World shares were mixed Wednesday after AI stocks drove gains on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged higher. Oil prices rose more than 1% after an attack on a major Saudi Arabia refinery by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday renewed supply concerns. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX shed 0.2...
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China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it has taken soccer star Kylian Mbappé's apology “seriously” for comments considered to be disrespectful of Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China, as the fallout over the issue continues. Mbappé faced a backlash Tuesday over co...
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Texas’ booming suburbs have been a hard-fought political battleground for several cycles. How they vote in next week’s election could decide the state’s marquee races, including the U.S. Senate, and scores of critical legislative contests. The suburbs of Texas have long occupied ...
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Pam Gaskin, 79, remembers a time in Galveston County when her father would be required to pay poll taxes in the ‘60s so he could vote, a payment that wasn’t demanded of many white men in the South. She witnessed the power of a united Black community at the polls, setting state hi...
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South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet’s Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews. The Korea Media and Com...
