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CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook says the iPhone maker never asked or received "special deals" on its taxes from Ireland. And he says Apple will appeal the European Union's decision ordering Apple to pay up to $14.5 billion in back taxes. In a letter on Apple's website, Cook says the company has followed the law since it opened its factory in Cork, Ireland, nearly 36 years ago. Cook says the EU is trying to replace Irish tax laws with what it thinks the law should have been.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's presidential spokesman is urging the U.S. to "revise" its policy of supporting Kurdish forces battling Turkish troops in Syria. The appeal comes after Ankara's incursion last week into Syria. Yesterday, the U.S. urged Turkish troops and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to halt their fighting, saying it hinders efforts to defeat the Islamic State group. The battle in northern Syria now pits U.S. ally Turkey against the Kurdish-led force — a U.S.-backed proxy that is the most effective ground force battling IS militants in Syria's civil war.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Lochte isn't saying whether he'll return to Brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report over a gas station encounter during the Olympics. Lochte tells ABC's "Good Morning America" his legal team is dealing with the situation, adding "we're just trying to get this over with." Despite his current woes, the American Olympic swimmer was named today as one of the contestants on the upcoming edition of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses in early trading as a summer slowdown continues on Wall Street. Energy companies are moving slightly higher after the price of crude oil rose.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — If you claim you've climbed Mount Everest -- you'd better be telling the truth. Mountaineering authorities in Nepal have determined that a couple from India faked an Everest ascent earlier this year by altering photos to make it look like they were on the summit. Fellow climbers blew the whistle on them. The government has canceled the climbing certificates issued to them -- and they are banned from climbing any mountain in Nepal for ten years.
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