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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Referee Yoshimi Yamashita will return to Qatar to make more soccer history at the men’s Asian Cup in January after she worked in the country last year at the men’s World Cup. The Asian Football Confederation has picked Yamashita and Katherine Jacewicz of Australia among the referees. The assistants selected

SYDNEY (AP) — A Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas plant has reported a production outage as workers escalated a strike action against its Australian operations that threaten global supply. The U.S. energy giant said in a statement Thursday that it is working to resume full production at its Wheatstone facility “following a fault which has

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Sometimes hosts offering to rent their vacation home, RV or car through peer-to-peer sharing sites don’t show up at the time they promised to exchange keys. If you can’t get in contact with them, you might have been “ghosted,” leaving you stranded. Some companies will offer to refund your money

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed two soldiers who were convicted of treason as the kingdom conducted its war on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. A brief statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency on Thursday identified the two as a lieutenant colonel who was a pilot and a chief sergeant. It did

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Warning messages have sounded on cellphones and alarms have blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system, but the sirens stayed quiet in Berlin. Germany conducted its latest “warning day” after an embarrassing flop in 2020, when the country held its

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice has escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday. Member states commended efforts to preserve both the storied and fragile city and its

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have paid damages to two protesters who were arrested while attending a vigil for a woman murdered by a serving police officer. Patsy Stevenson and Dania Al-Obeid were detained at the March 2021 protest vigil in London. Police said the gathering in memory of Sarah

MADRID (AP) — Spain has recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago. Authorities said Thursday that summer temperatures peaked at 46.8 degrees Celsius (116 degrees Fahrenheit) as the country’s severe drought dragged on. Spanish weather agency AEMET said the average summer temperature was 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.34 degrees Fahrenheit) above

By SAM METZ and MOHAMED BOUKDIRE Associated Press AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — The building where Naima Ait Brahim Ouali lived in a third-story apartment with her five children was one of many that were destroyed by the earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people in Morocco last week. A house cleaner, she and her daughter fell

MADRID (AP) — The players in Spain’s women’s soccer league have called off a strike after reaching a deal to increase minimum wage. The first set of games was not played last weekend because of the strike. This weekend’s matches will now go ahead as scheduled. The deal will increase the minimum salary from $17,100

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies have reported a nationwide power outage after the country’s electrical grid collapsed due to technical failures. The distribution companies reported that the outage on Thursday affected all of Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city of Abuja. Grid failures are common in

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey. The owners of one, Community Offshore Wind, are bringing the federal government in on their environmental monitoring plans at an earlier stage than has ever been done. And federal regulators have determined

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday that he thought he would die there before a complex international rescue operation got him out. Mark Dickey, 40, appeared relaxed as he spoke to reporters at a hospital in

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports of Chinese electric vehicles, saying it is a protectionist action aimed at distorting the supply chain. The EU announced Wednesday it will probe government subsidies provided to Chinese automakers that the EU

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Thursday that the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived. The space agency released the findings after a yearlong study into UFOs. In its 33-page report,

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police in Vietnam say that 10 children are among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise. Witnesses said Thursday that some residents desperately tried to escape by jumping out of upper stories. Authorities have still not released the cause of the fire

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former firearms executive Ryan Busse says he’s seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte in the 2024 election. Busse told The Associated Press about his intentions in advance of a public announcement planned for Thursday morning. Republicans have dominated

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal city. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding in many eastern towns,

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have held long-awaited face-to-face talks that the European Union hopes will improve their strained relations. The meeting in Brussels come as calls mount for a change in the Western diplomatic approach toward them amid concern that their tensions could spiral out of