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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Extremely cold temperatures compounded by strong winds and snow are wreaking havoc across the Nordic region, leaving thousands without power while others braved the cold for hours stuck in their cars along clogged highways. Serious problems with rail services have been reported as a result

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The incentives announced Thursday include $90 million to improve a plant in Colorado

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s longest reigning monarch Queen Margrethe rode through Denmark’s capital Thursday in a gilded, horse-drawn coach as she concluded her final public New Year’s before her abdication later this month. Thousands, many cheering and waving flags, braved the freezing temperatures, strong winds, snow and sleet

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French report says the United Kingdom is not sufficiently coordinating with France in efforts to reduce the number of migrants illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats. The report from the Court of Account released Thursday also points to the “uncertain effectiveness” of illegal migration

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father’s likely heir apparent, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday, its first such assessment on the preteen who was unveiled to the outside world a little more than

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — Rescue workers are braving the cold to save people still trapped under collapsed buildings in western Japan. More soldiers have been ordered to bolster the rescue operations Thursday, providing those in need with drinking water, hot meals and setting up bathing

SYDNEY (AP) — The largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous spider that boasts fangs powerful enough to pierce a human fingernail has found a new home after being discovered north of Sydney, Australia. The Sydney funnel-web spider found only in Australia has been donated to the Australian Reptile Park help save lives by

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife’s body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. He wiped his weary face with a rag. His

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Pressing a button will be one way to summon an artificial intelligence agent as Microsoft wields its computer industry influence to reshape the next generation of keyboards. Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A father and son in Texas have been charged in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, who authorities say were fatally shot in the head before their bodies were moved and discovered days later in a car. The arrests Wednesday night came more

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, but they apparently included just a small proportion of the thousands of political detainees jailed for opposing army rule.. State-run MRTV reported that the head of Myanmar’s military council,

By MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has taken his presidential reelection campaign beyond the tiny Central American country’s borders to capitalize on his rising profile across Latin America. During a two-hour forum Wednesday on the platform X, Bukele accused critics of his controversial policies of trying

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife’s body from the rubble, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. He wiped his weary face with a rag. His