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Those Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate sanctions on North Korea 08/08/2024 08:22am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials on Thursday said providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear and missile program. The South Korean technology giant is a major Olympi Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9M passengers 08/07/2024 06:10am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport saw a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year, putting the world's busiest airport for international travel back on track to beat its all-time record, as aviation booms after the coronavi Takeaways from a Harris-Walz ticket now that the stage is set for a reimagined presidential race 08/06/2024 10:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The stage is set for an election that was unimaginable mere weeks ago when President Joe Biden was atop the Democratic ticket. Now Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate to take on Republican Donald Trump and his No. 2, Ohio Sen. JD Va Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against it 08/06/2024 09:07pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter limits on remote work, after news outlets provoked a fraught debate about work-from-home habits established dur Hearing seeks insight into blowout on a Boeing jet that pilots said threw the flight into 'chaos' 08/06/2024 04:28pm • Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Those accounts from inside the company were disclosed Tuesday, as federal investigators Why is COVID surging? A doctor explains what to know and how to stay safe 08/06/2024 04:39am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases spike across U.S. It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country. Nearly 40 states are reporting high COVID activity levels, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont Meet Wisin — Mexico’s latest viral meme and the 'puppy luchador' 08/04/2024 12:29am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a youth center's parking lot in Mexico City's Tacuba neighborhood, Baha Men’s iconic song “Who Let the Dogs Out” blares through a pair of large speakers. As the infectious melody reaches a crowd of over 100 people they all begin to chant, “Wisin, Wisin, Wisin!” Quic As recruiting rebounds, the Army will expand basic training to rebuild the force for modern warfare 08/03/2024 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars. The added training will begin in October and comes as the Army tries to reverse years of dis Meet the artist whose job is to paint beach volleyball at the 2024 Olympics 08/02/2024 02:26pm • PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They're all aiming to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. “It’s a collag Pin-demonium hits Paris: Inside the pin-trading market at the Olympics 08/02/2024 01:26pm • PARIS (AP) — On the other side of the Atlantic from Wall Street, a market — more wholesome than cutthroat — has sprung up at the Paris Olympics. The commodity at the center of it all? Pins. The city has seen an influx of collectors from all over the world, each eager to begin or expand their US arrests at Mexico border are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden's presidency 08/01/2024 04:17pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden's presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. The U.S. Border Patrol continued Bank of England lowers its main interest rate by 0.25%, to 5%, its first cut in over 4 years 08/01/2024 10:59am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 as inflationary pressures in the economy have eased. In a statement Thursday, the bank said that by a 5-4 margin, its policymaking panel backed a quarter-point reducti University of California president to step down after 5 years marked by pandemic, campus protests 07/31/2024 09:37pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The president of the University of California announced Wednesday he would step down after five years of leading one of the nation’s largest public university systems through the coronavirus pandemic, labor strikes and campus protests. Michael V. Drake, the first Black Virus that causes COVID widespread in wildlife, Virginia Tech researchers say 07/31/2024 01:54pm • The virus that causes COVID-19 has been spreading through Virginia wildlife, and Virginia Tech researchers say well-populated areas are likely where it spread from humans to animals. While SARS-CoV-2 infections were previously identified in wildlife, primarily in white-tailed deer and feral mink, Man who followed woman into her NYC apartment and stabbed her to death sentenced to 30 years to life 07/30/2024 12:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who followed a woman from the street up six flights of stairs into her New York City apartment and stabbed her to death was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years to life in prison. Assamad Nash, 27, was sentenced in Manhattan state Supreme Court for the Feb. 13, 2022, murder of 35-ye