Month: May 2023

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen profits fell 30% in the first three months of the year despite booming business in Europe and North America. That’s because sales fell in China, where the German company is facing increasing competition from homegrown models. VW reported Thursday that after-tax profit fell to 4.7 billion euros from 6.7 billion

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Six soldiers have been killed in a shootout with militants in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the border with Afghanistan. A military statement said the exchange of fire Thursday took place in North Waziristan, a district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The region is a former stronghold of the

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a review of the artificial intelligence market, focusing on the technology underpinning chatbots like ChatGPT. The Competition Markets Authority said Thursday that it will look into the opportunities and risks of AI as well as the competition rules and consumer protections that may be needed. Artificial intelligence’s

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli fans are preparing to celebrate the Italian league soccer title for the third time in five days. Napoli can seal its first Serie A title in more than three decades if it wins or draws at Udinese later in the day. Diego Maradona led the southern club to its only

By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Opinion polls show Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the heavy favorite to take the prime minister’s post after Thailand’s May 14 general election. But there are fears that victory for Paetongtarn, the youngest daughter of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, could plunge Thailand back into a familiar

By ISABEL DEBRE and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops on Thursday killed three Palestinian militants wanted in connection with a shooting attack that killed a British-Israeli woman and two of her daughters, the Israeli military said, the latest bloodshed in a relentless wave of violence. In a rare daytime

By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian army soldiers are patrolling the streets and enforcing a curfew after thousands of people clashed in a remote northeastern state, causing casualties and damage to several homes and vehicles. N. Biren Singh, the top elected official of Manipur state bordering Myanmar, also suspended internet services

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis have blocked roads and demonstrated against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary. The protesters hope Thursday’s events will ramp up pressure on lawmakers days after parliament reconvened following a month-long recess. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused the overhaul in March after intense

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A playboy past that was once brushed under the carpet, a popular son whose telegenic family threatens to eclipse his own star, and endless leaks about his private life: Spain’s Juan Carlos I can empathize with the lot of Britain’s Charles III. The former Spanish head of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — On his way to be crowned this week, King Charles III will travel by gilded coach through streets swathed in red, white and blue Union flags — and past a warning from history. At Trafalgar Square stands a large bronze statue of King Charles I, the 17th-century