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Polish town invites Elon Musk to buy its castle for his European headquarters
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A town in Poland is encouraging Elon Musk to buy its vast 13th-century castle and turn it into his European headquarters. The mayor of Glogowek, Piotr Bujak, said Tuesday that he recently posted the invitation on Musk’s social media platform X and has sent...
World Economic Forum says Trump to take part virtually in Davos meeting, days after inauguration
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will take part virtually in the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos just days after his inauguration, the forum president said Tuesday. Børge Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister who heads the Geneva-based organization,...
Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field
Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines. “We've got ... three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,” he said during a wide-ranging...
Far-right party's convention draws protests as Germany's election campaign warms up
RIESA, Germany (AP) — Thousands of people demonstrated against a convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday, blocking some roads and delaying the meeting's start as parties launched their campaigns for the country's election next month. A heavy police presence...
Biden is still considering pardons for people who have been criticized or threatened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday said he was still considering whether to give pardons to people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden said he and his aides were playing close...
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this week, as hurricane-strength winds blew through bone-dry hillside subdivisions, Los Angeles saw its worst nightmare realized as long-predicted firestorms engulfed wide swaths of the nation's second-largest city. For Mayor Karen Bass, the horror show...
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company. Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and...
Italy's Meloni hopes to attend Trump inauguration as she downplays his Greenland and Panama comments
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday she didn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal, saying she read his comments more as a warning to China and other global players to keep their hands...
UK foreign policy chief says Trump is right to urge higher military spending from NATO
LONDON (AP) — Europe’s security “is on a knife-edge” and President-elect Donald Trump is right to say NATO member nations must increase military spending, Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that “the post-Cold War peace is well and...
Musk uses X livestream to amplify German far-right leader's views ahead of an election
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany's far-right party on Thursday, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party's message ahead of an upcoming national election — and raising concerns across Europe about the...