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By STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania found a crater on their territory near the border with Ukraine that they say was likely caused by a crashed drone that exploded on impact. Thursday’s predawn discovery has revived concerns about possible spillover of Russia’s war in Ukraine onto a NATO member

KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — Two people have been killed and six are injured in a car accident in Hungary after a vehicle suspected of transporting migrants entering the country illegally hit a tree and overturned. The accident occurred around 3 a.m. on Thursday near Kiskunmajsa, in southern Hungary near the border with Serbia. Police said

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found that 36% of Americans

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They said in a statement on Facebook that officers encountered a woman armed with a knife outside of a security checkpoint Wednesday afternoon. Police say she stabbed another woman and a police lieutenant who

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They include reducing the field from 40 horses to 34, softening the fences by using foam and

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia has urged the United Nations’ top court to impose new interim orders on Azerbaijan aimed at protecting ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The leader of Armenia’s legal team said on Thursday that the orders should prevent what he called “ethnic cleansing” of the region by

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a fraud charge over his failure to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore. The 92-year-old billionaire agreed a civil settlement of 652.6 million pounds, or

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled thousands of pieces of content since the militant group’s attack on Israel, according to the CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter. Linda Yaccarino on Thursday outlined efforts

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a former member of communist East Germany’s secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974. The indictment against the 79-year-old man was filed at the state court in the German capital. It relates to an

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday. The decision by European soccer’s governing body following Hamas’ surprise attack adds to a fixture backlog. UEFA said in a statement Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysian government has questioned a move by Goldman Sachs to file for arbitration in a dispute connected with the multibillion-dollar looting of a sovereign wealth fund. Johari Abdul Ghani, head of a task force to recover assets lost from fund known as 1MDB, said it was too early for

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is offering military help to Israel and promising to crack down on support for the militant Hamas group at home following the group’s attack on Israel. Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday underlined Germany’s historical responsibility for Israel’s security. The Defense Ministry said it agreed to an Israeli request to use up

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is closely watching the war in the Middle East sparked by the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza for lessons amid what the self-governing island says is a campaign of intimidation and threats by China. The latest Hamas-Israel conflict has claimed at least 2,400 lives on both

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists in Norway are blocking the entrance to one of the main operators of a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer. At the center of the dispute are the 151 turbines located in the central Fosen district. The activists say

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota and Idemitsu, a major oil company, say they will cooperate on technology for mass production of solid-state batteries that promise to be a key component in future electric vehicles. The deal, announced Thursday, is an important step for Toyota, which has promised

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad for the Russian leader who was indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine. It’s the first time this year that Putin has traveled outside Russia and Russian-held territories of Ukraine. Earlier this year, he visited

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets slipped on Friday following a decline on Wall Street driven by mounting pressure from rising bond market yields. U.S. futures rose slightly, and oil prices gained. China’s consumer prices in September remained flat compared to the same period last year, the National Bureau of

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka says that it has reached an agreement on key terms and principles on its debt restructuring with the Exim Bank of China. That clears a key step in unlocking a second instalment of a $2.9 billion package from the International Monetary Fund aimed

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s commitment to transform long-marginalized rural and conflict areas and new peace efforts were the highlights of his first year in office, the U.N. special envoy for the South American country said. But Carlos Ruiz Massieu condemned the killing of nearly 400

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon. The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too