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A dance hall in Buenos Aires guarantees tango sessions with professional partners
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES (AP) — At a dance hall in the heart of Buenos Aires, 14 men in elegant dark suits sat at separate…
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Technology
Australia demands social media giants report progress on account bans for children under 16
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities on Thursday demanded some of the world’s biggest social media platforms report how many accounts they have…
Lifestyle
Armani fashion group appoints new board to guide company after designer’s death
[ad_1] ROME (AP) — Italy’s fashion house Armani said on Friday that it has appointed a new board whose role will be to guide…
Technology
Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations
[ad_1] NORTH SEA, Denmark (AP) — Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea…
Lifestyle
Japan’s first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring
[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break…
Lifestyle
Eurovision plans changes to voting, security after allegations of Israeli government ‘interference’
[ad_1] GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure…
Entertainment
New statue of Bridget Jones joins other film icons in London’s Leicester Square
[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — Bridget Jones has joined Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Paddington as permanent residents of London’s famed Leicester Square. A new…
Business
Asian shares sink, tracking a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street
[ad_1] BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul sinking more than 3%, after Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence…
Business
German government to subsidize industry’s energy prices in bid to revitalize economy
[ad_1] BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition agreed to subsidize energy prices for heavy industry over the next three years as it tries to…
Technology
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities
[ad_1] ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — When darkness came, so did the smoke. Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania’s…
Technology
Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from Thailand
[ad_1] MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — India is repatriating on Thursday the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to…
Business
NATO member Romania signs agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder plant
[ad_1] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO member Romania signed an agreement Monday with German defense company Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder factory in central…
Technology
Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must…
Business
China’s economy slows to 4.8% annual growth in July-September, hit by tariffs and slack demand
[ad_1] HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade…
Lifestyle
Japan’s sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement
[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to…
Business
German economy shrank by 0.3% in second quarter in worse showing than initially thought
[ad_1] BERLIN (AP) — The German economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Friday,…
Business
What to know about China’s new regulations on rare earths
[ad_1] BANGKOK (AP) — China released new interim measures Friday tightening controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many…
Lifestyle
In Kenya’s capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement’s endurance
[ad_1] NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful…
World News
EU leader praises Serbia for its advances in EU membership bid despite growing Russian influence
[ad_1] BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European…
World News
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm
[ad_1] BAGHDAD (AP) — A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company…