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Today in History: January 14, Lance Armstrong admits to using performance-enhancing drugs
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2025. There are 351 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he’d used...
Britain's leader unveils AI strategy, including vow to rip up red tape hindering AI projects
LONDON (AP) — The British government pledged on Monday to rip up the red tape hindering construction of data centers that underpin artificial intelligence while promoting its “pro-innovation” approach to regulating the technology. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the...
China and the UK restart economic and financial talks after a 6-year hiatus
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and Britain restarted economic and financial talks on Saturday after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing, as the U.K.’s Labour government seeks to reset strained ties with the world’s second-largest economy. ...
Britain's Treasury chief is heading to China to revive suspended economic and financial talks
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief is travelling to China this weekend in a bid to boost economic and financial cooperation between the countries, as the U.K.'s Labour government seeks to reset strained ties with Beijing. Rachel Reeves will seek stability in the United...
Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine as President-elect Donald Trump gets set to return to office...
Shadow fleet of tankers keeps Russia's oil money flowing despite Western sanctions
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Group of Seven democracies have sought to crimp Russia's oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine. But Western governments and sanctions experts say Moscow has resorted to using a so-called shadow fleet of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain...
Italy’s foreign minister heads to Syria to encourage post-Assad transition
ROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents, and said Europe should review its sanctions on Damascus now that the political situation has...
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...
Stock market today: Global indexes are mixed as the US stock market remains closed
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Thursday as the U.S. stock market remained closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. London's FTSE 100 climbed 0.8% to 8,319.69 as the value of the British pound slid against the U.S. dollar amid...
UK plans to sanction people-smugglers in latest bid to stop perilous Channel crossings
LONDON (AP) — Britain said Wednesday that it will impose sanctions on members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants across the English Channel in flimsy boats, the latest effort to stop the dangerous journeys. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the travel bans and asset freezes...
