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A very focused Matt Weston of Britain has midpoint lead in Olympic skeleton, with Heraskevych out

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Here's an idea of how focused Britain's Matt Weston is on winning Olympic gold. When the World Cup champion and Olympic favorite showed up at the track for th...

Gates Industrial: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

DENVER (AP) — DENVER (AP) — Gates Industrial Corp. (GTES) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $51.3 million. The Denver-based company said it had net income of 20 cents per sha...

Bangladesh votes in its first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that ousted Hasina

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday held its first election since the 2024 mass protests toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government. The balloting was mostly peaceful in a vote seen as a...

Syria says its forces have taken over al-Tanf base after a handover from the US

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces have taken control of a base in the east of the country that was run for years by U.S. troops as part of the war against the Islamic State gro...

Suspect in Canada shooting is identified as an 18-year-old with history of police visits to her home

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The suspect in a school shooting in Canada was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities sai...

Crocs: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Crocs Inc. (CROX) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $105.2 million. The Broomfield, Colorado-based company said it had net inc...

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-m...

Russia fires barrage at Ukrainian cities as next round of US-brokered talks is unclear

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele...

U.S. allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back

BRUSSELS (AP) — European allies at NATO on Thursday brushed aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role of the world’s biggest security organization, leav...

China issues new rules to curb auto price war after January passenger car sales drop 20%

HONG KONG (AP) — China moved on Thursday to curb a fierce price war among automakers that has caused massive losses for the industry, after passenger car sales dropped nearly 20% in January ...

Spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s daughter is close to being designated North Korea’s future leader

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the cou...

World shares mostly gain after Wall Street wobbled over strong jobs report

HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mostly higher Thursday and benchmarks in Japan and South Korea reached new records after Wall Street wobbled following a better-than-expected U.S. job repo...