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By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli tech industry monitor says investment in Israeli start-ups has plummeted in the first half of 2023. The report by Start-Up Nation Central Tuesday cites the government’s divisive judicial overhaul plan as a main driver of the downturn. The group, a non-profit that tracks and

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen have opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest, killing two police officers. The polio workers were unharmed in the attack Tuesday on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, according to the local police

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will close all government offices, banks and schools on Wednesday and Thursday over high temperatures. The official IRNA news agency said Tuesday the decision came after health ministry warned about a possible increase in heat exhaustion cases. Over the past days many cities and towns in Iran saw temperatures around

LONDON (AP) — Energy giant BP says it earned nearly $2.6 billion in the second quarter. That’s almost half what it posted in the first three months of the year as oil and natural gas prices that surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have fallen. The company said Tuesday that underlying replacement cost profit was

By PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NUH, India (AP) — Indian authorities have imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes. The violence began Monday afternoon when Hindus and Muslims clashed with each other in Haryana’s Nuh district during a religious procession

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — A goal post saved the United States from elimination at the Women’s World Cup. Ana Capeta nearly scored for Portugal in stoppage time but her shot hit the left post and the United States escaped with a uninspiring 0-0 draw Tuesday night that

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is standing firm against the United States over the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Albanese’s center-left Labor Party government has been arguing since winning  elections last year that the U.S. should end its pursuit of the 52-year-old Australian

By DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have accused Ukraine in yet another drone attack on Moscow and its surroundings. One of the drones on Tuesday hit the same building in the capital that was damaged by a drone in a similar attack Sunday. An adviser to Ukrainian

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The United States is imposing travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years were not sufficiently verified. That’s according to the U.S. Embassy and a government official. The restrictions apply to the

PARIS (AP) — The French Foreign Ministry says France is planning an imminent evacuation of people seeking to leave Niger after the coup last week in the former French colony. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the ministry said “an evacuation is being prepared” and that it “will happen rapidly.” The ministry in

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has amended three laws governing sexual harassment in a special session of the legislature, after a wave of #MeToo accusations hit the island in June. The changes approved Monday include higher penalties and longer periods for victims to come forward and report an incident to

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s profit for the first fiscal quarter jumped to 1.3 trillion yen, or $9 billion, hitting a quarterly record for Japan’s top automaker. Sales grew as the parts shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic eased. Toyota’s April-June net profit rose 78% from 736.8 billion yen the

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-led government reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in the Buddhist-majority country, state media said Tuesday. Former President Win Myint also had his sentence reduced as part of the clemency granted to more than 7,000 prisoners. But Suu

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan’s southwestern island of Okinawa, lashing the region with strong winds and high waves and forcing transportation to halt and stores to close. Slow-moving Typhoon Khanun is heading northwest with surface winds of up to 111 miles per hour. Hundreds of flights

By The Associated Press The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.25 billion after no one beat the odds Tuesday night and won the massive lottery prize. The winning numbers drawn were: 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and the yellow ball: 12. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, allowing