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Paris Olympics embrace accessibility technology for visually impaired fans

PARIS -- As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the Olympic Games, technological innovations are enabling people with visual impairments to take it...

Olympic breaking underway, with b-girl India winning first battle in Games history

B-girl India from the Netherlands beat refugee team member b-girl Talash in the first ever breaking battle at the Olympics, kicking off the women’s...

Asian stocks track Wall Street gains after encouraging US jobs data calm jitters over the economy

Asian stocks were higher Friday after U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries...

Wall Street has best day since 2022 after encouraging update on US job market

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rallied Thursday in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the...

UN health agency convening experts to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency

GENEVA -- The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of...

Microsoft hits back at Delta after the airline said last month’s tech outage cost it $500 million

Microsoft is joining cybersecurity software firm CrowdStrike in fighting back against Delta Air Lines, which blames the companies for causing several thousand canceled flights...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Palestinians killed in West Bank as world leaders try to avoid regional war

Israeli fire during military raids in the occupied West Bank killed 10 Palestinians, including four teenagers, and wounded another 10, Palestinian officials said Tuesday,...

Financial markets around the world stabilize after recent rout. Here’s what to know

Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index plunges 7% as worries over US economy shake world markets

BANGKOK -- Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged as much as 7.1% early Monday before recovering some lost ground, extending sell-offs that began...

Transgender woman’s use of a gym locker room spurs protests and investigations in Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A transgender woman’s use of the women’s locker room in a suburban St. Louis gym prompted a protest, a plan for...

Chipmaker Intel to cut 15,000 jobs as tries to revive its business and compete with rivals

Chipmaker Intel says it is cutting 15% of its huge workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around...

US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for the economy stoking recession fears

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight...

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