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PARIS (AP) — Lost a very expensive diamond ring? Try checking the vacuum cleaner. That’s what employees of Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel did — and got lucky. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that a Malaysian guest of the hotel filed a police complaint Friday alleging that a diamond ring vanished from her room. The newspaper

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in the Belgian and German capitals to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The demonstrations on Sunday in Brussels and Berlin were the latest in a series of rallies in European capitals that have expressed support for Jewish communities. Previous marches in Paris

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say the pursuit of a suspected gunman ended in a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded. Officers were responding to reports of shots fired early Sunday when they saw a pickup truck occupied by a man believed to have been involved. The man drove off when they

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in wars and conflicts, but now for the first time it’s part of a peace deal. A long-time stand-off that had turned the choice for next year’s United Nations

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in its war with Russia. The visit is intended “to underscore the United

BERLIN (AP) — Several thousand people have demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish incidents following Hamas’ attack on Israel two months ago. Police estimated that around 3,200 people gathered in the rain in the German capital, while organizers put the figure at 10,000. Participants in the protest,

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes. In terms of his marketability, experts point to

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment. According to prosecutors in the state of Baja California, a half-dozen local and state

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Navy divers have recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan during a training mission. The Air Force CV-22 Osprey went down on Nov. 29 just off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan while

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively define Donald Trump in the public’s eye. It’s a strategy that’s aimed at reminding voters about the confrontational nature of Trump’s first term and laying out what could happen if the front-runner for

LONDON (AP) — A woman has been charged with four counts of manslaughter after two sets of young twins were killed in a fire that ripped through a London home in 2021. London’s Metropolitan Police say Deveca Rose, 29, has also been charged with child abandonment. She is scheduled to appear at Croydon Magistrates Court

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried. It’s unclear how the United Arab Emirates, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms, uses the footage it gathers across its extensive network.

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. The Democratic president has said he is

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Leaders from across West Africa say they now recognize the junta in power in Niger and are seeking a short transition period to civilian rule. The leaders announced this on Sunday after their meeting in Nigeria in a renewed push for respect for democracy across the

By TARA COPP Associated Press F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AP) — A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel. It marks the largest cultural shift in 60 years in the land leg of the Air Force’s nuclear missile mission. The Sentinel will bring 21st-century connectivity for all the service

By JARI TANNER and JAMES BROOKS Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy in her country. Ali and Kiana Rahmani, Mohammadi’s twin

By The Associated Press Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. It poses new uncertainty for advertisers,

By GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India, SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai,