Newcastle beats PSG 4-1 after Saudi project gets 2034 World Cup boost; Man City, Barcelona also win | AP News

Newcastle beats PSG 4-1 after Saudi project gets 2034 World Cup boost; Man City, Barcelona also win | AP News

GENEVA (AP) — Newcastle capped a stellar day for Saudi Arabia’s soccer project with a 4-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday that left Kylian Mbappé a picture of despair.Hours before kickoff at Newcastle, which was struggling when bought by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund just two years ago, the kingdom

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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas | AP News

Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas | AP News

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement on the U.S. Federal Registry with few details outlining

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Google packs more artificial intelligence into new Pixel phones, raises prices for devices by $100 | AP News

Google packs more artificial intelligence into new Pixel phones, raises prices for devices by $100 | AP News

Google on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that can also be altered by the technology.The injection of more artificial intelligence, or AI, into Google’s products marks another step toward bringing more of the technology into the mainstream –

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Voter rolls are becoming the new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud | AP News

Voter rolls are becoming the new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud | AP News

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A group has been impersonating government officials, harassing New York residents at their homes and falsely accusing them of breaking the law, state officials have warned.But what sounds like a scam aimed at people’s pocketbooks is actually part of a shakedown with a much different target: voters.State prosecutors have sent

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Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti | AP News

Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti | AP News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s foreign affairs minister was moved to the tourism post Wednesday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle just days after the official said the country’s police in the Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping mission would be deployed “within a short time.”Alfred Mutua’s statement came shortly after the U.N Security Council approved the force

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