Today: October 10, 2024
Today: October 10, 2024

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Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdown

Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country’s biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial procedures after it published pictures online showing female employees not wearing the mandatory Islamic headscarf, semi-official media reported. The move appears to be part of a new campaign launched last week to impose the Islamic dress code nearly a year after the morality police largely melted away in the face of widespread protests. Digikala, informally known as “Iran’s Amazon,” appears to have run afoul of the rules by posting pictures of a corporate gathering in which

Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdown
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it will not sell shares in Ant's buyback program

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it does not plan to sell any shares in its one-third shareholding in financial technology company Ant Group because it wants to retain its stake in an “important strategic partner.” Alibaba Group Holdings said in a filing Sunday that it will not participate in Ant’s share buyback program. It allows shareholders to sell back up to 7.6% of their holdings at an unspecified price that values the company at 567.1 billion yuan ($78.8 billion). Ant, which operates one of China’s leading mobile payments services Alipay, has seen its valuation fall nearly

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it will not sell shares in Ant's buyback program
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Jesuits confirm expulsion of priest artist and lament Vatican norms preclude further sanction

The Jesuits said Monday that a famous artist priest is definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women, and lamented they couldn’t prosecute him more vigorously under the Vatican’s internal procedures. The Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik remains a Catholic priest but is no longer a Jesuit priest, after he didn’t appeal his June expulsion decree, said Rupnik’s former superior, the Rev. Johan Verschueren. Rupnik, a Slovenian priest, is one of the most celebrated religious artists in the Catholic Church. His mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Vatican.

Jesuits confirm expulsion of priest artist and lament Vatican norms preclude further sanction
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Police arrest suspect in knife attack on a train in western Japan. 3 were slashed and injured

Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in each hand, when he was arrested on the platform of Rinku Town station in Osaka, western Japan, immediately after the alleged attack Sunday, according to police in Izumisano City. The injured — a train conductor in his 20s and two male passengers aged 23 and 79 — were taken to nearby hospital for treatment. Their injuries were not life-threatening, police said. After an emergency call

Police arrest suspect in knife attack on a train in western Japan. 3 were slashed and injured
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Russia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions

As Russia seeks more allies during its invasion of Ukraine, longtime U.S. security partner Kenya might not be an obvious choice. But hours after Russia terminated a deal to keep grain flowing from Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador saw an opening to appeal to one of the African countries that would feel the effects the most. In an opinion piece for two of Kenya’s largest newspapers, Ambassador Dmitry Maksimychev blamed the United States and European Union for the deal’s collapse, asserting they had “used every trick” to keep Russian grain and fertilizer from the global markets. “Now, my

Russia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions
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Netanyahu leaves hospital as Israel faces a key vote - and a crisis - over divisive legal changes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from the hospital on Monday after an emergency heart procedure, facing an unprecedented national crisis ahead of parliament’s vote on the first major piece of legislation to remake the country’s justice system. Demonstrators, many of whom feel the very foundations of their country are being eroded by the government’s plan, stepped up their opposition, blocking a road leading up to parliament. Businesses across the country shuttered their doors in protest of the vote. Driven by a governing coalition made up of ultranationalist and ultra-religious parties, the judicial overhaul

Netanyahu leaves hospital as Israel faces a key vote - and a crisis - over divisive legal changes
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Greta Thunberg is appearing in a Swedish court on a charge of disobeying police at a climate protest

Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court on Monday on a charge of disobeying police at a protest in southern Sweden last month. Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported that Thunberg and other activists were detained after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmö on June 19. Thunberg was charged because she refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene during the protest, according to Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika Collin and a statement from prosecutors. Prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen told the newspaper that the crime of disobedience is typically punishable

Greta Thunberg is appearing in a Swedish court on a charge of disobeying police at a climate protest
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after winning week on Wall Street

Asian shares advanced on Monday after Wall Street closed out another winning week. Hong Kong declined but other major markets in the region were higher. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices also fell. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its federal funds rate on Wednesday to its highest level since 2001. Investors are hoping that might be the final increase of the tightening cycle because inflation has been cooling since last summer. The federal funds rate started 2022 at virtually zero. This week markets also are watching for the outcome of a major political

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after winning week on Wall Street
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Dare to dive from 27 meters or 90 feet? Impact is like a car crash at 85 kph -- 50 mph

Matt Cooper has no illusions about the hazards of diving from a 27-meter platform — about 90 feet, or as high as a nine-story building — into the sea, a lake, or a diving tank. “Even if it’s a good dive, the impact you have from 27 meters is like a car crash going 85 kilometers per hour (50 mph),” said Cooper, who’s preparing for the high-diving competition this week at the World Aquatics Championships in southwestern Japan. Cooper is dented up. He pulverized his left heel in Australia diving into a pool that was too

