EXPLAINER: Why Facebook is holding off on kids’ Instagram
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Bowing — if only for a moment — to pressure from lawmakers, critics, the media and child development…
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Continue ReadingZHUHAI, China (AP) — A military drone whose manufacturer says it can cruise for 20 hours at 15,000 meters (50,000 feet) is among Chinese warplanes,…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France and Greece have announced a defense deal worth around 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion)…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Pressure is growing for a quick start to talks on Germany’s next government as newly elected…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Animal rights groups have welcomed the South Korean president’s offer to look into banning consumption of dog meat.…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toy company Lego says consumer sales soared 36% and revenue grew 46% to 23 billion kroner during the first half…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks fell broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, led by more declines in Big Tech companies. The…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Days before Germany’s federal elections, Facebook removed a network of accounts that it said had spread…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s Expo 2020 opens this week, after being delayed for a year over the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for developing countries in East Asia due to the impact of the coronavirus’s…
Continue ReadingBy ERIKA KINETZ and LORI HINNANT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found that far-right provocateurs are…
Continue ReadingBy ERIKA KINETZ and LORI HINNANT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found that far-right provocateurs are…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says the coronavirus state of emergency will end Thursday to help rejuvenate…
Continue ReadingPhilanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs will invest $3.5 billion within the next 10 years to address the climate crisis. A spokesperson for Emerson…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s eviction moratorium ends Friday. But tenants with unpaid rent can still…
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved what he terms a nation-leading law requiring…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON, MARTHA BELLISLE and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s…
Continue ReadingBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is preparing to tell Congress that the current…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook based on a news article that…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare moment of ethical controversy for the Federal Reserve, two top officials…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Kraton, Hess rise; Apple, Moderna…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks wound up a mixed bag on Wall Street Monday as losses for several Big Tech companies checked gains elsewhere in the…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek state ERT TV has reported that the leaders of Greece and France are expected to announce a major, multi-billion euro…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — The owner of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is selling the 3,000-room Las Vegas Strip hotel in a $5.65 billion deal. New York…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former assistant soccer coach at the University of Southern California testified Monday that she regularly created fake athletic…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — South Africa has pledged more ambitious emissions targets, a move that was welcomed by climate activists. The South African…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on…
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