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By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AP) — With a cautious calm prevailing over the border area in south Lebanon on Saturday, the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, villages that had emptied of their residents came back to life — at least briefly. Shuttered shops reopened, cars moved

NEW DELHI (AP) — News reports in India say that at least four students have died and 60 others have been injured in a stampede during a music festival at a university in southern India. The news agency Press Trust of India reported that the disaster happened Saturday at the Cochin University of Science and

LONDON (AP) — The British Antarctic Survey says that one of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades. The iceberg known as A23a split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. But it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many

NEW YORK (AP) — Honda is recalling select 2023-2024 Accord and HR-V vehicles due to a missing piece in the front seat belt pretensioners, which could increase injury risks during a crash. According to notices published by Honda and the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration earlier this week, the pretensioners — which tighten seat belts

By VANESSA GERA and JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — When Finland joined NATO earlier this year, Russia threatened retaliation. Now, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have appeared at Finland’s border from Russia, seeking entry into the Nordic country. Finnish officials say the sudden surge in asylum-seekers is no coincidence.

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people turned out on central London’s streets Saturday for a pro-Palestinian march calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Police said that while the majority of people protested peacefully, 18 people were arrested including at least five people who were detained on suspicion

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. It tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in a West Bank refugee camp shot and killed two alleged collaborators with Israel early Saturday, Palestinian officials said. Mobs then kicked the bloodied corpses and dragged them through alleys before trying to tie them to an electrical tower. The scenes, widely shared on social

By ALEXA ST. JOHN The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says militants from a shadowy extremist organization with ties to the Islamic State Group killed at least 14 farmers in Congo’s hard-hit eastern region. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mamove village in North Kivu province on Friday night where they beheaded

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — As war and winter collide, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged during a recent visit to Washington that the days ahead “will be tough” as his country battles Russia while U.S. support from Congress hangs in the balance. President Joe Biden’s nearly $106

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and China have met for bilateral talks as they try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood, which has hurt Japanese exporters. The pair met in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan. They join their South Korean host for three-way

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands took to the streets of Italy’s main cities on Saturday to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, just as an Italian man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend was extradited from Germany. The slaying of 22-year-old university student Giulia Cecchettin, allegedly

By OMAR ALBAM Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say government forces shelled a northwestern village killing at least 10 people, including seven children. The Saturday morning shelling of the village of Qawqafeen is the latest violation of a truce reached in March 2020 between Russia and Turkey, who back rival sides

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blaze has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall. The multi-story RJ Mall is in a high-rise commercial building that also houses call centers and software firms. The mayor of the southwestern city of Karachi said Saturday morning’s fire injured at least 22 people, five

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, underwent a CAT scan, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. The test at Rome’s

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Saturday morning launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the Ukrainian capital, military officials said. In total, Russia launched 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine, of which 74 were destroyed by air defenses,

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday. The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi