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HONG KONG (AP) — A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction.
The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $392 million Hong Kong dollars ($49.9 million). It was originally estimated at $21 million.
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Russia's air force chief named commander of all troops fighting in Ukraine, defense ministry says.
Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida. Experts are warning such risks to society’s oldest are growing as disasters increase with the impact of climate change. Almost all of the dozens of people killed by Ian in hardest hit Lee County were 50 or older, with many in their 70s, 80s and even 90s. That’s highlighted the rising dangers for those least likely to be able to flee such disasters and those most likely to be impacted by the aftermath.
Most train services across Britain have been canceled as thousands of rail workers staged the latest in a string of strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions. Saturday's 24-hour walkout by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff was the third in a week. The action is part of a surging wave of strikes from workers seeking pay raises to keep up with inflation that is running at almost 10%. Only about 20% of train services are expected to run with disruption spilling over into Sunday morning. Unions accuse the government of preventing train companies from making a deal to end the dispute. The government denies that and has urged unions to work with employers and “not against them.”
Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz have set up an all-American final at the Japan Open after winning three-set semifinals. Tiafoe finally dropped a set in the tournament before beating Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 to reach his second final of the season. Fritz spent a week in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 in Seoul last week. He rallied Friday in the decisive set after trailing 3-1 to beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.
Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago. The revelation in Richmond is worrying the town's residents about their children's dental health and transparent government. Kendall Chamberlin is the town water superintendent. He says he had concerns about fluoride levels and sourcing of the mineral. He later apologized and blamed his actions on a “misunderstanding.” The case also highlights the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation. Though it's considered one of the great health achievements of the 20th century, many people remain skeptical.
LOS ANGELES — First the hit, then the hands.
Wisconsin could take a sharp conservative turn after November, regardless of whether Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wins reelection this fall. That's because Republicans are within striking distance of gaining veto-proof majorities in the battleground state's Legislature. A veto override takes a two-thirds vote in the Assembly and Senate. If Republicans hold their seats and flip five, they would have it in the Assembly. They need just a one-seat gain in the Senate. Their strategy includes focusing on a handful of open seats and Democratic incumbents in rural districts. Democrats say they're aware of the risk.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut at around 1 a.m. Saturday. It cited official information from Ukraine as well as reports from IAEA experts at the site, which is held by Russian forces. All six reactors at the plant are shut down but they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions. The IAEA said plant engineers have begun work to repair the damaged power line.
Avant-garde pianist and composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, who studied with John Cage and went on to lead Japan’s advances in experimental modern music, has died. He was 89. The Kanagawa Arts Foundation, where Ichiyanagi was general artistic director, said Saturday that Ichiyanagi died on Friday. Ichiyanagi, who was married to Yoko Ono before she married John Lennon, studied at The Juilliard School in New York. He used free-spirited compositional techniques that left much to chance, incorporating not only traditional Japanese elements and instruments but also electronic music. He was known for collaborations that defied boundaries, working with Jasper Johns and Merce Cunningham.
China has criticized the latest U.S. decision to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will “isolate and backfire” on the U.S. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused the U.S. of abusing its export control measures to maliciously block and suppress Chinese companies. She spoke after the U.S. on Friday updated export controls that included adding certain advanced, high-performance computing chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to its list. Washington says it's part of efforts to protect its national security.
TOKYO (AP) - Results from Japanese football:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just over 200 hundred years after French fur traders landed here via the Missouri River and settled in rough cabins along its banks, Kansas City Current owners Chris and Angie Long with other dignitaries and family arrived Thursday at the Berkley Riverfront by motorboat to…
SAN DIEGO — Jim Redmond died Sunday in Northampton, England. He was 81.
LOS ANGELES — There are some days Freddie Freeman's commute is simple.
LOS ANGELES — There are some days Freddie Freeman's commute is simple.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Somewhere in the pre-match hoopla, you’ll find Hector Cortes.
BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders said it best: “If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elevation changes, blind turns — a course that blends the speed of a speedway with the chicanes and right turns and elevation changes of a road course.
Authorities say at least seven people have been killed in an explosion at a gas station in a small village in northwest Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the death toll would likely rise. Irish police said Saturday four people were confirmed dead overnight adding to the initial toll of three. Eight people are in hospitals and several people are unaccounted for after a blast tore through the Applegreen service station in Creeslough in County Donegal. Emergency responders from Ireland and neighboring Northern Ireland are involved in the search and rescue operation. The prime minister said it was one of the “darkest of days for Donegal and the entire country.”
HARLINGEN, Texas — After a Texas Young Republicans banquet last weekend, Albert Alaniz watched as Sen. Ted Cruz rallied the party faithful on behalf of three GOP Latina candidates running for Congress in the Rio Grande Valley, a Democratic stronghold through most of the state’s history.
SUTTER CREEK, Calif. — The stadium lights blazed onto the brand new turf and the varsity football players braced themselves for the struggles and triumphs of the game ahead.
The U.S. Department of Education is slated to launch its application for student loan forgiveness later this month, but a growing list of legal challenges could threaten the program’s rollout.
