[AP News] Adidas brings in $437 million from the first Yeezy sale. Part of that will go to anti-hate groups (apnews.com)
Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race (apnews.com)
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag (apnews.com)
Indian authorities arrests 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290 (apnews.com)
Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms (apnews.com)
El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members (apnews.com)
Mexico on track to break asylum application record (apnews.com)
Mexico is on track to receive more asylum applications this year than ever before as the flow of migrants threatens to overwhelm governments of several Latin American countries along the migratory route....
India and Malaysia protest China’s land claim in a newly published map ahead of the G20 summit (apnews.com)
Malaysia on Wednesday joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi....
Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat (apnews.com)
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst....
Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions (apnews.com)
As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.
Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks (apnews.com)
German Cabinet approves legislation meant to ease deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine (apnews.com)
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Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis (apnews.com)
Mexican president wants to meet with Biden in Washington on migration, drug trafficking (apnews.com)
Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, said Friday that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden about immigration, development aid and drug trafficking....
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of Quran burning in Stockholm (apnews.com)
Malaysia picks powerful ruler of Johor state as country's new king under rotation system | AP News (apnews.com)
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Polish border (apnews.com)
6 South African opposition parties to discuss forming alliance to challenge long-ruling ANC (apnews.com)
The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal (apnews.com)
Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids (apnews.com)
Former social worker Thea Ramirez has developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool that she says helps social service agencies find the best adoptive parents for some of the nation’s most vulnerable kids.
Chinese search engine company Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI model, claims that it rivals GPT-4 (apnews.com)
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard (apnews.com)
TikTok and Meta challenge Europe's new rules that crack down on digital giants (apnews.com)
What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? (apnews.com)
