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ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni announced Friday that she is separating from her partner and the father of her young daughter after nearly a decade together. In a statement posted on social media, Meloni said her relationship with Andrea Giambruno had ended. She said their paths had diverged “for some time.” The announcement

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he is torn by the conflict in Israel since he has Jewish friends but understands that the situation of the Palestinians is dire. He tells The Associated Press in an interview that we must pray for peace in Gaza. But he

By JAN M. OLSEN and PAN PYLAS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endures more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend. At least three people have been reported dead, two in Scotland and one in England. A

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths says it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrades while dealing with a legal battle with the Malaysian government over its operating license. Lynas said Friday a court is set to hear in November its

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief has ordered all defense personnel and the 163,000-member military to refrain from using digital applications that harness artificial intelligence to generate personal portraits, saying they could pose security risks. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. issued the order in an Oct. 14 memorandum, as Philippine forces have been

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street racked up more losses Friday to close out its worst week in a month. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% for a fourth straight drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 286 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 1.5%. The stock market

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter who had been held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the roughly 200 people the militant group abducted from Israel during its Oct.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has decisively won two special elections. They snatched seats in Parliament that were long rock-solid bastions of the governing Conservatives. Results early Friday showed that voters in Tamworth, central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, switched from Conservatives to Labour in almost

By PATRICIA LUNA and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The National Stadium in Santiago will host the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games on Friday. The stadium is source of pride for many in Chile but no celebration will erase its dark past. The stadium that has hosted some incredible sporting

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Those miracles of modern science, the Rolling Stones, celebrated the release of their first album of original music in 18 years with a Manhattan club gig on Thursday. Before a celebrity-strewn audience of invited guests that included Christie Brinkley, Elvis Costello and Trevor Noah at

By MATTHEW DALY, DAVID McHUGH and STAN CHOE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and raise prices. But don’t expect a repeat of the catastrophic price hikes and long lines at the gasoline

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has welcomed European Union leaders to the White House. The meeting comes as he tries to assure the leaders that the United States can deliver on promises to send tens of billions of dollars’ worth of aid to wartime Ukraine and Israel. It also

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia. Chesebro, who was charged alongside Trump and 17

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is settling into a new role: defendant. The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination spent two days this week in a Manhattan courtroom where a civil fraud trial is unfolding. Trump is accused of grossly inflating his net worth and

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the thing that was supposed to make Rep. Jim Jordan the 56th speaker of the House. An onslaught of pressure from the Republican Party base, allies predicted, would compel the GOP’s moderate and establishment members to support Jordan, a hero of the far-right, and help

By LEA SKENE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police are searching for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge who had awarded custody of the suspect’s children to his wife on the day of the killing, authorities said Friday. The judge was shot in his driveway Thursday

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A pediatricians’ group is warning powdered drink mixes known as “toddler milks” are unregulated, unnecessary and nutritionally incomplete. The drinks are marketed for older babies and toddlers up to age 3. The American Academy of Pediatrics says the products often contain high amounts of added sugar and salt. A

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. The outcome left

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Two San Antonio police officers have been shot and seriously wounded while trying to stop a man from burning a home during a domestic dispute. Police say the officers were shot at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday while answering a disturbance call. Police Chief William McManus says a man who’d gone

By MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s a saying among us video journalists: May the news stay far from your home. But on Saturday Oct. 7, it came terrifyingly close to my hometown. While I live in Jerusalem, where I work as a cameraman for The Associated Press, I was raised in Ofakim,