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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, the companies said Tuesday.The deal gives Toho...

$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 the verge of a remarkable eco-revival, bringing...

Sean Baker's improvised road to 'Anora'

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Baker’s interest in the lives of sex workers began with his 2012 drama “Starlet.” For...

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 thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but...

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 an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny...

Slovak government and South Korea's Hyundai Mobis sign a deal to build an electric car parts plant

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- The Slovak government and Hyundai Mobis on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding on the South Korean company’s plan to...