BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is broadening its battle with Google, alleging that the technologygiant rigs the global market for mobile apps by making its Android operating system give preferential treatment to its own products. EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Wednesday that “Google’s behavior denies consumers a wider choice of mobile apps and services … Continue reading
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Russian news agency says its general manager for Turkey has been barred from entering the country, days after Turkish authorities blocked access to its website. State-owned Sputnik quoted Tural Kerimov as saying Wednesday that he was informed after landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport that he has been barred from entering … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with French, British, Italian and German leaders in Hannover next week for discussions expected to touch on Syria, Libya, the Islamic State group and migration, European officials said Wednesday. Obama, French leader Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain’s David Cameron and Italy’s Matteo Renzi will attend … Continue reading
MINAMIASO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s southern quake-hit area was rattled by a strong aftershock Tuesday and searchers found a woman’s body buried under landslide rubble, raising the death toll from the twin earthquakes to 45. More than 100,000 evacuees, some sleeping in their cars and others in gymnasiums or community centers, were bracing for another … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A small chocolate milk company wanted publicity touting the purported ability of its drink to help high school athletes recover from concussions to coincide with the Will Smith movie “Concussion,” according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. The University of Maryland issued a press release in December about its study … Continue reading
BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig at the boyhood home of Malcolm X in Boston has turned up some surprising findings, but not related to the early life of the slain civil rights activist. City archaeologist Joseph Bagley said this week that researchers digging outside the two-and-a-half story home have found kitchenware, ceramics and other … Continue reading
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is calling his decision to donate his brain to science a “no-brainer.” NASCAR’s most popular driver tweeted his intention earlier this week. He said Friday he plans to pledge his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The group works with Boston University on research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — California and New York — where almost 1 in 5 Americans live — are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and the activists who spearheaded those efforts are now setting their sights on other similarly liberal, Democratic-led states. Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were on opposing sides of certain types of biomedical research while they served in Congress, differences that have gained notice by scientists and advocates on the forefront of stem cell research. Clinton has pointed to her advocacy for groundbreaking medical research, from her … Continue reading
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement was posted this week at the country’s main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving … Continue reading
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory met with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal the nation’s first state law limiting the bathroom options for transgender people. The law also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections, and blocks municipalities … Continue reading
VALLEY OF THE KINGS, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s archaeologists announced Friday they completed more extensive scanning of the two recently discovered hidden chambers behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings as part of a quest that some hope could ultimately lead to finding Queen Nefertiti’s remains. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anani told reporters … Continue reading
HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s trip to Cuba (all times local): 6:50 p.m. President Barack Obama says he’s willing to meet with former Cuban President Fidel Castro in the future. In an interview with ABC News with David Muir, Obama says he has no problem with such a meeting “just as … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African archaeologist has found a piece of debris with part of an aircraft engine manufacturer’s logo and Malaysia’s transport minister said Tuesday that authorities will examine it to see if it is from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. “Based on early reports, there is a possibility of the piece … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — Sweden’s Karolinska University says it has fired Italian stem cell scientist Paolo Macchiarini, whose work was once considered revolutionary but has since been deemed to have breached medical ethics. In a statement on Wednesday, Karolinska said Macchiarini was to be informed immediately that his contract has been rescinded. The university said Macchiarini … Continue reading
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