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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that bisects the war-divided island nation. President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters Tuesday that his government is ready to

By JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Across Normandy, France, where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-Day, Allied veterans of World War II are the VVIPs of 80th anniversary celebrations this week. Veterans, many of them centenarians

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools has resigned with Wisconsin’s largest school district in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in state funding after not submitting required financial reports. Keith Posley is former teacher who has been superintendent since 2018. Wisconsin Public Radio reported Tuesday that Posley resigned hours after a public

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 3-year-old boy stabbed by a woman in a grocery store parking lot has died in what they believe was a random attack. Police say the boy and his mother were going back to their vehicle after shopping at the Giant Eagle grocery on Monday when

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts. The prime minister has said Spain is facing an “authentic pandemic” of pornography targeted at minors. Spain’s government

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan’s gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition. The Italian conceptual artist, famous for his lowly banana duct-taped to a wall and

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later — is up for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections. The traditional blouse in question typically boasts intricate embroidery designs and tassels and is widely recognized as a symbol of the

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A volcano has belched a plume of ash and steam into the night sky in the central Philippines in a powerful explosion that sent more than 700 people fleeing to evacuation camps. The explosion of Mount Kanlaon Monday night on Negros Island triggered sirens across Canlaon,

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Big Sean, Camila Cabello, Doja Cat, Hozier, Keith Urban, Gwen Stefani, New Kids on the Block and Paramore are among the performers this fall at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, which will be broadcast live. The lineup for the two-day event, which

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about New Jersey’s primary election Tuesday. The 11th Ld-WT erroneously reported that Carol Murphy won the Democratic primary over Herb Conaway in New Jersey’s 3rd  U.S. House District. Conaway was the winner. The AP has published a corrected version of the story.

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister says any dialogue between Syria and Turkey should only take place after Ankara announces that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories. The comments came during a joint news conference with Iran’s acting foreign minister. Turkey has threatened in recent days

By MATTHEW DALY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on a federal form to

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent launches of trash-carrying balloons have sharply increased animosities with rival South Korea. North Korea floated hundreds of balloons to dump manure, cigarette butts, scraps of cloth and waste batteries across South Korea. In response, South Korea has vowed “unbearable” retaliatory steps and moved

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals. Begoña Gómez is to appear at court on July 5 to answer questions. Prime Minister

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says a military plane has crashed during training, killing its two pilots. The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Turkey Tuesday after taking off from a Air Force base near the city of Kayseri. The cause of the crash remains unknown. The state-run Anadolu

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu spewed red lava and thick grey ash clouds that towered 5,000 meters into the sky during a two-minute eruption. A timelapse video distributed by Indonesia’s Geological Agency shows a thick column of ash leaning towards the west and northwest side of the volcano.

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern Germany to five. While the situation has now eased in southwestern Germany, water levels remain high in parts of Bavaria, particularly on the Danube and in

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Cambodia to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. Austin met his Cambodian counterpart and Prime Minister Hun Manet during a one-day visit to Phnom Penh on Tuesday. He arrived from Singapore, where