Dare to dive from 27 meters or 90 feet? Impact is like a car crash at 85 kph -- 50 mph
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Specter of right-wing entering Spanish government fades after inconclusive national election

HOLD FOR AM Spain may be facing weeks, even months of political gridlock and possibly a new election, but a national ballot produced one result that will be greeted with relief in continental capitals that like Madrid firmly support the European Union. Spain’s Vox party, with its ultra-nationalist bent, lost support among voters in Sunday’s election, dashing its hopes to be a kingmaker and enter a governing coalition that would have given the far-right its first share of power in Spain since Francisco Franco’s 20th century dictatorship. The mainstream conservative Popular Party won the election, but performed

Specter of right-wing entering Spanish government fades after inconclusive national election
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What to stream this week: Post Malone, Zach Galifianakis, 'This Fool,' Thandiwe Newton and 'Heels'

Thandiwe Newton starring in a thriller, the return of the TV family wrestling drama “Heels” and a new album from Post Malone are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are comedian Chris Estrada’s series “This Fool” returning for a second season and Zach Galifianakis starring in a movie about the creation of the ultra-collectable Beanie Babies. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — Zach Galifianakis takes on a different kind of role in “The Beanie Bubble,” playing Ty Warner, the

What to stream this week: Post Malone, Zach Galifianakis, 'This Fool,' Thandiwe Newton and 'Heels'
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Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border

Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S., pushing legal boundaries with a go-it-alone bravado along the state’s 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border with Mexico. Now blowback over the tactics is widening, including from within Texas. A state trooper’s account of officers denying migrants water in 100-degree Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) temperatures and razor wire leaving asylum-seekers bloodied has prompted renewed criticism.

Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border
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Indonesian boat capsizes off Sulawesi island, leaving at least 15 people dead and 19 others missing

An overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people and leaving 19 others missing, rescuers said Monday. The vessel was traveling from Lanto village in Buton Central regency in Southeast Sulawesi province to nearby Lagili village when it capsized just after midnight on Monday, local search and rescue agency head Muhammad Arafah said. The wooden boat was carrying 40 people but was designed for just 20. Rescuers were searching Monday for 19 people who were still missing in rough seas, while 15 bodies had been recovered and six people were rescued,

Indonesian boat capsizes off Sulawesi island, leaving at least 15 people dead and 19 others missing
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US sends another submarine to South Korea, adding to show of force against North Korea

A nuclear-propelled U.S. submarine has arrived in South Korea in the second deployment of a major U.S. naval asset to the Korean Peninsula this month, South Korea’s military said Monday, adding to the allies’ show of force to counter North Korean nuclear threats. The USS Annapolis arrived at a port on Jeju Island about a week after the USS Kentucky docked at the mainland port of Busan. The Kentucky was the first U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to come to South Korea since the 1980s. North Korea reacted to its arrival by test-firing ballistic and cruise missiles

US sends another submarine to South Korea, adding to show of force against North Korea
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World's biggest recreational bike ride begins anew for golden anniversary trek across Iowa

What bills itself as “the world’s longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event” was more like the world’s biggest traffic jam Sunday as riders, packed together in a sinewy stream of brightly colored jerseys and shorts, churned across the Loess Hills on the western edge of Iowa. It’s called RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — and it promised to be bigger than ever this year, as the brainchild of two writers from The Des Moines Register celebrated its golden anniversary with a route similar to its first. That meant

World's biggest recreational bike ride begins anew for golden anniversary trek across Iowa
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Bodies of 4 killed in Alaska helicopter crash are recovered from lake

Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on Sunday from the sunken wreckage of their aircraft, which went down in a shallow lake last week on the remote North Slope, authorities said. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. The only way to raise the wreckage will be to use another helicopter because it’s in the middle of one of the many lakes scattered across the vast tundra, said Clint Johnson, the chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region.

