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Aspiring Taiwan presidential candidate Terry Gou resigns from board of Apple supplier Foxconn

BEIJING (AP) — Aspiring Taiwanese independent presidential candidate Terry Gou has resigned from the board of Foxconn, the Apple supplier he founded nearly a half-century ago. The company, officially registered as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., issued a news release late Saturday saying Gou had resigned for personal reasons. It wasn’t clear what, if

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AI project imagines adult faces of children who disappeared during Argentina’s military dictatorship

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — If a baby was taken from their parents four decades ago during Argentina’s military dictatorship, what would that person look like today? Argentine publicist Santiago Barros has been trying to answer that question using artificial intelligence to create images of what the children of parents

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Fatal police shooting of pregnant Ohio woman raises concerns over firing at moving vehicles

By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, has raised questions about how an allegation of shoplifting led to a bullet being fired through her windshield. It was unclear Saturday whether the Blendon Township Police Department

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Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and her family don’t yet know what they will do for housing long-term. She and her husband, their three kids and his mother have been staying with Morris’ mother since the flooding mangled

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Pope gives ‘noble’ Chinese people a shoutout at Mass in Mongolia in bid to warm ties

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis sent a special greeting to China’s “noble” people on Sunday, giving them a special shout-out at the end of a Mass celebrated in neighboring Mongolia during the first-ever papal visit that was largely overshadowed by Beijing and its crackdown on religious

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Plans for a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II to be unveiled in 2026 to mark her 100th birthday

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government says an independent body will unveil plans for a permanent memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in 2026, to mark what would have been the late monarch’s 100th birthday. The Cabinet Office said Robin Janvrin, Elizabeth’s former private secretary, has been appointed as chairman of the Queen Elizabeth memorial committee. The

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DeSantis’ redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday. Circuit

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Reds’ Williamson to miss start as team’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds left-hander Brandon Williamson tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss his scheduled start on Sunday. Williamson is the fourth Reds pitcher to test positive this week, further jeopardizing the Reds’ postseason chances. Starter Hunter Greene was placed on the COVID-19 injured list following his 4-1

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Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert. But some Burning Man revelers said Sunday that their spirits remained unbroken. Organizers closed the festival

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Clashes in Iraq’s Kirkuk over handover of police HQ to Kurds leave 1 dead, several injured

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Witnesses and local officials say that demonstrations in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk over the handover of a key facility from federal to local Kurdish authorities has turned violent and one protester was killed and several were injured. Clashes broke out around the

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Libya’s chief prosecutor is seeking more details on minister’s meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor says he will establish a fact-finding mission to investigate a meeting last month between the foreign minister of one of the country’s rival governments and Israel’s chief diplomat. The Aug. 22 meeting caused an uproar across the North African nation. Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based government,

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An attack on a Chinese mining convoy carrying gold in Congo leaves 4 dead, authorities say

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities say an attack on a Chinese mining convoy transporting gold in northeast Congo killed four people, including two Chinese nationals. The administrator of the Fizi territory where the attack took place, said a Congolese soldier, a driver and two Chinese nationals were killed in the

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GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ ‘safe places’ program in small Florida town

MOUNT DORA, Fla. (AP) — Some central Florida lawmakers say they are considering “all legislative, legal and executive options available” to stop business owners in a small town from voluntarily displaying rainbow decals in their windows. Those displays indicate to LGBTQ+ people a “safe place” they can go if they feel threatened. Four Republican lawmakers

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