UNDATED (AP) — The 18th-ranked UCLA Bruins have a chance to move to 6-0 for the first time since 2005. It won’t be easy since they’ve dropped five straight to their next opponent, No. 11 Utah. UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is fresh off a performance against Washington in which he…
UNDATED (AP) — The 18th-ranked UCLA Bruins have a chance to move to 6-0 for the first time since 2005. It won’t be easy since they’ve dropped five straight to their next opponent, No. 11 Utah. UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is fresh off a performance against Washington in which he…
At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursday’s massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers. One day after their short lives were snuffed out, their desperate families spent hours waiting for their children’s bodies to be released. Among those waiting was Tukta Wongsila, whose 4-year-old daughter was killed in the attack. Her daughter's nickname was Plai Fon. In Thai, it means “the end of the rainy season” _ a time of happiness. Now, the happiness that the chubby-cheeked child had symbolized for her family is shattered. In its place is an unfathomable agony over what happened to Plai Fon. Tukta was finally allowed to see her daughter's body and wept afterwards. She says her daughter's eyes were still wide open.
Women’s rugby stepped into a bright new spotlight when the opening matches of the ninth Women’s Rugby World Cup were played in front of a world-record crowd at Auckland’s Eden Park. Tournament favorite England made an emphatic opening statement with an 84-19 win over Fiji while France beat South Africa 40-5 in a tournament of 26 matches played over 35 days. Defending champion and tournament host New Zealand faced the almost unthinkable prospect of an opening loss to seventh-ranked Australia when it conceded three tries and trailed 17-0 after 28 minutes. But it rallied to win 41-17, snatching the lead for the first time in the 56th minute.
Palestinian officials say Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinians during a military raid in the northern West Bank. The clash Saturday marked the latest confrontation that has made 2022 the deadliest year of violence in the occupied territory since 2015. The raid occurred in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, the site of repeated clashes between Israeli forces and local gunmen and residents. The camp is known as a stronghold of Palestinian militants and the army often operates there. Saturday's shooting came a day after two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli fire elsewhere in the West Bank. The military had no immediate comment.
Russia’s latest wave of threats to use nuclear weapons and cut energy supplies even further so far haven’t scared off Ukraine’s allies in the U.S. and Europe, only hardening their will to see Kyiv win.
Ukrainian authorities are just beginning to sift through the wreckage of the devastated city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. They are assessing the humanitarian toll and possibility of war crimes from a months-long Russian occupation. It's still unclear how many died in the city since it was overrun by Russian forces in May. But authorities say Lyman has become a “humanitarian crisis” which could still hold further grim discoveries. The Donetsk governor on Friday said that two burial sites had been found in Lyman including around 200 individual civilian graves and a mass grave with an unknown number of bodies.
Train services have been halted across a swath of northern Germany because of what the national railway operator says is a technical problem with communications. Operator Deutsche Bahn said that no long-distance or regional trains were running Saturday in the northwestern states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bremen. That mean that trains between Berlin and Cologne and between the capital and Amsterdam also were canceled. Trains from Denmark weren’t crossing the border into Germany. Deutsche Bahn said the cause was a “failure of the digital train radio system” but didn’t give more details or specify how long the problem would last.
UNDATED (AP) — The second Saturday of October has a different focus in the Big 12 this season. The big game is No. 17 TCU at No. 19 Kansas in an unexpected matchup of undefeated teams. Texas and Oklahoma play their annual game at the State Fair of Texas with both teams unranked for the first…
UNDATED (AP) — No. 14 North Carolina State had its perfect season end last week with a 10-point loss at No. 5 Clemson. Now the Wolfpack host Florida State on Saturday night. The Seminoles are also coming off a 10-point loss, to No. 15 Wake Forest. This week’s slate also has ACC frontrunner C…
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Casey Thompson threw a go-ahead 27-yard touchown pass to Trey Palmer with 8:54 to play and Nebraska beat Rutgers 14-13 Friday night. It handed the Scarlet Knights their 21st consecutive home loss to a Big Ten Conference opponent. Safety Myles Farmer set up the go-ahea…
UNDATED (AP) — No. 8 Tennessee visits 25th-ranked LSU in the lone Top 25 matchup in the Southeastern Conference this weekend. Quarterback Hendon Hooker leads the nation’s top offense into Tiger Stadium, where the last three meetings haven’t been settled until the last play. The Tigers have w…
Max Verstappen of Red Bull will be on the pole for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix as he attempts to clinch his second straight Formula One drivers’ title. It was Verstappen’s fifth pole of the season. However, that has not been crucial for Verstappen, who has won 11 times this season — often starting from a non-pole position. Verstappen took qualifying with a winning lap time of 1 minute, 29.304 seconds at Suzuka. He was followed by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari, and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. Verstappen is guaranteed of taking the season title if he wins the race on Sunday and also gets a bonus point for turning the fastest lap. He could also win the championship for a second straight year without a victory depending on other results.
Russian authorities say truck bomb caused fire, partial collapse of bridge linking Crimea with Russia.
The San Jose Sharks and the Nashville Predators meet at O2 Arena in Prague.