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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court says it has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacks on Ukraine’s power plants. This is the third time the global court has accused senior Russian leaders of war crimes. There is

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 550,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the transmissions can unexpectedly downshift to first gear no matter how fast the trucks are going. The recall covers certain F-150 pickups from the 2014 model year. Ford’s F-Series pickups are the top-selling vehicles

PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in rural northern California are ordering evacuations due to a fast-moving wildfire threatening the community of Palermo. The town is near Paradise, where the state’s deadliest wildfire struck six years ago. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said Monday the fire covered about 1 square

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling its futuristic new Cybertruck pickup for the fourth time in the U.S. to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose, and failing front windshield wipers. The new recalls each cover more than 11,000 trucks. They were announced Tuesday in documents posted

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary. The deal to store 30,000 tons of grain was signed Tuesday by Norway’s agriculture and food minister and four

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have accused Microsoft of “possibly abusive” practices that violate the bloc’s antitrust rules by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software. The European Commission said it’s concerned the U.S. tech giant has been “restricting competition” by bundling

BERLIN (AP) — A group that tracks antisemitism in Germany says it recorded an overall increase of more than 80% in incidents last year, with well over half of the total coming after Hamas-led militants’ attack on Israel in early October. The RIAS group said Tuesday it recorded 4,782 antisemitic incidents in 2023, ranging from

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that the death toll in the attack by Islamic militants in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan has risen to 21 after a wounded police officer died in a hospital. In Sunday’s raid, militants attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala, in the

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said Tuesday that Modi’s visit is being prepared but he didn’t announce a date, saying that it will be done jointly later. Russia has had strong ties with India

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man who drove onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport with his 4-year-old daughter last year and was arrested after an 18-hour standoff of hostage-taking and other charges. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday. The drama started on the evening of Nov. 4.

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast’s largest city of Abidjan have left more than 20 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual volume in some cases. Flood-related deaths are not uncommon in the West African nation during the rainy season

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The historic ruling effectively puts

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s premier has defended open markets and the importance of green technologies for stabilizing global growth as he opened a forum with political and business elites in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang also criticized trade tensions and decoupling while seeking to reassure the participants that China’s

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn’t be supported. While often speaking in parables like many Iranian

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press NOWOGROD, Poland (AP) — Poland’s army has launched a program called “Holidays with the Army” to train young volunteers in combat. Nations along NATO’s eastern flank are strengthening their defenses while fearing that Russia could one day attack them if it prevails in neighboring Ukraine. A Polish military spokesperson says

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched membership talks with Ukraine a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of events that set the two neighbors on the path to war. Ukraine’s accession negotiations

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Japanese embassy in China says a man has been detained after a knife attack that injured three people at a bus stop in the city of Suzhou. The wounded include a Japanese mother and child. A Chinese woman on the bus intervened to stop the man

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing that Assange had left a London prison and was expected to plead guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act.

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound for Nvidia is helping keep U.S. indexes close to their records Tuesday. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading and edging closer to its all-time high set a week earlier. The rebound for Nvidia helped the Nasdaq composite climb 0.4% and