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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 17, 1997 ,file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, foreground, mounts a bike, along with European leaders in Amsterdam. One of Blair's ambitions after his Labour Party won a landslide election victory in May, 1997, was to put Britain at the

Britain's EU Journey: When Blair's EU aspirations faded away

Britain's EU Journey: When Blair's EU aspirations faded away
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 17, 1997 ,file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, foreground, mounts a bike, along with European leaders in Amsterdam. One of Blair's ambitions after his Labour Party won a landslide election victory in May, 1997, was to put Britain at the
India, Brazil agree to boost ties in IT, biofuel and mining
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, shakes hand with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind standing beside them during his ceremonial welcome at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Bolsonaro is this year's chief guest for India's Republic day parade. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
One year on, Brazilian city haunted by deadly dam collapse
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2019 file photo, a structure lays in ruins after a dam collapsed near Brumadinho, Brazil. The wave of mud and debris that on Jan. 25, 2019 buried the equivalent of 300 soccer pitches and killed 270 people, continues to barrel over residents' minds, the local economy and the environment, one year later. (Leo Drumond/Nitro via AP, File)
US says e-commerce firms need to do more about fake goods
FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, the U.S. and U.S. Department of Homeland Security flags fly in Karnes City, Texas. The Trump administration pledged Friday to step up efforts against the vast amounts of counterfeit clothing, medicine and other goods that have flooded into the U.S. with the rise in e-commerce. The move was announced Friday by Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
California OKs highly questioned LA County voting system
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Technology

FILE - In this May 9, 2019, file photo Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington. Two U.N. experts this week called for the U.S. to investigate a likely hack of Bezos' phone that could have involved Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A commissioned forensic report found with
The big lesson from the Bezos hack: Anyone can be a target
Elliot Harmon, right, fires up fellow protestors Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles outside the headquarters of the regulatory body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their websites are raising concerns about the move. ICANN is meeting this weekend and is expected to rule by mid-February on plans by private-equity firm Ethos Capital to buy the Public Interest Registry for $1.1 billion. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Protesters fear rising costs if firm buys dot-org universe
FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 28, 2012, a security cctv camera is seen by the Olympic Stadium at the Olympic Park in London. The South Wales police deployed facial recognition surveillance equipment on Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in a test to monitor crowds arriving for a weekend soccer match in real-time, that is prompting public debate about possible aggressive uses of facial recognition in Western democracies, raising questions about human rights and how the technology may enter people's daily lives in the future. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)
London police to use face scan tech, stoking privacy fears
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik, left, arrives at Greece's supreme court in Athens. Greece's justice minister has signed an order on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, for bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to be extradited to France - concluding an international legal battle surrounding the Russian former cryptocurrency trading platform operator. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)
France charges bitcoin expert Vinnik with money laundering
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The big lesson from the Bezos hack: Anyone can be a target
FILE - In this May 9, 2019, file photo Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander in Washington. Two U.N. experts this week called for the U.S. to investigate a likely hack of Bezos' phone that could have involved Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A commissioned forensic report found with
Energy firm withdraws permit application for Oregon pipeline
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, people protest against the Jordan Cove LNG Pipeline on Crater Lake Highway in Medford, Ore. A Canadian energy company on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, withdrew its application for a state permit for the project, and a project spokesman said it is instead awaiting possible federal approval. (Jamie Lusch/The Medford Mail Tribune via AP, File)
Fiat Chrysler denies union bribery allegations in GM lawsuit
FILE - This Oct. 16, 2019, file photo shows a sign at a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa. Fiat Chrysler is moving to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit filed by rival General Motors, denying allegations that it bribed union officials to impose higher labor costs on GM. In papers filed Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 with the federal court in Detroit, FCA argued that GM's lawsuit is not based on facts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Fitch upgrades Greek credit rating by 1 notch to BB

Consumer News

This undated photo provided by Audi shows the 2019 Audi Q7, a midsize three-row luxury SUV. The Q7 boasts impressive technology and safety features plus a quiet and user-friendly interior. (Jim Fets/Audi AG via AP)
Edmunds compares the 2019 Audi Q7 and 2020 Lincoln Aviator
In this undated photo Ford Motor Company Ted Cannis, Ford’s global electric vehicle chief, poses for a photo. Cannis spoke recently with The Associated Press about why the automaker is dedicating so many resources to electric vehicles. (Charlotte Bodak/Ford Motor Company via AP)
Ford electric vehicle chief sees more products, sales growth
FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, gestures during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Three-quarters of the way through 2019, Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is trailing the renowned investor’s favorite benchmark, the S&P 500, as it’s done over the past decade. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
As Buffett seeks big acquisition, Berkshire trails S&P
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019, file photo an electronic card with ballot information is seen inserted in a voting machine in Dallas, Ga. While the 2020 presidential election is still a year away, some business owners see their customers already becoming more cautious because of the unknowns about who will be the next president, and which party will control the Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Unknowns about 2020 election make some businesses cautious
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Protesters fear rising costs if firm buys dot-org universe
Elliot Harmon, right, fires up fellow protestors Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles outside the headquarters of the regulatory body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their websites are raising concerns about the move. ICANN is meeting this weekend and is expected to rule by mid-February on plans by private-equity firm Ethos Capital to buy the Public Interest Registry for $1.1 billion. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
First Alaska retail pot shops get OK to allow on-site use
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board listens to testimony during a public comment period on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska's legal marijuana industry hit a milestone Thursday, as regulators approved the first retail stores that will be allowed to have customers consume marijuana products on site.(AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
US fines Delta $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Delta Air Lines 747-400 airplane sits parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline's own security officials cleared them to travel , Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
For businesses, virus in China fans fear and uncertainty
A man burn joss sticks as he prays at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Hong Kong, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. China is expanding its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushing to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims as the outbreak cast a pall over Lunar New Year, the country's biggest and most festive holiday. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Intel, Broadcom rise; Harsco, American Airlines fall
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Stocks fall as fears about deadly virus grow; Dow drops 170
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo specialist Brian Giannettino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 24. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Group's video shows suffering at Iowa lawmaker's pig farm
In this April 2019 photo provided by Direct Action Everywhere, Matt Johnson with Direct Action Everywhere, a Berkeley, California-based animal welfare group, holds a pig in a barn on a hog farm owned by Iowa Sen. Ken Rozenboom that the group entered through an unlocked door near Oskaloosa, Iowa. Johnson, one of those who entered the barn, said he submitted a complaint Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and local law enforcement after seeing conditions in the barn, which he contends constitute criminal animal neglect under Iowa law. (Direct Action Everywhere via AP)
Homeowner: Airbnb guest threw party that trashed island home

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