Italian cake maker in influencer charity scandal says it acted in good faith | AP News

Italian cake maker in influencer charity scandal says it acted in good faith | AP News

ROME (AP) — An Italian company that makes a popular Christmas cake said Tuesday it acted in “absolute good faith” in offering a special edition in 2022 featuring the logo of Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni that has landed both under investigation by prosecutors.Italy’s antitrust authority has already fined Ferragni 1 million euros, and the pandoro

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Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces lesser charge as judge analyzes evidence in ongoing probe | AP News

Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces lesser charge as judge analyzes evidence in ongoing probe | AP News

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Wander Franco is facing a lesser charge after a judge in the Dominican Republic analyzed evidence that alleges the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paid her mother thousands of dollars for her consent.Originally accused of commercial and sexual exploitation and money laundering

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OSCE laments Belarus’ refusal to allow its monitors to observe February’s parliamentary vote | AP News

OSCE laments Belarus’ refusal to allow its monitors to observe February’s parliamentary vote | AP News

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A top trans-Atlantic security and rights watchdog has criticized Belarus’ refusal to allow the group to observe its parliamentary vote, saying that it defies the country’s international obligations.Belarusian authorities announced Monday that they wouldn’t invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor February’s parliamentary and local

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Sinéad O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says | AP News

Sinéad O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July, a coroner said Tuesday.London’s Metropolitan Police had said the singer’s death was not considered suspicious after she was found unresponsive at a home in southeast London on July 26. O’Connor was 56.The Southwark Coroner’s Court confirmed that O’Connor died of natural causes

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Microsoft’s OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review | AP News

Microsoft’s OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a European Union merger investigation, the bloc’s executive branch said Tuesday. The European Commission said it’s “checking whether Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable” under regulations covering mergers and acquisitions that would harm competition in the 27-nation EU.The review could lead to a

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Mila Popović (SSP): Samo nekoliko centimetara snega paralisalo Beograd

Mila Popović (SSP): Samo nekoliko centimetara snega paralisalo Beograd

Politika | 09.01.2024 | access_time 18:05  Predsednica beogradskog odbora Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) Mila Popović ocenila je danas da je nekoliko centimetara snega, koliko je palo u Beogradu, pokazalo da grad ne funkcioniše, te za to okrivila vladajuću Srpsku naprednu stranku (SNS).Ona je u saopštenju navela da su “saobraćajne nezgode, usporen saobraćaj i klizavi

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