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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s deputy prime minister and economy minister says he is leaving politics. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen stepped down on Monday as head of the center-right Liberal Party to spend more time with his family. He has acknowledged criticism within the party over dwindling support. The party is

MADRID (AP) — Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say over 300 migrants have arrived in two boats, bringing to more than 1,600 the number of migrants who have reached the islands since Friday. The service said one boat carrying 229 migrants was escorted to El Hierro island early Monday while another with 85 was

By The Associated Press A Russian court has ordered a Russian-American journalist who was detained last week on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent to remain in custody until early December, her employer reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, appeared in a closed

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the dozens of U.S. technology hubs President Joe Biden is announcing will help communities across the country become centers of innovation critical to its competitiveness. Biden is designating 31 technology hubs that reach 32 states and Puerto Rico. The tech hubs are designed

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has indicted the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets after his 2022 ouster from office. Monday’s development was another dramatic move against Khan, who could now face a possible death sentence and will likely be unable to run

By JIM GOMEZ and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops. The death toll

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s government has signed a controversial port management deal with a Dubai-based company that had fueled protests in the African country and led to arrests of dozens of critics. The deal was signed on Sunday in the presence of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan who has

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — For months after Ukraine’s Western allies limited sales of Russian oil to $60 per barrel, the price cap was still largely symbolic. Most of Moscow’s crude — its main moneymaker — cost less than that. But the cap was there in case oil prices rose

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Venezuelan lawmaker María Corina Machado, a longtime critic of Venezuela’s government, has dominated the opposition’s presidential primary election, getting more than 1.4 million votes, according to the latest partial results. The organizers of Sunday’s election to choose the opposition’s candidate to challenge President Nicolás

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S. Treasury bonds fell back after creeping above 5%. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong but rose in Shanghai, Sydney and Taiwan. Rapidly rising yields in the

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez returned to Manhattan federal court Monday to challenge a new criminal charge alleging that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “Not guilty,” Menendez, 69, said when Judge Sidney H.

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s economy minister and the anti-establishment upstart he faces in a presidential runoff next month began competing Monday to shore up the moderate voters they need. Economy Minister Sergio Massa earned almost seven points more than chainsaw-wielding economist and freshman lawmaker Javier

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he is preparing to take bold economic measures, including an income tax cut for households hit by inflation and tax breaks for companies to promote investment. The package announced on Monday at the opening of a Parliament session is seen as

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Indigenous campaigners who wanted Australia to create an advisory body representing its most disadvantaged ethnic minority have said its rejection in a constitutional referendum was a “shameful act.” Many proponents of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament maintained a week of silence and flew Aboriginal flags at

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Greg Schneider scans rows upon rows of liquid-filled glass jars containing coiled snake specimens, just a portion of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology’s reptile and amphibian collection believed to be the largest held by any research institution in the U.S. thanks to a

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure that was once used later in pregnancy but that hasn’t been legal in the U.S. for over

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — One more Texas-sized matchup to finally settle this Lone Star State showdown. Nathan Eovaldi remained perfect this postseason, and Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered early before a ninth-inning grand slam by Adolis García helped the Texas Rangers avoid elimination with a 9-2 win over the

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Tens of thousands of people, many of them Chinese, have been caught up in cyber scams based in Southeast Asia. Local and Chinese authorities have netted thousands of people in a crackdown on such schemes, but experts say they are failing to root out the local elites

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Fans decked in red streamed into the Lahainaluna High School football stadium, snacking on nachos and venison chili, bopping to the high school band’s rendition of “Sweet Caroline,” and exchanging long hugs with neighbors and classmates. It was homecoming, and for many of the fans,