Fashion designer describes invitation to work on Notre Dame cathedral's re-opening as 'a calling'

PARIS (AP) — When Jean-Charles de Castelbajac watched as Notre Dame cathedral burned in April 2019, he felt compelled to act somehow. Returning home, the French fashion designer began sketching ideas, imagining the monument’s reconstruction. So, when the Paris...

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack...

Bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 as post-election rally rolls on

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin topped $98,000 for the first time Thursday, extending a streak of almost daily all-time highs since the U.S. presidential election. The cryptocurrency has rocketed more than 40% in just two weeks. Now, bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 and investors do...

Stock market today: Wall Street points toward gains, Nvidia shares fall despite another big beat

Wall Street is on track to open with gains following another strong earnings report from chipmaker Nvidia even if it didn't meet the sky-high expectations of investors. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% before the bell Thursday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Congolese police arrest 6 suspects over break-in into mausoleum of late independence hero Lumumba

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese police have arrested six people over a break-in and vandalism earlier this week at the mausoleum of the country's assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. During the break-in on Monday, a case containing a...

Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed Thursday that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at one of its cities. If confirmed, it would be the first time Moscow has used such a weapon in the war. Ukraine did not provide any evidence that an ICBM was used in...

At least 38 killed as gunmen open fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive northwest on Thursday, killing at least 38 people, including six women, and wounding 20 others in one of the region's deadliest such attacks in recent years, police said. The...

Australian tourist dies after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, raising toll to 4 including American

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called every parent’s nightmare. An American and two Danish tourists also died, officials said after reports that multiple people had been sickened in...

Israel's Netanyahu 'rejects with disgust' international court arrest warrant

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document...