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Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants 11/17/2023 10:17am • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) ��� The keyboard and drums from a musical show thump just yards from a mountain of storm debris and fractured hotels left by Hurricane Otis three weeks ago. On the northern end of Acapulco Bay, hairdressers and masseuses sweep branches from a beach. Across the Pacific resort of Live updates | Gaza loses communications due to lack of fuel. Israel signals forces may move south 11/16/2023 11:31pm • A dire lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip shut down all internet and phone networks Thursday, the main Palestinian telecom provider said, effectively cutting off the besieged territory from the outside world. In a signal that Israel���s ground invasion could soon expand to the south, Palestinians in par Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis 11/16/2023 10:17pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Internet and telephone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday for lack of fuel, the main Palestinian provider said, bringing a potentially long-term blackout of communications as Israel signaled its offensive against Hamas could next target the south, w Corporate, global leaders peer into a future expected to be reshaped by AI, for better or worse 11/16/2023 08:18pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse. For all the c Bill Gates Portfolio: 7 Best Stocks to Buy Now 11/16/2023 07:00pm • At $38.9 billion in value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust's investment portfolio befits Bill Gates' status as the fourth-richest individual in the world, as measured by the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At $132 billion, Microsoft co-founder Gates clocks in just ahead of former AP PHOTOS: Mongolia's herders fight climate change with their own adaptability and new technology 11/16/2023 04:29pm • SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) ��� For millennia, herders in Mongolia and their animals have lived and died together in the country's vast grasslands, slowly shaping one of the last uninterrupted ecosystems of its kind. And at first glance, everything appears the way it may have looked all those years b Puerto Rico signs multimillion-dollar deal with Texas company to build a marina for mega yachts 11/16/2023 01:20pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Puerto Rico���s government on Thursday signed a multimillion-dollar contract with a Texas-based company to build a marina for mega yachts in the capital of the U.S. territory. Currently, two docks in San Juan are available to yachts and mega yachts, but there is limite Alibaba shares plunge as much as 10% after canceling plans to spin off cloud unit 11/16/2023 12:12pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Shares of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding plunged as much as 10% in New York after it said Thursday that plans to spin off its cloud business were scrapped, citing uncertainties due to U.S. chip restrictions. Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai said Thursday during an earnings Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what's left 11/16/2023 10:41am • TEKOHAW, Brazil (AP) ��� At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil ��� in places white and bare as a beach. The ground reveals one of the paradoxes of the rainforest Allot Communications: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/16/2023 05:09am • HOD-HASHARON, Israel (AP) ��� HOD-HASHARON, Israel (AP) ��� Allot Communications Ltd. (ALLT) on Thursday reported a loss of $12.4 million in its third quarter. The Hod-Hasharon, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 32 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 28 cent NetEase: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/16/2023 05:03am • HANGZHOU, China (AP) ��� HANGZHOU, China (AP) ��� NetEase Inc. (NTES) on Thursday reported earnings of $1.07 billion in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hangzhou, China-based company said it had profit of $1.65. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, came to $1.82 per share. The in Israel searches for traces of Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients 11/16/2023 12:16am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza���s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities. The forces also pr Sen. Joe Manchin says Donald Trump would destroy US democracy if he wins second term as president 11/15/2023 07:13pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, days removed from announcing he won't seek reelection, said Wednesday that if the nation's voters give former President Donald Trump another term in the White House, ���he will destroy democracy in America.��� Manchin, whose home state voter 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy 11/15/2023 07:00pm • Do you recall how the U.S. market performed between 1999 and 2009? If not, it's a classic case of recency bias clouding your investment perspectives. During that decade, the U.S. market experienced a flat trajectory, with a total return of just 1.7%. This sluggish growth was largely due to the impac 21Vianet: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/15/2023 05:24pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� BEIJING (AP) ��� 21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) on Wednesday reported a loss of $6.9 million in its third quarter. The Beijing-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share. The provider of carrier-neutral internet data center services posted revenue of $258.6 million in the per