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Tech stocks tank as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI frenzy; Nvidia sinks nearly 17%

Jan. 27, 2025 17:44 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s superstars tumbled Monday as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they’ve been feasting on. The S&P 500 dropped 1.5%, dragged down in large part by a 16.9% fall for Nvidia. Other Big Tech stocks also...

Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game

Dec. 24, 2024 12:55 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam District Court on Tuesday sentenced five men to up to six months in prison for violence that erupted around a UEFA Europa League football match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in November. The riots, which...

Israeli soccer team prepares for closed-door match in Hungary after attacks on fans in Amsterdam

Nov. 27, 2024 14:04 PM EST

DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team returned to Europe on Wednesday for the first time since its fans were assaulted in the Netherlands earlier this month in attacks that were condemned as antisemitic by authorities in Israel and across Europe. The team...

Dutch coalition survives crisis over top official resignation decrying offensive comments

Nov. 15, 2024 18:06 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government dominated by hard-right leader Geert Wilders survived a government crisis that centered on the resignation of the finance state secretary over what she saw as denigrating comments on immigrants after Israeli fans were assaulted following a soccer...

Brief altercation between fans mars France-Israel soccer match despite heavy security

Nov. 14, 2024 17:19 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — There was a brief altercation between a small number of fans early into Thursday's Nations League soccer game between France and Israel despite heavy security inside the stadium, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli club team’s visit. ...

Dutch lawmaker Wilders wants to deport those convicted of violence against Israeli soccer fans

Nov. 14, 2024 01:42 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hard-right Dutch political leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday blamed “Moroccans” for attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week, asserting that they “want to destroy Jews” and recommending the deportation of people convicted of involvement if they...