Author: Carlos Hansen

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The American Kennel Club says French bulldogs are still the United States’ most commonly registered purebreds. The new standings were released Wednesday. Some say they make Frenchies the nation’s most popular canine. But is it a coup to be celebrated? Longtime fans say au contraire. They worry about what popularity is doing to the breed. The rankings are derived from puppies and other dogs that were added to the AKC’s registry last year. The club is the United States’ oldest dog registry. After Frenchies, the most common AKC breeds were Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds and poodles.

France's competition watchdog fined Google $272 million in a prolonged dispute over payments to French publishers for their news. The French Competition Authority imposed the 250 million euro ($272 million) penalty due to Google's failure to fulfill certain commitments made during negotiations.

It’s been a difficult season.

A wooden boat carrying many Rohingya Muslims overturned off Indonesia’s northernmost coast. Local fishermen who rescued six people stated on Wednesday that more individuals were on the boat. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The fishermen informed The Associated Press that the refugees’ boat capsized approximately 16 miles from the coastline of Kuala Bubon Beach in Aceh province. Last year, nearly 4,500 Rohingya fled their homeland of Myanmar and the refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh by boat, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Around 740,000 Rohingya sought refuge in Bangladesh to escape the violent military campaign by security forces in their home country of Myanmar.

Times change. Life changes. It’s known as progress. We need to stay flexible.

The Navy has transferred the commander of HTMS Chonburi to the Royal Thai Fleet Command temporarily, pending the outcome of the investigation into an accident where…

Last year, Thai women ranked third among foreign wives married to Korean men after Vietnam and China, according to Statistics Korea, as reported by Korea Times on Tuesday. Last year, of the…

Alabama’s Republican-led legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies.  The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges.  Under…

Bayern are searching for a replacement for Thomas Tuchel.