By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Nest Labs is adding Google’s facial recognition technology to a high-resolution home-security camera, offering a glimpse of a future in which increasingly intelligent, internet-connected computers can see and understand what’s going on in people’s homes. The Nest Cam IQ, unveiled Wednesday, […]
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The Associated Press HONG KONG — Christie’s says a luxury handbag has shattered the world auction record in Hong Kong. The auction house didn’t identify the buyer of the matte white crocodile skin Hermes Birkin bag with 18 karat gold and diamond hardware at Wednesday’s sale. It fetched 2.94 million […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nikki Haley crouched low in the trailer of an 18-wheeler taping up a box of lentils and wheat for besieged Syrians, her hands-on diplomacy a world apart from the gleaming new NATO headquarters where President Donald Trump was debuting his “America First” doctrine overseas. […]
The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Danish officials on Tuesday hosed down Copenhagen’s famed Little Mermaid after the statue was found doused with red paint. On the ground in front of the statue was written in the red, in English, “Denmark defend the whales of the Faeroe Islands” ‚Äî likely a […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country’s relations with the United States are of “outstanding importance” but it must also engage with other key nations going forward. Merkel spoke to reporters Tuesday following a meeting between her Cabinet and the government of India that resulted […]
By Kirsten Grieshaber The Associated Press BERLIN — Every weekday morning, white-haired women patiently line up before a door at a Dresden retirement home, step in, and quickly step back nearly six decades into their past in Communist East Germany. Most of the women in their late 70s at the […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia–A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said today that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-metre (nine-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him off his feet. Terry Selwood was left with a badly bruised and bleeding right arm where […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said Monday that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-meter (9-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him off his feet. Terry Selwood was left with a badly bruised […]
By Renee Graham The Associated Press DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa — The male lion brushes through the tall grass and strides into a clearing in a South African wildlife sanctuary. A man beckons the big cat with purring sounds. The lion, Bayetsi, responds with a gentle growl and caresses […]
By Pablo Gorondi The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s government is donating 145 million forints ($525,000) to Saint Joseph’s Clinic in Erbil, Iraq, which provides services for mainly Christian refugees living in the city. An agreement on the donation, meant to cover the clinic’s medical supplies for six months, […]
By Colleen Barry The Associated Press TAORMINA, Italy — Melania Trump’s first outing in the Sicilian sunshine was in a colorful floral applique jacket by Dolce & Gabbana that sells for $51,000, or several thousand dollars below the median U.S. income in 2015. She also carried a matching clutch to […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press As any food lover knows, our culinary creations have a natural best friend, one that is so ingrained in the food world that the Culinary Institute of America has entire programs dedicated to its study ‚Äî wine. Food’s favourite companion has […]
