France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West’s mettle | AP News

France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West’s mettle | AP News

PARIS (AP) — French manufacturers have reduced the manufacturing times for some of the weapons systems they supply to Ukraine by half or more, as France increasingly switches away from its previous policy of dipping into its own military stocks to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion, France’s defense minister said in an interview

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AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati | AP News

AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati | AP News

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum’s glitzy annual meeting in Davos. Breathtaking advances in generative AI stunned the world last year, and the elite crowd is angling to take advantage of its promise and minimize

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‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ lead the race for Britain’s BAFTA film awards | AP News

‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ lead the race for Britain’s BAFTA film awards | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Atom-bomb epic “Oppenheimer” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories including best film.Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” received 11 nominations on the list announced Thursday, while historical epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” had nine each.Other leading contenders include

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Remains of fireworks explosion victims taken to Thai temple where families give DNA to identify them | AP News

Remains of fireworks explosion victims taken to Thai temple where families give DNA to identify them | AP News

MUEANG SUPHAN BURI, Thailand (AP) — Rescue workers carried out the grim task Thursday of recovering the remains of the 23 apparent victims of a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand.Only part of the building frame stood at the site of the devastated factory in an otherwise-empty rice field in rural Suphan Buri province the

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A Singapore minister is charged with corruption, accused of taking tickets to F1 races and musicals | AP News

A Singapore minister is charged with corruption, accused of taking tickets to F1 races and musicals | AP News

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday in the first ministerial corruption case ever seen in the Asian financial hub known for squeaky clean government.The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said in a statement that Iswaran, 61, faces 27 charges: two for corruption, 24 for receiving gifts as a public

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Bid by meatpacker JBS to join New York Stock Exchange faces opposition over Amazon deforestation | AP News

Bid by meatpacker JBS to join New York Stock Exchange faces opposition over Amazon deforestation | AP News

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In recent weeks, lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom have sent letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission cautioning against the listing of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading on the world’s largest exchange would give JBS, which applied in July

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Poland’s lawmakers vote in 2024 budget but approval is still needed from pro-opposition president | AP News

Poland’s lawmakers vote in 2024 budget but approval is still needed from pro-opposition president | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted on Thursday to approve the key 2024 state budget but the draft still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with the right-wing opposition. The budget also requires endorsement from the Senate and must be presented for Duda’s signing by Jan. 29 or the president could

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