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By ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RMEISH, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets. Saturday’s escalation came a day after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his powerful

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has unveiled a sprawling exposition highlighting the nation’s accomplisments, which will run through the months leading to the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin is widely expected to seek a new term. Putin issued a decree in March to hold the exposition and some observers have seen it as aimed at

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, MATTHEW DALY, MICHAEL HILL and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing the Biden administration’s goals of powering 10 million homes from towering ocean-based turbines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has toured a Philippine patrol ship in a symbolic show of support as Tokyo shores up regional alliances to counter China’s assertiveness in maritime disputes with its neighbors. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the Japanese-built vessel, which was docked at the Manila harbor, capped his two-day visit

By JOSH BOAK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called the head of the United Auto Workers union to congratulate him this past week on getting a new contract with General Motors and to wish him a happy 55th birthday — a sign of how the relationship had evolved since

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. They condemned Washington’s support of Israel as it strikes the Gaza Strip in its war against Hamas. The rally on Saturday which was called for by the state came as

By HANNA ARHIROVA and NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s newly appointed head of defense industry says he wants to turn the country into a weapons hub for the West. Oleksandr Kamysyhin says approximately 500 companies in Ukraine’s defense industry are contributing to the country’s efforts to increase weapon production in order

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of athletes have celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting event to be held in Asia. Participants marked the opening Saturday. Nearly 2,400 athletes from about 45 territories, including Britain,

By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A lawyer for Guinea’s former strongman leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara says he is back in jail after authorities said earlier in the day that he had escaped. Attorney  Jacomey Haba says that Camara did not escape but rather was abducted by the gunmen who stormed the

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese says that the leader of China’s Communist Party-sponsored version of the Catholic church will visit Hong Kong this month at the invitation of the city’s pope-appointed cardinal. The visit fosters dialogue between the sides as relations between China and the

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks in Ukraine wounded at least 14 civilians over the past day, officials said Saturday, as the president of the European Union’s executive arm returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yurii Malashko, said that nine people were wounded in

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are appealing to Afghanistan’s private sector to help those fleeing Pakistan’s mass deportation drive. Pakistan is arresting and expelling all foreigners it says are in the country illegally. But the policy mostly affects Afghans because they are the biggest group of undocumented foreigners in the country. The Ministry of Commerce

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Blinken warns that would be counterproductive and could encourage more violence by the militant group. The officials held talks Saturday in Amman. Later,

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal on Sunday cremated the bodies of some of those who perished in an earthquake two days earlier. The strong temblor killed 157 people and left thousands of others homeless. The 13 bodies were carried to the banks of the

By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and CARA ANNA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United States and Arab partners disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital, and Israel said the besieged enclave’s Hamas rulers

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says it foiled an attack by militants on a training air base in eastern Punjab province, killing all nine assailants. The military said the troops’ “swift and effective response” thwarted the attack at Mianwali Training Air Base, keeping its personnel and assets safe, though three

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will protest a lack of transparency in China’s treatment of a detained Australian democracy blogger when meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing during a trade-focused state visit. Albanese saysd the detention of Yang Hengjun without conviction for almost

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswalk. The car was moving

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has announced that he won’t be running for reelection next year. He has represented a solidly Democratic district that includes north and southeast Portland since 1996. He has served in public office for five decades. The 75-year-old representative

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and BILL BARROW Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A booth at the Florida Republican Party’s Freedom Summit made swift business of Donald Trump merchandise on Saturday, selling everything from socks to bathtub rubber ducks that paid tribute to the former president. Vendor Peter Crotty also had Ron DeSantis T-shirts. But