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Korean Stocks Sink Nearly 4% as AI Fears Hit Chipmakers

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SEOUL, South Korea — Worries over whether the huge sums poured into artificial intelligence will pay off hammered South Korean markets on Tuesday, dragging the main stock index down nearly 4% and sending a newly listed data center company sharply below its offering price. The benchmark Kospi lost 215.27 points, or 3.73%, to finish at

Rogers Targets El-Sayed Support as Obama Plans Detroit Rally

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DETROIT — Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers used a televised town hall in the Detroit area on Monday night to argue that his Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, can be beaten among two groups that usually anchor Democratic wins in Michigan: Black voters and Jewish voters. The race for the open seat is one of the

Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Wainwright Injures Many

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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — An incident in a training area at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Saturday afternoon left people dead and injured and touched off a fire that strong winds pushed past the edge of the base and into the countryside around it. Canada’s defence minister, David McGuinty, said Saturday that there were both deaths

France Protests Turn Violent as Arrests Top 1,800

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PARIS — A nationwide day of marches over the cost of living and crumbling schools in France gave way to looting, arson and running fights with riot police on Saturday, and the government said Sunday that more than 1,800 people had been taken into custody. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu put the count at 1,200 arrests

Japan Readies Launch of Mission to Sample Mars Moon Phobos

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TANEGASHIMA, Japan — Japan’s space agency is counting down to the launch of a spacecraft built to do something no mission has done before: land on one of the two moons of Mars, scoop up some of its surface and carry it home. The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, known as MMX, is set to ride

Federal Ruling on ABA Law School Accreditor Due by Year End

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WASHINGTON — The federal government is expected to rule by the end of December on whether the American Bar Association keeps its decades-old federal standing as the national gatekeeper for law schools, a decision that could reshape how Americans train to become lawyers. The call belongs to Nicholas Kent, the under secretary of education and

Shoppers Grow Wary as Retailers Turn to AI Pricing Tools

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WASHINGTON — American shoppers already worn down by high prices are now uneasy about how those prices get set, as big retailers and restaurant chains lean on electronic shelf tags, pricing software and artificial intelligence. Many people are used to fares and room rates that shift by the hour. What has struck a nerve is

Paxton and Talarico Locked in Tight Texas Senate Race

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AUSTIN, Texas — With the midterm election less than a month away, the U.S. Senate race in Texas has turned into a genuine contest, an unusual spot for Republicans in a state where Democrats have not won a statewide race since 1994, the longest such drought for either party in the country. A Marist poll

Knicks Cut Bruce Brown, Keep James Wiseman as Third Center

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NEW YORK — The defending NBA champion Knicks settled the last open seat on their roster Saturday, releasing veteran wing Bruce Brown and keeping former No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman as the third center on the depth chart. Money drove the call. New York carried room for only 14 players if it wanted to

Rays Beat Guardians 7-3 to Even ALCS at Two Games Each

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CLEVELAND — The American League Championship Series is down to a best-of-three after the Tampa Bay Rays pulled away from the Cleveland Guardians for a 7-3 win in Game 4 on Saturday night at Progressive Field. The game had been pushed back a day by Friday rain, and it stayed tight for most of the

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