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NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation. The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1 billion, much less multiple billions. Announced on GivingTuesday, the Dells believe it’s the largest single private commitment made to U.S. children.It is also unusual in that it will operate through investment accounts set up by the U.S. Department of the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities in Belgium arrested three people on Tuesday after raiding the offices of the European Union’s diplomatic service in Brussels and a college in Bruges as part of a fraud investigation, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.Police searched the properties of suspects, several buildings of the College of Europe in Bruges, and at the headquarters of the European External Action Service (EEAS) that sits at the center of the 27-nation bloc’s institutions in Brussels, the EPPO said.The EPPO, an independent public organization of the EU, said it had “strong suspicions” of fraud in awarding…

Amid upheaval across the U.S. in 2025, Associated Press photographers captured images of heartache and hope, celebration and despair and flickering moments of wonder. Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, greets supporters upon arriving to participate in a mayoral debate, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File) Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, greets supporters upon arriving to participate in a mayoral debate, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Read More A young girl…

CAIRO (AP) — Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison in absentia, even as he received new awards for his latest movie. The Tehran court also imposed a two-year ban on Panahi leaving Iran after convicting him on charges of “propaganda activities against the system,” his lawyer Mostafa Nili said in a post on X. Nili said he would appeal the ruling. Word of the sentence came as Panahi was in New York City on Monday evening, receiving three awards at the annual Gotham Awards for his movie “It Was Just an Accident,” which also…

The logo of an Apple Store is seen reflected on the glass exterior of a Samsung flagship store in Shanghai, China Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.Wang Gang | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe cost of your smartphone might rise, analysts are warning, as the AI boom clogs up supply chains and a recent change by Nvidia to its products could make it worse.AI data centers, on which tech giants globally are spending hundreds of billions of dollars, require chips from suppliers, like Nvidia, which relies on many different components and companies to create its coveted graphics processing units.But…

Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the Premier League midweek card and wants to back Fulham to beat Manchester City.Bournemouth vs Everton, Tuesday 7.30pm, live on Sky SportsOdds of 5/2 with Sky Bet for an Everton win certainly catch the eye when you dig into Bournemouth’s recent defensive slide. The Cherries are conceding goals at a rate that should concern Andoni Iraola, with 15 shipped in their last six games. The departures of Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi are now being felt, stripping Bournemouth of both mobility and composure in central areas. The situation is compounded…

New technologies almost always create lots of problems and challenges for our society. The invention of farming caused local overpopulation. Industrial technology caused pollution. Nuclear technology enabled superweapons capable of destroying civilization. New media technologies arguably cause social unrest and turmoil whenever they’re introduced. And yet how many of these technologies can you honestly say you wish were never invented? Some people romanticize hunter-gatherers and medieval peasants, but I don’t see many of them rushing to go live those lifestyles. I myself buy into the argument that smartphone-enabled social media is largely responsible for a variety of modern social ills, but I’ve always…

United States women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes labeled Lily Yohannes a world-class prospect after the 2-0 victory over Italy on Monday night at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, praising the player for her qualities before insisting there is still room to improve.Yohannes, the youngest player on the December USWNT roster, earned her 13th cap and eighth start against Italy.Editor’s Picks”She’s doing this at 18. I think what I’ve learned in all of this is that you can’t put a ceiling on anyone. So, we won’t do that. But she’s 18. All of the things that she has…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and killed two suspected Palestinian assailants wanted in a pair of attacks that wounded three Israelis in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest burst of violence in the territory, where fighting has spiked in recent weeks.The Israeli military said that troops shot and killed a suspect who stabbed two soldiers as they were confronting him near Ateret, an Israeli settlement in the central West Bank. It said the incident was under review.Israel’s Mada rescue service said two soldiers were lightly wounded.In the southern West Bank, the army said it shot…

BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday after the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,200 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with more than 800 people missing.Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many clinging to rooftops waiting for help. The flooding and landslides killed at least 1,230 people, with 659 people confirmed dead in Indonesia, 390 in Sri Lanka and 181 in Thailand, authorities said Tuesday.In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers are struggling to access villages in Sumatra island,…