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By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Organizers of Wednesday’s Coldplay concert in Malaysia can stop the show if the British rock band misbehaves, a minister said as the government rejected Muslim conservatives’ calls to cancel the show. Led by the country’s opposition bloc, Muslim conservatives have protested the concert over Coldplay’s

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An American man convicted of child sex crimes in Kenya nine years ago has been denied bail on new charges of defilement, months after he was mysteriously released from prison where he was serving a 50-year sentence. Terry Ray Krieger, 68, was arraigned on Tuesday evening

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain. Markets in Japan and the U.S. are closed Thursday for holidays. Oil prices fell about $1 a barrel after

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will return to the company that fired him just days ago, concluding a short but chaotic power struggle that shocked the tech industry and underscored the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based company said

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Wednesday agreed to a four-day cease-fire in the war in Gaza — a diplomatic breakthrough that will free dozens of hostages held by militants as well as Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and bring a large influx of aid

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance. The result

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up cooperation in the face of growingly aggressive Chinese activity in the area. The Philippine Air Force said Wednesday its aircraft had

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — No fewer than 26 political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament in the Netherlands’ general election Wednesday. Only a few stand a realistic chance of providing the candidate who will succeed Mark Rutte as prime minister.

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas high school is grappling with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating. Several of Jonathan Lewis Jr.’s peers have been arrested. Some have been formally charged as adults with second-degree murder. Authorities and relatives say the 17-year-old was standing

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government has sought to regain the political initiative with a series of tax cuts for businesses and individuals that it hopes will boost its chances in a national election next year that opinion polls suggest it will lose. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt said Wednesday that

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion. In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a shooting in Philadelphia has killed two men and wounded five others and police say the violence may have been drug-related. Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford says the shooting took place around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and officers found four wounded men on the ground. They were taken to a hospital

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has long known that the way to France’s heart is through its stomach. So, don’t touch the Camembert — never, ever. On Wednesday, legislators at the European Parliament made sure it won’t happen anytime soon. Tucked in a proposal on streamlining and optimizing waste

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A group of Lahaina wildfire survivors is vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until the mayor uses his emergency powers to shut down unpermitted vacation rentals and make the properties available for residents in desperate need of housing. Organizers with the group Lahaina Strong

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press STUDIO CITY, California (AP) — Some of the mystery and controversy shrouding a sprawling Los Angeles-area property owned by a national Black Lives Matter nonprofit have dissipated for dozens of families grieving a loved one killed by police. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc., which was widely criticized

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration plan could increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children. But it might force some centers to cut enrollment. The Health and Human Services agency’s proposed federal rule would require Head Start programs to offer teachers salaries

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene and immediately attached herself to the police officers who had converged on the building from which a sniper’s bullets had been

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When right-wing populist Javier Milei became Argentina’s president-elect, he dedicated his victory to “The boss,” the nickname he uses for his enigmatic sister, Karina Milei. She is the most important of a trio of influential women surrounding the fiery outsider who shot to the presidency

DENVER (AP) — Authorities in Colorado say four men have been found dead at a home just north of Denver. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call about a gunshot victim at a home Tuesday afternoon and found the four dead men inside. The agency said it appeared to be an