NICE, France (AP) — The third United Nations Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into rea…
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BEIJING (AP) — U.S.-China trade talks in London this week are expected to take up a series of fresh disputes that have buffeted relations, thr…
The Nintendo Switch 2 finally hit store shelves on Thursday, eight years after the initial release of Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s popular video-game console. Even with a hefty $450 price tag, fans around the world, from Japan to the U.S., lined up outside stores to pick-up pre-orders or have a chance to buy the device. The release ends months of anticipation that included pre-order hiccups and fears that tariffs would delay the release of the Switch 2. Nintendo said it expects to sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles for the fiscal year through March 2026.
Millions of South Koreans are voting for a new president in a snap election triggered by the ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who faces a criminal trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. Pre-election surveys suggest liberal Lee Jae-myung appears headed for an easy win in Tuesday’s election, riding on deep public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon’s martial law debacle. Conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo has struggled to restore public confidence. The winning candidate will be immediately sworn in as president Wednesday for a full, single five-year term.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Months of a political drama in South Korea is drawing to a close with the country poised to elect a new president th…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s central bank chief, who is a member of the European Central Bank committee that decides monetary policy…
Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more human. The results announced Wednesday for the February-April period came against a backdrop of President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again trade war that has whipsawed Nvidia and other Big Tech companies that have been riding AI mania to propel both their revenue and stock prices increasingly higher.
Millions of people, many from troubled nations, live legally in the United States under various forms of temporary legal protection. Many have…
Greece’s top diplomat says the world is facing the most turbulent time since World War II, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.” Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview Monday that the “nightmare” and escalating death toll in Gaza must end and that Greece stands by Ukraine. He also says U.S. tariffs are not “good news.” Gerapetritis, whose country holds the presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month, said inequalities between nations and peoples are challenging “the essence of democracy and the rule of law.”