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Carnival revelers poke fun at world leaders in Germany

MAINZ, Germany — A victorious British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a grim looking Queen Elizabeth II standing behind him, a bare-chested Russian ...
10:51 18 February 2022

HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul

LONDON — HSBC will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of a deep overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of ...
10:48 18 February 2022

Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a major legal defeat for the Russian government, a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday reinstated an international arbitration ...
10:30 18 February 2022

Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship

TOKYO — Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo.
10:17 18 February 2022

Shares take hit as virus outbreak slams profits, events

BANGKOK — Shares slipped in Europe and Asia on Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would ...
8:52 18 February 2022

Hamlin and Newman contrast risk and reward at Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a single thrilling lap around NASCAR's most storied track, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed the risks and rewards of th...
7:12 18 February 2022

New 3-point line leading to lower shooting percentages

The NCAA moved back the 3-point line this season to create more room in the lane and cut down on the barrage of 3s in college basketball.
7:06 18 February 2022

Surprise! Raptors, Heat, Grizzlies and Thunder in good place

The oddsmakers in Las Vegas usually know what they’re talking about.
7:03 18 February 2022

Karen Pence adds campaigning for Trump to busy to-do list

WASHINGTON — Karen Pence has no shortage of projects.
5:18 18 February 2022

Dotson’s 29 points lead No. 3 Kansas past Iowa State, 91-71

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon Dotson had watched Iowa State torch the nets in Allen Fieldhouse long enough, so the do-everything Kansas guard began raining d...
4:49 18 February 2022

Nissan shareholders furious at Ghosn scandal, dismal results

TOKYO — Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker's top management Tuesday for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quar...
4:41 18 February 2022

Ryan Newman’s latest terrifying crash sends him to hospital

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman has barrel-rolled his way through many terrifying crashes over his 20-year NASCAR career. This one, though, caused t...
4:33 18 February 2022

Denny Hamlin wins 3rd Daytona 500; Ryan Newman hospitalized

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman flipped across the finish line, his Ford planted upside down and engulfed in flames, a grim reminder of a sport stee...
3:29 18 February 2022

Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

MEXICO CITY — The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over the brutal slayings of women, inc...
3:10 18 February 2022

Johnson fails to finish following wreck in final Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson tugged at his baseball cap, walked to a golf cart and sat backward on the dash for a ride out of the Daytona gara...
2:02 18 February 2022

China’s ‘War on Terror’ uproots families, leaked data shows

Beijing — For decades, the Uighur imam was a bedrock of his farming community in China’s far west. On Fridays, he preached Islam as a religion of peac...
23:28 17 February 2022

Pete Buttigieg’s next test: Winning over minority voters

DES MOINES, Iowa — So far, Pete Buttigieg has made it look easy.
22:49 17 February 2022

The Latest: Warren calls for party unity in taking on Trump

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
22:05 17 February 2022

Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital

JACKSON, Miss. — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in ...
21:05 17 February 2022

Kendall Jenner headlines London Fashion Week’s Burberry show

LONDON — Kendall Jenner and fellow super models unveiled Burberry's new season designs at London Fashion Week on Monday, a collection that spanned eve...
20:54 17 February 2022

Cavs, coach John Beilein plotting next steps in rough season

CLEVELAND — John Beilein has admitted that losing NBA games has hit him hard. Maybe too hard.
20:44 17 February 2022

Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change

NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
19:46 17 February 2022

Former UAW President Owen Bieber dies aged 90

Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry's dark days of the early 1980s to the prosperity of the mid-1990s, has died....
19:11 17 February 2022

Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

LOS ANGELES — There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles ...
19:00 17 February 2022

Tech-starved government seeks industry’s best, brightest

Denver — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists:
18:35 17 February 2022

UConn’s top five streak ends in AP women’s basketball poll

NEW YORK — UConn's record streak of top five appearances in The Associated Press women's basketball poll is over.
18:07 17 February 2022

US House speaker Pelosi warns allies against using Huawei

BRUSSELS — No NATO ally should succumb to the temptation of letting Chinese tech giant Huawei into their next-generation cellular networks, U.S. House...
17:34 17 February 2022

Top of AP poll steady as Baylor, Kansas set collision course

Baylor and Kansas just keep winning, setting up a monumental showdown Saturday between the top-ranked Bears and No. 3 Jayhawks that could help decide ...
17:12 17 February 2022

Leaked data shows China’s Uighurs detained due to religion

BEIJING — When a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer's native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly Uighur imam w...
16:55 17 February 2022

EU agrees to end Med anti-smuggler mission off Libya

BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to end Operation Sophia, the bloc’s naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea, and launch a new...
16:33 17 February 2022