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UK's former Prince Andrew arrested: Read the police statements in full
Trump gets $7 billion for Gaza reconstruction at inaugural Board of Peace
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Iran holds drills and US carrier nears Mideast in preparations for possible war
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks fell Thursday, while oil prices rose with worries about a potential conflict between the United States and Iran. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% for its first loss in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 267 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%. Booking Holdings dropped 6.1% for one of the market's sharper losses.
LONDON (AP) – The brother of King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His arrest Thursday follows years of allegations over his links with Epstein, who took his own life in a New York prison in 2019.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, a ruling that marks a dramatic culmination of the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
BORMIO, Italy (AP) – It started with a fresh face from Switzerland named Franjo von Allmen bursting on the Olympic scene by grabbing the first of an historic three gold medals in ski racing. It ended with a familiar face in Mikaela Shiffrin finding redemption by recapturing her slalom form.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – The first thing Eileen Gu thought when she hit the bottom of the halfpipe halfway through her run Thursday night: “Of course this would happen right now,” she said.
MILAN (AP) – Steven Dubois prevented Dutch short track speedskating star Jens van ‘t Wout from making it three victories out of three at the Milan Cortina Olympics by winning the men’s 500 meters on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart delivered another impressive quarter as the promise of lower prices and speedy deliveries attracted a broader spectrum of Americans from cash-strapped to wealthier households during the critical holiday shopping period.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. But the gap in the trade of goods such machinery and aircraft – the main focus of Trump’s protectionist policies – hit a record last year despite sweeping import taxes.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Tariffs paid by midsize U.S. businesses tripled over the course of past year, new research tied to one of America’s leading banks showed on Thursday – more evidence that President Donald Trump ‘s push to charge higher taxes on imports is causing economic disruption.
LONDON (AP) – U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had arrested a man in his 60s. Mountbatten-Windsor is 66.
NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited leaders of some of the top artificial intelligence companies to gather on stage as part of a commitment to build more “inclusive and multilingual” AI around the world.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Tariffs paid by midsize U.S. businesses tripled over the course of past year, new research tied to one of America’s leading banks showed on Thursday – more evidence that President Donald Trump ‘s push to charge higher taxes on imports is causing economic disruption.
JERUSALEM (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is set to meet for the first time on Thursday in Washington, an early test of whether one of his marquee foreign policy initiatives can gain broad support and advance the shaky ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
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