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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan’s death sentence is a pivotal moment in Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive. The unusually harsh death sentence given to Lan Thursday has left the Vietnamese business community wrestling with an uncertain future. Analyst Nguyen Khac Giang says that the death sentence for

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Population estimates show international migrants were attracted to some of the largest, most urban counties in the U.S. last year. This migration often blunted population losses caused by locals moving out and helped urban centers recover from an exodus of residents and businesses at the height

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A copy of O.J. Simpson’s Heisman Trophy still sits in Heritage Hall on the campus of the University of Southern California, at least when it isn’t being displayed elsewhere along with the rest of the school’s large collection. Simpson’s jersey is still retired by USC

By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents. Reaching the United

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have voted to continue work on proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country. Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Members of the lower house of parliament, the Sejm,

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s health minister has resigned a day after a university probe concluded that she plagiarized part of her master’s thesis. Ingvild Kjerkol is the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic works. The 48-year-old Kjerkol has been in office since October 2021. Kjerkol is

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced an investigation into suspected Russian interference in June’s Europe-wide elections. He says his country’s intelligence service has confirmed the existence of a network in several European countries trying to undermine support for Ukraine. He said Friday that Moscow wants

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy. The planners envision a scenario in which hundreds,

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy. The planners envision a scenario in which hundreds,

ROME (AP) — Divers in northern Italy have recovered the last two bodies of workers killed by the explosion that collapsed and flooded several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant, bringing the death toll to seven. Officials said Friday that four other workers who were wounded in the massive blast are still hospitalized and two

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan. More

By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured. High costs also are preventing many from getting on another plan. That’s according to a survey of 1,227 adults by KFF. The health policy nonprofit also

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer OXFORD, England (AP) — Former Ireland President Mary Robinson says having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week’s European court decision, something warming-hit residents of the Global South long knew. In an AP interview, Robinson, who was the United Nations High Commissioner

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say four teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in Germany. Three of the suspects — two girls who are 15 and 16, and a 15-year-old boy — come from various parts of the western North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. Prosecutors said on Friday that they

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Official customs data show China’s exports contracted in March after growing in the first two months of the year. The decline underscores the uneven nature of China’s recovery from the pandemic. Exports in March declined 7.5% from a year earlier, while imports slipped 1.9%. Both

By CIARÁN GILES and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MADRID (AP) — British and Spanish foreign ministers met in Brussels for a new round of talks over the status of the disputed territory of Gibraltar following Britain’s exit from the European Union. In a statement later, they said the talks Friday were productive and significant progress

BEIJING (AP) — A former chairman of the China Everbright Group and ex-central bank executive has been indicted on bribery charges, part of a wider wave of prosecutions of senior officials accused of financial crimes. A statement from the top prosecutors office said Tang Shuangning, who also had held senior posts at the People’s Bank

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the Century” that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead brings renewed attention to the trial and the fascinating cast of characters who played a

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling sharply Friday after a mixed start to earnings reporting season. Worries about tensions in the Middle East also rattled financial markets, pushing investors to look for safer places for their money. The S&P 500 was 1.6% lower in afternoon trading and

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The “self-determination law,” one of several social reforms that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning coalition government pledged when it took office in