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By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — More curvy models than ever showed up on Milan runways this season, due mostly to a single show by Brazilian designer Karoline Vitto, while designers of color showcased their work at collateral events meant to promote their visibility in the backrooms of Italian fashion. Wherever diversity

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Monday that it had “received a number of allegations of sexual offences” after a television documentary and newspaper investigations. It said there have been no arrests.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains have caused a flash flood in Guatemala’s capital that swept several humble homes into a river and left t least six people dead and 12 missing, including 10 minors. Guatemala’s National Disaster Reduction Coordinator said the death toll had risen to six, including a young girl. The 5-year-old girl

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from central Myanmar say about two dozen members of local resistance forces have been killed in an army ambush as they sought to evacuate villagers ahead of a feared attack by the military. The total number of resistance fighters killed last Friday and Saturday in the

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled the gist of his new economic package that focuses on wage increases and measures to soften the impact of rising prices. The development comes as support for his Cabinet has dwindled despite the latest reshuffle less than two weeks ago.

By MEG KINNARD and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shunned TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app that many conservatives accuse of being a spy mechanism for China. But entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy recently became the first 2024 candidate to join the platform, which has over 150 million U.S. users. That’s even

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two people killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina’s capital city in an escalation of an old quibble over a burglary. Sunday afternoon’s shooting happened at an abandoned house where the four teenagers were hanging out. Two 17-year-old Eau Claire High School students were arrested on

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesperson says Mali’s military-led government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup. He told reporters on Monday that the election scheduled for February 2024 is being postponed for “technical reasons” and a

LONDON (AP) — Lecturers and other staff at some 40 U.K. universities are staging a new round of strike action in a long-running dispute over pay and work conditions. The walkouts will disrupt college students as many turned up at campus for “freshers’ week,” or their first week at university. The University and College Union,

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont driver has pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Thirty-five-year-old Ryan Koss could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he’s convicted of gross negligent operation with death resulting. He pleaded not guilty Monday. Authorities say Koss was

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says interest rates will stay high long enough to restrict business activity for “as long as necessary” to beat back inflation because upward pressure on prices “remains strong.” Christine Lagarde said Monday that “strong spending on holidays and

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. The chairman of the National Election Authority says the vote will take place on Dec. 10-12, with a runoff on Jan. 8-10 if no

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fresh fighting has erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Residents say fighters from a militia called Fano fought against military units Sunday in the town of Gondar, an important

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease, the culmination of a yearslong lobbying effort by patients with the fatal neurodegenerative disease. Those advocates still face one giant hurdle: FDA regulators say the treatment hasn’t

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players has again marred the biggest game in French soccer, prompting calls for sanctions. Olivier Klein, the inter-ministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBTQ+ hatred (Dilcrah), posted a video on Monday of PSG supporters using insulting

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have raided the residence of one of the country’s four deputy national police chiefs. A commander in the national police force’s Office of Legal Affairs and Litigation said the search of the home of Police Gen. Surachate Hakparn was part of an investigation into

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Getty Images has a huge collection of stock photographs. But now it also has an artificial intelligence image-generator to make new images on the spot. The Seattle-based photo stock company is taking a two-pronged approach to the threat and opportunity that AI poses to its business. First, it sued

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park has submitted a fresh petition in its campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan to save more trees. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in February approved the plan, giving a

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At least one Molotov cocktail has been thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured. U.S. law enforcement officials are investigating. U.S. Secret Service officers were called Sunday night to respond to the attack