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Wall Street stocks were mostly lower at the end of a choppy session Tuesday, digesting solid results from US banks and a pullback in Asian markets prompted by worries over the AI investment boom.

Reese Witherspoon and French content group Mediawan on Tuesday said they were buying Hello Sunshine, the women-focused production company the Hollywood star founded before she sold a majority stake in it in 2021.

With frequent power cuts transforming Havana into a ghost town, young Cubans are struggling to get their kicks, many resorting to games of dominoes with strangers to pass the time.

Republican and Democratic US senators joined forces Tuesday to urge President Donald Trump to scrap his diesel deal with Russia, calling it a "betrayal" that would bankroll Moscow's war in Ukraine while doing little to ease soaring fuel prices.

The Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-backed Houthis struck oil sites across western Yemen on Tuesday including in the capital Sanaa, in response to the deadliest attack on the kingdom's soil in years.

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted for years of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday.

France's Economy Minister Roland Lescure said Tuesday that the country was not trapped in a debt "snowball" as he pressed opposition parties to pass a government budget for 2027.

Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities' parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college's all-male clubs.

A US federal judge on Tuesday extended a halt on tree-cutting at a Washington golf course until October 26, pausing work at the historic site that is part of President Donald Trump's plan to remake the capital.

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique said Manchester City "deserve" the trophies they won on the pitch and hopes the English side avoid sanction despite being found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules.

Belgium international Alexis Saelemaekers has undergone surgery on his right ankle, AC Milan said on Tuesday, with Italian media reporting he could be sidelined until 2027.

The chair of English football's Independent Regulator has said he will resign if there is political interference into any future investigation into Manchester City as a result of widespread impropriety, while warning the domestic game was "on the edge of financial disaster".

Pope Leo XIV's underwent an operation at a Rome hospital Tuesday to remove a nodule from his lung that was "successfully completed", the Vatican said.

AI chip giant Nvidia will take a minority stake in French medical website Doctolib that plans to use the technology to improve health care, its chief executive Jensen Huang said Tuesday.

Microsoft president Brad Smith warned Tuesday that industry and governments must "act with urgency" to create "real and effective safety standards" to contain the risks linked to artificial intelligence.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Tuesday he has faith in officiating in Spain and in Europe despite his heavy criticisms of them this season.

Small artificial intelligence models may be only months away from being able to behave like a computer worm, copying themselves from one internet-connected gadget to the next without human help, AI giant Anthropic said.

Kusal Mendis knocked a solid half century and medium pacer Dasun Shanaka grabbed three wickets as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final Twenty20 international on Tuesday.

Major US banks offered a largely upbeat outlook Tuesday, expressing confidence that the artificial intelligence investment boom will continue despite public pushback to the technology.

Tens of thousands of people joined rallies across France on Tuesday to support protesting high school students, boosting a movement that poses a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron as his term in office winds down.

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola has backed big-money signings Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola to come good despite an underwhelming start to their careers at Anfield.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday Republicans face an equally difficult fight to retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in November's midterm elections, despite forecasts showing a considerably tougher contest in the House.

A British lawmaker made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to use an AI-generated voice to deliver a speech in the UK parliament.

Suspected Russian drones struck two cargo ships off Bulgaria Tuesday, sinking one vessel and leaving 11 sailors missing in the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.

Pope Leo XIV entered a Rome hospital smiling and waving Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a nodule on his lung.

Asia's tech-heavy stock markets slumped Tuesday on fresh worries about the outlook for the AI investment boom, overshadowing solid performance by US banks at the start of the third quarter earnings season.

The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording, after a public outcry in recent months over secretly filmed footage of girls and women.

US President Donald Trump's administration has asked his ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, the White House said Tuesday, amid allegations that she sought money from a Trump supporter and accepted lavish hospitality from wealthy Greek businessmen.

Yemen's Houthis said Saudi Arabia struck an oil facility in Sanaa on Tuesday, after the Riyadh-led coalition told civilians to leave the surrounding area in its first evacuation order for the Yemeni capital since the war flared up again.

New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia made her briefing room debut Tuesday by taking remarkably few questions from journalists while leaving no doubt who she believes has all the answers -- Donald Trump.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through Paris and other French cities Tuesday in support of protesting high school students, and against what many participants denounced as police violence against the student movement.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery wants his side to get back to winning ways on home turf when they face Fenerbahce in the Champions League on Wednesday.