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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Ryder Cup is being held in Italy for the first time and The Associated Press has put together a glossary of golf terms in Italian that might be heard around the Marco Simone club this week. Golf remains a niche sport in Italy and local players still borrow most

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Five Bulgarians living in the U.K. who were charged with spying for Russia have appeared in court for an initial hearing. The three men and two women are accused of “conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy,” namely Russia, between

By JULIA FRANKEL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed envoy to the Palestinian Authority has presented his credentials to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It happened on his first visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a trip linked to American efforts to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and

LONDON (AP) — Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control. In a statement late Monday, the airport said a daily 800-flight limit, affecting both departures and arrivals, has been imposed until Sunday. Gatwick said around 30% of staff in the division within

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba says it will spin off its logistics arm, Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, in an initial public offering in Hong Kong. It’s the first business unit to go public following a major restructuring in Alibaba. Alibaba said in a filing Tuesday that it

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet This was the hottest summer on record across the globe, forcing many tourists to rethink how and where they travel. Changing weather patterns have the potential to radically affect the travel industry in the U.S. and abroad. According to a recent report, Southern European destinations could see far fewer tourists

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are slamming prosecutors’ request for a narrow gag order in his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, calling it an effort to “unconstitutionally silence” his political speech. Trump’s attorneys in court papers filed late Monday urge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to deny

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has reshuffled the country’s ruling council and Cabinet with an apparent purge of two high-ranking generals who independent media have said are under investigation for alleged corruption. The military’s top ruling body has directed four reshuffles since the army seized power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government more than

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. The court issued the ruling on Tuesday in response to a complaint filed by North Korean

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that marred the 2022 Beijing Olympics has returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Valieva is now 17 and is expected to testify by video link from Russia during the closed-door hearing set to

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that 162 suspected cholera cases

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says he is confident that Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly support a proposal to create their own representative body to advise Parliament and have it enshrined in the constitution. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s remarks on Tuesday came as Tiwi Islanders cast their votes on making

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two powerful explosions ripped through dwellings in central Sweden overnight, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings, with bricks and window sections left spread outside. Late on Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the capital, Stockholm. In the early hours of Tuesday, a blast in Linkoping, some 175

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Americans have won more majors. The Europeans have been beating them more often in the Ryder Cup. There’s no connection between the two. But it might explain why the U.S. team always seems to be the favorite on paper and Europe usually wins

By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A month before the Asian Games, China released a new national map, doubling down on its claims to almost the entire South China Sea and disputed border territories with India. A few days before the event, it flew more than 100 warplanes toward Taiwan, stepping up

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s army chief says the country is committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected. General Manoj Pande made the comments at the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference, hosted by India and the U.S., which is focused on boosting military diplomacy

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have resumed issuing ID cards to transgender people after a four-month pause and following an Islamic court’s controversial ruling that gutted a law aimed at protecting trans rights. The national database and registry, or NADRA, halted the cards after an Islamic court ruled in May that trans people cannot change

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has called on the U.S. to do what it can to host a cooperative meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in November. Wang Yi said the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco should promote cooperation rather than provoke confrontation, and that the U.S. should show fairness and inclusiveness to