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A nationwide power blackout hit Kenya Sunday evening, paralyzing parts of the country, including the main airport in the capital Nairobi, a major transport hub connecting East Africa to Asia, Europe and other parts of the world

Hayao Miyazaki is No. 1 at the box office for the first time in his career.

Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Pa...

At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries argue that the tax will har...

An international fashion forum in Moscow has brought together designers from Brazil, China, India, South Africa and other countries, an event that underlined Russia’s shift away from the West amid the fighting in Ukraine. The forum that wrapped up earlier this month was called BRICS+ Fashion Summit 2023, a reference to the BRICS grouping that includes Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Russia has named expanding ties with BRICS members as one of its top foreign policy priorities amid the tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine. The fashion summit sponsored by the Moscow city government featured runway shows by designers from 12 countries. It was attended by fashion industry professionals from about 60 countries and included business meetings and open discussions. Designers who took part in the show presented their collections in some of Moscow’s most iconic locations, including Zaryadye Park next to Red Square, the Russian State Library and...

Right-wing economist Javier Milei has been sworn in as Argentina’s president and has immediately moved to prepare the public for a painful shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts

A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much different fight over plans to open a military-themed brewery in Norfolk, Virginia

Visitors walking along the river that flows through downtown Rotterdam might be surprised to see a three-tiered structure moored in the water, with a top level occupied by brown and white cows grazing on hay dropped from a conveyor belt

This year’s global climate summit in Dubai set aside Sunday to spotlight food and agriculture, a sector that accounts for about a third of the world’s emission

Shohei Ohtani, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Patrick Mahomes and Mike Trout are among the world’s top athletes, each with a long list of epic accomplishments

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the danger of high-powered, pea-sized magnets found in toys

Court documents show that over 100 animals – both living and dead – have been taken from a roadside zoo in western Virginia

At last year's climate talks, then Brazilian President-elect Inacio Lula da Silva was received as a hero with chants of “Lula

"Automakers have resigned themselves to an electric future."

For some with student loans, Biden's loan cancellation efforts are divisive.

The future of fossil fuels that are warming the planet are at the core of negotiations at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai

President Joe Biden is stepping up his fundraising as he prepares for an astronomically expensive reelection campaign

Charities and companies supplying Ukraine’s military warn problems are growing.

The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor

Attorneys for Amazon have asked a federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant

Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines are saying no to a contract offer hammered out by their union and the airline

The Indiana secretary of state is appealing a ruling that a law stipulating voting requirements for a candidate’s party affiliation is unconstitutional

European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules

European leaders reach deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules, offering a blueprint for scrutinizing the tech

The solid hiring revealed in Friday’s jobs report for November, along with a raft of other recent economic data, is boosting hopes that the U.S. economy will achieve a “soft landing” next year rather than a widely feared recession

Stocks pushed higher on Wall Street, leaving the market with its sixth weekly gain in a row

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Chevron’s acquisition of Hess oil company, the second inquiry the independent agency has opened this week of a major oil industry merger

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $1.89 to $71.23 per barrel Friday

Five billion dollars worth of gambling gets done each year in Atlantic City

A joint initiative from the United States and United Arab Emirates is announcing an additional $9 billion of funding to tackle agriculture’s role in the climate crisis

Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday:

Meanwhile, the U.S. job market remained on strong footing in November despite higher interest rates and a weakening economy.

U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

More than 1,100 unionized DHL Express workers walked off the job at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), a critical logistics hub for the package delivery company, during the busiest time of the year

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $2.1 billion in donations since November 2022, she said in an online post, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019

Spotify’s chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, is leaving next year, the music streaming service said — just days after the company announced its third round of layoffs for 2023

A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark

The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves

China's state media say top leaders held an annual planning meeting where they agreed to step up spending to help rev up the economy

Taylor Swift's incomparable year has reached another milestone

House lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China

Honeywell is buying Carrier Global Corp.’s security division for $4.95 billion as it looks to strengthen its building automation capabilities

US employers added a solid 199,000 jobs in November and unemployment rate falls, signaling a still-sturdy labor market

The Asian Development Bank says it approved $200-million concessional loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country’s finance sector

The European Union’s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank

Putin has moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia.

Putin to seek another presidential term in Russia, extending his rule of over two decades, state media say