Australia’s PM is criticized for buying a waterfront home during a housing crisis

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticized for buying a multimillion-dollar waterfront…

UK inflation falls to lowest level in over 3 years, cementing expectations for another rate cut

LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level for more than three…

Japan’s Toho acquires North American animation company GKIDS, Studio Ghibli’s US steward

The Japanese entertainment giant Toho has reached an agreement to acquire the Oscar-winning animation outfit GKIDS,…

Mexico says foreign firms have pledged $20 billion in investments, but many are old or uncertain

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials announced Tuesday what they claimed was $20 billion in new foreign…

Sean Baker’s improvised road to ‘Anora’

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Baker’s interest in the lives of sex workers…

$55 million plan to give Notre Dame area a green facelift is part of Paris-wide eco plan

PARIS — As Notre Dame gears up to reopen its doors in December, Paris is on…

How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine

The artificial intelligence boom has benefited chatbot makers, computer scientists and Nvidia investors. It’s also providing…

Countries that have cashed in on their top-level domain names

LONDON — Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain…

Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño…

Stock market today: World shares are mixed after Wall St powers to more records

BANGKOK — World shares were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street rolled to more records, with…