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Microsoft races for a fix as outage stretches into 2nd day

Microsoft said Friday that it was seeing "improvements" for Outlook email and other services amid an outage that was disrupting public services and businesses around the world. In an update,...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns effective immediately

Chief Executive Jensen Huang has resigned after two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy and...

Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi’s first black senator since 19th Century

Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi, delivering a shock victory for the party...

US House blocks bid to impeach Defense Secretary

WASHINGTON - Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked an effort recently to impeach Defense Secretary Pete...

Trump says FBI investigating Nvidia boss’s affair with alleged Chinese spy

US President Donald Trump has said the FBI is investigating the affair between the chief executive of Nvidia...

Volcano-triggered tsunami kills at least 43 in Indonesia, injures hundreds

JAKARTA − A tsunami killed at least 43 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide...

House adjourns, ensuring a government shutdown

WASHINGTON − The United States House of Representatives adjourned just before 7 p.m. on Friday night, leaving the Capitol before approving government funding and...

Few turn out for French ‘yellow vest’ protests, driver dies at road block

TOULOUSE/PARIS − France’s anti-government “yellow vest” protest was losing steam on Saturday but caused traffic disruption through road blocks across the country, leading to...

UK police arrest man and woman over Gatwick drone disruption

LONDON − Police have arrested a man and a woman after rogue drone operators crippled London’s Gatwick Airport for three days by repeatedly flying...

Pope urges predator priests to turn themselves in

VATICAN CITY − Pope Francis on Friday urged predator priests who have sexually abused minors to turn themselves in, making one of his strongest...

China hacked HPE, IBM and then attacked clients, say sources

WASHINGTON − Hackers working on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and IBM, then used...