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June 1 (Reuters) – Nvidia has turned the spotlight on AI PCs after CEO Jensen Huang launched a new chip that would put artificial intelligence capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers, amid mixed demand for such devices already in the market. HP last week said AI-optimized computers helped lift its quarterly results, whereas Dell said in January that the AI boom had not generated the kind of demand it […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of women on Monday took to the streets of Kenya’s capital, calling for the government to urgently investigate rising cases of gender-based violence and femicide, or the killing of women. The women walked through the streets of Nairobi holding placards with messages such as “Stop Killing Women,” while also creating awareness about the disappearance and murders of children reported locally in recent weeks. Police escorted […]

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Bombastic pro-Trump lawyer Aberaldo de la Espriella pulled ahead as a leader in Colombia’s race for the presidency in the first round of elections over the weekend, capitalizing on a growing appetite for heavy-handed crackdowns on criminal groups across Latin America. But the second-place finisher, progressive senator Iván Cepeda, and his ally President Gustavo Petro questioned the results of the election Sunday night without providing evidence. […]

KHUJAND, Tajikistan (AP) — It’s 5:30 a.m. and the bustle has already begun at the Panjshanbe Bazaar, one of the largest in Tajikistan. Vendors unload vans of cabbages. Pigeons flock outside the mosque next door. A portrait of President Emomali Rahmon looms above. Rahmon has been in power since 1992, overseeing the Central Asian country since shortly after its independence from the dissolving Soviet Union. Mountainous and the poorest of […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — India said it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Monday with the leader of the country’s military-backed government, despite Western sanctions imposed after the military seized power in 2021. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters in New Delhi that India’s policy is “not intended to be a commentary on the internal political arrangements” in Myanmar and that New Delhi […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The retirements of two of Iowa’s most prominent Republican officeholders, Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, have had ripple effects throughout Tuesday’s state primary, creating competitive nomination contests to replace them and a chain reaction of open seats down the ballot. The winners will compete in November’s critical midterm elections, in which Iowa’s U.S. Senate and House seats could determine control of the narrowly divided […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey voters will nominate candidates for both chambers of Congress in a state primary on Tuesday, including in one key battleground district that could decide control of the U.S. House. Republicans hold a narrow House majority but face a tough midterm environment in which the party holding the White House typically loses congressional seats. Although Republicans may see gains from mid-decade redistricting in several states and […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African electric vehicle firm Spiro has raised $215 million in equity financing to expand its battery-swapping and electric mobility infrastructure across Africa, the company said Monday. The investment round was backed by institutional investors in Europe and Africa, including Denmark’s Impact Fund, underscoring growing interest in Africa’s clean transport and energy sectors. “This past year marked a defining strategic milestone for Spiro,” Gagan Gupta, founder of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011, two major bookstores in Nashville had closed and physical bookstores in general seemed endangered as Amazon’s share of the market kept growing. Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded — and stores owned by authors such as Patchett are now a niche unto themselves, found everywhere from Brooklyn to New Mexico. Here’s a virtual […]