not fraud
By ANGELO FICHERA and GRAPH MASSARA Associated Press CLAIM: Pennsylvania reelected state Rep. Tony DeLuca, who is dead, which is suggestive of shoddy…
Continue ReadingWhat’s ‘Putin’s chef’ cooking up with talk on US meddling?
By The Associated Press Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin kept a low profile over the years, but he has been increasingly in the…
Continue ReadingNo. 3 Michigan hosts Nebraska, shooting to stay undefeated
By The Associated Press Third-ranked Michigan hosts Nebraska on Saturday aiming to remain among the four undefeated teams in the Football Bowl…
Continue ReadingChina promises change but sticks to severe ‘zero COVID’ plan
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders are promising to improve quarantine and other anti-virus policies after public…
Continue ReadingSlightly more Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose slightly last week, but the labor…
Continue ReadingRishi Sunak seeks thawed relations at UK-Ireland summit
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is aiming to repair frayed relations with Britain’s European Union…
Continue ReadingFrench-Italian fight puts a deal helping migrants in peril
By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — A deal for Europe to jointly help asylum-seekers was breaking apart in a bitter French-Italian…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup host Qatar is among the world’s most water-stressed countries. It’s a problem…
Continue Reading2nd Spaniard arrested in Iran amid protests; Italian freed
MADRID (AP) — Italy’s premier says an Italian woman arrested in Iran amid protests has been freed. Premier Giorgia Meloni announced the…
Continue ReadingRussia says troops begin to withdraw from key Ukrainian city
By JOHN LEICESTER and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said its troops began pulling out of a strategic Ukrainian city…
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