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How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate

How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate

MULANJE, Malawi (AP) — Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn’t. The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the p...

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Giorgio Armani’s will tells heirs to sell 15% of his fashion empire

Giorgio Armani’s will tells heirs to sell 15% of his fashion empire

MILAN (AP) — After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to sell a 15% minority stake in his vast fashion empire, with pri...

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Lebanon licenses Elon Musk’s Starlink for satellite internet services

Lebanon licenses Elon Musk’s Starlink for satellite internet services

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has granted a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the crisis-hit country known for its crumbling infrastructure. The announcement was ma...

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South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia return home

South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia return home

INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A plane carrying more than 300 South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia landed in South Korea on Friday. TV footage showed the charter plane, a ...

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Asian shares track Wall Street rallies as a US interest rate cut next week looks more certain

Asian shares track Wall Street rallies as a US interest rate cut next week looks more certain

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares rose on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s record-setting run the previous after a mixed set of U.S. data bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will c...

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Police looking for men who vandalized Humpty Dumpty statue at New Jersey mini-golf course

Police looking for men who vandalized Humpty Dumpty statue at New Jersey mini-golf course

CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case. A playful, colorful statue of the nursery rhyme icon was forcibly removed from a structure at a mi...

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