The Mix

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s superstars are tumbling Monday as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy that’s created a spending bonanza. The S&P 500 was down 1.

PARIS (AP) — Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection that celebrated heritage while embracing modernity.

HARTFORD, Conn.

Marigold Hart walked out on her billionaire husband, taking their 7-year-old daughter with her. She moved cross country to New York City and has been living under an assumed name.

After half a century in limbo, the federal government says it will scrap plans to build an airport on thousands of acres in Pickering, Ont., and instead look to transfer the land to Parks Canada.

Paul Brightman, a former hedge fund manager, has been keeping a low profile, changing his name to Grant Anderson and making a modest living as a boat builder in a small New Hampshire town. But Paul fears it’s only a matter of time before he’s found.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores – which first sparked early election speculation last spring – will cost the province more than $600 million, Ontario's budget watchdog said Monday.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 2-8: Feb. 2: Singer Graham Nash is 83. Singer Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 79. TV chef Ina Garten (“Barefoot Contessa”) is 77. Actor Jack McGee (“The McCarthys”) is 76.

TORONTO — Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. fell in early trading as technology stocks tumbled after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals the top U.S. versions for a fraction of the cost.

TORONTO — Newmont Corp. has signed a deal to sell its Porcupine operation in Ontario to Discovery Silver Corp. in an agreement worth US$425 million.