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Shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options 02/06/2026 08:34am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister refilled. Now, more than 3,000 Koko fuel supply points across Kenya sit idle, with no fuel and no clear answers for the households that relied on them. For FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story 02/06/2026 08:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made his case in a recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, chiding the paper and critics, in Czechia women's hockey coach Carla MacLeod confronts breast cancer with familiar upbeat approach 02/06/2026 08:17am • MILAN (AP) ��� Carla MacLeod approaches life with a smile and stubborn level of optimism, making it difficult to imagine what could ever get her down. Losing a hockey game for Czechia's women���s team or the PWHL's Ottawa Charge is always viewed by the coach as a learning experience from which her p EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children, seeks changes to protect users 02/06/2026 08:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with ���addictive design��� features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the popular video sharing app's operating model. EU regulators said thei Summer Britcher does not think a corpse could win an Olympic luge race. But she loved the 'SNL' joke 02/06/2026 08:03am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) ��� Summer Britcher loved the joke. The USA Luge veteran, about to compete in her fourth Olympics, went viral last weekend ��� in the sliding community, anyway. Even better, it happened without Britcher actually doing anything for her newfound fame. Such is the power of Goaltenders get golf cart rides to the ice for hockey games at the Milan Cortina Olympics 02/06/2026 07:58am • MILAN (AP) ��� What do golf carts have to do with hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics? Turns out, they are essential equipment. The trip from the locker rooms to the ice at the main hockey arena is so long that the heavily padded goaltenders get to ride in style in golf carts while their teammates Plains All American: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:53am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� HOUSTON (AP) ��� Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $342 million. The Houston-based company said it had net income of 41 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, came to 40 cents per share. The res Pakistan���s cultural capital erupts in color as kite-flying Basant festival ends 20-year hiatus 02/06/2026 07:53am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� A burst of color lit up Lahore���s night sky overnight as Pakistan���s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades. Authorities said Friday that the celebration has been allowed only under strict safety regulations, warning that the Plains GP: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:51am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� HOUSTON (AP) ��� Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP) on Friday reported profit of $62 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had net income of 31 cents. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, were 17 cents per share. The o CBOE: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:47am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� CHICAGO (AP) ��� CBOE Global Markets, Inc. (CBOE) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $313.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of $2.97. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $3.06 per share. The results su AerCap: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:32am • DUBLIN (AP) ��� DUBLIN (AP) ��� AerCap Holdings NV (AER) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $632.8 million. The Dublin-based company said it had profit of $3.79 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $3.95 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. T Virtus: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:25am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Virtus Investment Partners Inc. (VRTS) on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $35.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Hartford, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of $5.17. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $6.50 per Philip Morris: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:20am • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) on Friday reported fourth-quarter profit of $2.14 billion. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of $1.37 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.70 per share. The Ubiquiti: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2026 07:20am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) on Friday reported profit of $233.6 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of $3.86. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, came to $3.88 per share. The computer networ Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington 02/06/2026 07:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Denver Mayor Mike Johnston regularly games out responses to threats like destructive tornadoes or hazardous waste leaks. He's added a new potential menace: the federal government. When President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to some U.S. cities last year over the ob