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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised his government’s full support for fishing…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More hearings this month and in September are set for Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a former guerrilla fighter and bodyguard who…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as traders waited for signs of interest rate…

By MARK J. TERRILL, JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary flooded roads, toppled trees…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — An heir to a fortune built on Ecuador’s main crop of bananas has pulled off an…

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans overwhelmingly picked an independent progressive to…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s king has congratulated the country’s new lawmakers and urged them to…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — As a wealthy dentist convicted of killing his wife at the end of an African safari listened in…

By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — The final trial of suspects in a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan’s…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, JULIE WATSON and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Freddy Tomas was working in his yard in Lahaina when…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal indictment and one in Georgia charging Donald Trump with lying…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press Francis Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep…

By REBECCA SANTANA and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Valerie Laveus remembers when she first heard about an immigration program…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee,…

By JON GAMBRELL and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Border guards in Saudi Arabia have fired machine guns and…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include the “Mandalorian” spin-off “Star Wars: Ahsoka” starring Rosario…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Mexican citizens died in a climbing accident on the Pico de Orizaba, which is the highest mountain the country, authorities…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Monday as traders looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s summer conference…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican…

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say three people are dead and six others wounded after a shooting at a hookah lounge in south Seattle. City police…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri respiratory therapist who pleaded guilty in the deaths of two hospital patients has been sentenced to 18…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — University athletic departments and college conferences use independent sports-betting…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned after the final of…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spaniards have erupted in joy after La Roja won the Women’s World Cup, with some following coach…

NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through a historic hotel early Saturday, prompting…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The police chief who led the raid of a Kansas newspaper alleged in previously unreleased court documents a reporter…

BATH, Maine (AP) — The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, located in Maine, has approved a three-year contract, averting another…

CEDAR GLEN, Calif. (AP) — A dispute over an LGBTQ+ pride flag at a California clothing store spiraled into deadly violence this weekend when a man…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story published August 20, 2023, The Associated Press erroneously reported Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit…

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say a bus carrying fans of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians has crashed following a match in the city…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The DC superhero film “Blue Beetle” led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening,…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say an officer responding to a domestic violence call fatally shot a man after the suspect stabbed…

By MATTIAS KAREN AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The wait for a World Cup title goes on for England but the Lionesses have still been heralded as…

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A judge has ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages and tax damages to a former regional manager who…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has struck a deal with Serbia that could bring increased shipments of Russian…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Local officials in central Mali say gunmen killed at least 23 people and wounded a dozen others…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There could be some new rivalries between Christian schools brewing in the evolving Big 12 Conference. With BYU…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Musicians authorized a strike against the Philadelphia Orchestra if bargaining breaks down for an agreement to…

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s central bank has announced its reunification after being split for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have evacuated five more villages near the northeastern border with Turkey where a large summer…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer SYDNEY (AP) — A champion’s medal around her neck, Salma Paralluelo lay on the field for a while and…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed hope for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Niger following the military coup in the West African…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities briefly detained a journalist working for a fact-checking platform following its coverage of a plane that was…

By ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The Canary Islands leader says police have…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit,…

By MIKE CORDER and KARL RITTER Associated Press EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16…

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Niger are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say at least eleven laborers were killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb destroyed their…

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Police in northeastern Bangladesh have used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute…

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China…

By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI Associated Press ORBETELLO, Italy (AP) — Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have intervened to stop a meeting of prominent activists, academics and politicians…

By SUSAN HAIGH and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Firefighters are reporting making progress battling wildfires in…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police and rescue officials in Pakistan say a bus caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity…

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — After massive winter downpours, conservationists in California are eager to gather desert…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The internet videos are alarming to some, thrilling to others: Gun enthusiasts spraying bullets from AR-15-style…

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press Experts are using strong language to warn Maui residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the “virtual…

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Inside a jail cell at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Albertyn Pino’s only plan was to finish the six-month sentence…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil offloaded…

By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press NYHAMNSLÄGE, Sweden (AP) — It’s mid-afternoon in late summer and a fresh North Sea breeze blows through the…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant Sunday…

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Democratic Party has ousted Jennifer Slaight-Hansen as state chair amid accusations that she violated…