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Japan game maker Nintendo sees no quick fix for chips crunch

TOKYO (AP) — The president of Japanese video game maker Nintendo says the shortage in computer chips needed to make its Switch machine is a serious problem unlikely to be fixed soon. Shuntaro Furukawa said Friday that the Switch sales…

2 dead in dramatic shootout near upscale Mexican resorts

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A commando of drug gang gunmen stormed ashore at a beach on Mexico’s Caribbean coast in front of luxury hotels and executed two drug dealers from a rival gang. The dramatic shooting attack Thursday sent tourists…

Remains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a mountaineering trip nearly 40 years ago. Park officials…

COVID-19 worldwide death toll: 5 million lost in under 2 years

(AP) -- The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Together, the United States, the…

Man with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire

TOKYO (AP) — Police and witnesses in Japan say a man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train car has stabbed several passengers before setting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows. The Tokyo…

Sudan security forces shoot dead 2 protesters, doctors say

CAIRO (AP) — A doctors' union says Sudanese security forces have shot dead two people during mass protests against the country’s recent military coup. Saturday's shootings came despite repeated appeals by the West to the new military rulers to show…

Police say woman cut rope holding painters 26 floors high

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say a resident of a high-rise condominium near Bangkok cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until…

WATCH: Barber's hair art is turning heads

(CBS Newspath) -- HAIR ART: Check out these creative designs that two barbers in India are cutting right into people's hair. For more videos, click here.

Microsoft: Russian-backed hackers targeting cloud services

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global supply chain and have been targeting cloud service resellers and others. Microsoft said the group, which it calls Nobelium,…