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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shells have struck residential areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a local official described as a “terrifying night.” The regional governor said Monday that the overnight shelling set fire to a high-rise apartment building and blew out windows. The

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas widens. The organization’s Commodity Markets Outlook finds that the effects on oil prices should be limited if the conflict doesn’t expand. But it says “the outlook for commodity

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Too many people cash out their 401(k)s when leaving a job — and part of the problem may be generous employer matches, researchers have found. Large matches can change how employees view their retirement savings, shifting their attitude from viewing a 401(k) as an “untouchable lockbox” to a liquid windfall

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has honored two American veterans of World War II as Beijing and Washington look to past collaboration for inspiration to deal with today’s strained ties. Mel McMullen, who is in his late 90s, and Harry Moyer, who turned 103 on Monday, are among the few surviving

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s High Court has commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 people, mostly foreigners. A special anti-terrorism tribunal in 2019 sentenced the seven members of a banned militant group

PARIS (AP) — French police have detained nine people and are searching for other suspects after a violent attack on buses carrying the Lyon soccer team and fans. The attack Sunday left Lyon coach Fabio Grosso with a head injury and forced the postponement of the team’s game at Marseille. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in Bavaria has been arrested. Prosecutors in the city of Wuerzburg said that Daniel Halemba was arrested in a neighboring region of southern Germany on Monday. They said he is under investigation on

By JOSH BOAK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a sweeping executive order to guide the development of artificial intelligence. Monday’s order requires industry to develop safety and security standards, introduces new consumer protections and gives federal agencies an extensive to-do list to oversee the rapidly progressing technology.

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say four Bulgarian construction workers died when scaffolding fell down an elevator shaft inside a building site in Hamburg. Another suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no immediate word on why the scaffolding collapsed from the eighth floor on Monday morning. Officials initially reported that five people died. Recovery workers spent

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders are expected to search for ways to mend the country’s fractured property market, create jobs for millions of unemployed youths and spur faster growth in a meeting that reportedly began Monday in Beijing. The National Financial Work Conference, usually held twice a decade, is

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Four former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong have been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting people to wound others through their praise of a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself in 2021. The three are being held responsible

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire

NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities say a former Jehovah’s Witness has been detained on suspicion of setting off an explosive device that killed three people and wounded 50 others at a denomination gathering in southern India. Hundreds of Witnesses were at a prayer session Sunday in Kerala state when the explosion took place. The suspect

By DAVID BAUDER and BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on an online discussion board. Cornell President Martha E. Pollack says there was a series of “horrendous, antisemitic messages” over the weekend threatening

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Lloyd Owers recalls with fondness his initial visit from his home in England to the Marshall Islands, a small nation of five islands, 29 atolls and about 60,000 people situated in the western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia. “I felt at home,” the 33-year-old

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could se e more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market. Eyes are also on the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing its next move

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUKATY, JAKE BLEIBERG and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s defense minister says the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its “global dominance by any means.” Monday’s remarks by Sergei Shoigu came at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China’s biggest annual event centered on military diplomacy. The Russian minister also warned of the risk

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media. Chinese people were the fourth-highest nationality, after Venezuelans, Ecuadorians and Haitians, crossing the