CAIRO (AP) – Scans of King Tut’s burial chamber have revealed two hidden rooms, Egypt’s antiquities minister said Thursday – a discovery that could intensify speculation that the chambers contain the remains of the famed Queen Nefertiti. Mamdouh el-Damaty told reporters that the secret chambers may contain metal or organic …
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N. Korean ski resort’s amenities defy UN luxury-imports ban
MASIK PASS, North Korea (AP) – To view the humbling limits of round after round of international sanctions against North Korea, come to Masik Pass. It isn’t a secret military facility where Kim Jong Un’s best and brightest are hard at work developing nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. It’s a …
Read More »France re-enacts Nov. 13 attacks to understand operation
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers leading an investigation into the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and some first responders at the Bataclan concert hall that night returned Thursday to re-enact the horror that left 130 people dead across the capital. The exercise aims to shed light on what happened …
Read More »Startup makes virtual reality intuitive with eye-tracking
TOKYO (AP) – No more fiddling with remote-controller buttons or a mouse. Just look. San Francisco-based startup Fove has developed eye-tracking for virtual reality – that kernel of technology many feel is key for the illusion of becoming immersed in a setting. Glance, and a video-game character talks back. Or …
Read More »Syrian Kurds say they’ll declare federal region in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) – A powerful Syrian Kurdish political party announced plans Wednesday to declare a federal region in northern Syria, a model it hopes can be applied to the entire country. The idea was promptly dismissed by Turkey and also the Syrian government team at U.N.-brokered peace talks underway in …
Read More »Merkel: EU must find common solution to migrants
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the influx of migrants in Europe (all times local): 2:40 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the current migrant crisis can only be solved if all European leaders heading to the EU summit in Brussels are interested in finding a common solution. Merkel, in …
Read More »FIFA acknowledges World Cup hosting bribes, asks US for cash
GENEVA (AP) – While acknowledging for the first time that votes were bought in past World Cup hosting contests, FIFA is seeking to claim “tens of millions of dollars” in bribe money seized by U.S. federal prosecutors. FIFA submitted a 22-page claim to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York …
Read More »Refugee child’s drawings trace harrowing journey to Europe
IDOMENI, Greece (AP) – As other children play among the tents of a rain-soaked refugee camp in northern Greece, 8-year-old Shaharzad Hassan sits quietly with her spiral notepad and a set of cheap marker pens. The events in her life over the past 18 months have left her in little …
Read More »Turkey faces uphill battle to stop migrant smuggling
ISTANBUL (AP) – Business begins in earnest at sundown at “smugglers square” in Istanbul’s Aksaray neighborhood. Families trickle in, clutching their belongings and lifejackets in plastic bags while smugglers weave their way around the park, cutting deals and finalizing the logistics of the journey to Greece on their cellphones. Ali, …
Read More »IS leader al-Shishani dies of wounds from US strike in Syria
BAGHDAD (AP) – Top Islamic State commander and feared ethnic Chechen jihadi fighter Omar al-Shishani has died of wounds suffered in a U.S. airstrike in Syria, a senior Iraqi intelligence official and the head of a Syrian activist group said Tuesday. Al-Shishani, who was wounded in a U.S. airstrike earlier …
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