Bodies of 4 killed in Alaska helicopter crash are recovered from lake
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San Francisco-based company that pioneered craft beers open to buyout from employees

Anchor Brewing is open to a purchase offer from its employees but warned that time is running out as the 127-year-old trailblazer of craft beers prepares to cease operations, the San Francisco company said in a statement over the weekend. Spokesman Sam Singer confirmed Saturday that Anchor Brewing Company had received an email from Anchor’s union representative that workers are launching an effort to purchase the brewery. The effort is on behalf of a group of employees and not the union itself. He said the company would “gladly consider” an offer should they make one that

San Francisco-based company that pioneered craft beers open to buyout from employees
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Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use

Minneapolis is backing away from enforcing laws that criminalize buying psychedelic plants or using them in private. Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday ordered police to stop using taxpayer dollars to enforce most laws against hallucinogenic plants. Minneapolis still prioritizes enforcing laws against selling psychedelic plants, bringing them to schools or using them while driving. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara in a statement said he stands by the mayor’s decision. Announcing the order, Frey cited the potential for hallucinogenic plants to treat mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. “Experts are telling us that these plants help

Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use
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Novak Djokovic withdraws from Toronto tournament, opts for more rest after loss in Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic withdrew Sunday from the National Bank Open, opting for additional rest after his loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final. Tennis Canada announced that Djokovic pulled out of the only Canadian stop on the ATP Tour schedule due to fatigue. The 36-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam champion was set to begin his hard-court preparations for the U.S. Open after falling to the top-ranked Alcaraz last Sunday in a five-set final at Wimbledon. “I have always enjoyed my time in Canada but after speaking with my team, we believe this is the right decision to take,”

Novak Djokovic withdraws from Toronto tournament, opts for more rest after loss in Wimbledon final
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Avid search for missing Texas rodeo goat bringing residents of a small rural county together

First there was Gone Girl. Now there is Gone Goat. The search for a rodeo goat that has been missing for more than a week has the residents of a rural South Texas county enthralled as they are using horses, ATVs and even contemplating utilizing a helicopter to find the missing animal. Local businesses have donated nearly 90 prizes and gifts worth more than $5,000, including brisket, frescoes and salon service, as a reward for the person who finds the goat. “This has just gotten bigger than we ever dreamed. Our county is a really small

Avid search for missing Texas rodeo goat bringing residents of a small rural county together
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Josef Newgarden completes an IndyCar Series weekend sweep at Iowa Speedway

Josef Newgarden got one win on Saturday, but he said it felt like “50 percent of the battle.” Newgarden completed the doubleheader sweep he wanted at a track where he’s had plenty of success, winning the IndyCar Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Newgarden, who led 212 of 250 laps, held onto the lead on a restart with three laps to go, beating Team Penske teammate Will Power by less than a second and slightly closing the gap behind series points leader Alex Palou with five races to go. “Today, I feel like we’re done now,”

Josef Newgarden completes an IndyCar Series weekend sweep at Iowa Speedway
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Scott Rolen credits his parents, Fred McGriff thanks fellow players at Hall of Fame induction

The greatest moment of Scott Rolen’s 17-year career didn’t come during his 2006 World Series run with the St. Louis Cardinals or even during his outstanding first full season in 1997 with the Philadelphia Phillies, which earned him unanimous National League Rookie of the Year honors. For Rolen, one of two players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, that honor was reserved for an unexpected moment with his parents after he was called up for his first major league game in 1996. “Seeing Mom and Dad walk to their seats from my position

Scott Rolen credits his parents, Fred McGriff thanks fellow players at Hall of Fame induction
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Denny Hamlin gets his record 7th victory at Pocono and 50th of his NASCAR Cup Series career

Denny Hamlin returned to victory lane Sunday at Pocono Raceway a year after his first-place finish was thrown out, giving him a track-record seven wins and 50 overall in his Cup career. Hamlin also gave Toyota its 600th NASCAR victory. Hamlin passed Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon — for the second straight year — for most wins at the tri-oval track. Hamlin and his former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch had their 1-2 finishes stripped a year ago by NASCAR for aerodynamics violations. That made Hamlin the first disqualified Cup winner since April 17,

Denny Hamlin gets his record 7th victory at Pocono and 50th of his NASCAR Cup Series career
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Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry

If you’ve ever dreamed of standing naked in New York City with dozens of strangers while artists turn your skin into a work of art, you may have missed your chance. Sunday’s Bodypainting Day will be the final edition after more than a decade of artists turning nude bodies into works of art. Organizer Andy Golub expects more than 50 people will be painted over four hours in Manhattan’s Union Square. Golub decided this year’s event would be the last because it’s time to “move on and clear that plate.” He said he wants to find

Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry
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Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves more than 30 injured as people land atop each other

More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a country club overlooking Montana’s largest city, police said Sunday. The second-story patio floor of Billings’ Briarwood Country Club broke and gave way Saturday evening. The collapse caused head wounds, broken ribs and other injuries as people landed atop each other and debris and scraps of food scattered over the grass next to the club’s golf course. The police statement said there were no fatalities, although “multiple individuals” had injuries. The cause of the collapse has yet to be determined. At least 25 people were

Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves more than 30 injured as people land atop each other

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