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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a military post in northwest Pakistan. At least seven soldiers were killed in the bombing and ensuing shootout. In a statement, it said the attack happened on Saturday in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Voting in the world’s largest democracy will stretch over seven phases, with different states voting at different times and results will

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething is currently Welsh economy minister. He beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Gething needs to

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders join the indirect negotiations since the start

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay. Both sides are optimistic that they will achieve a result next week. The GDL union has called drivers for Deutsche Bahn out on strike repeatedly in the

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police have arrested a suspect in connection with an early morning shooting at a bar that killed one person and injured five others. Indianapolis Metro Police Department Chief Christopher Bailey says Nicholas Fulk, 25, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder hours after the shooting at Landsharks on Broad Ripple

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season opener with the San Diego Padres in Seoul will provide “great memories” for him and his wife. The 29-year-old player spoke to media at a packed press conference room a day after he

By ELISE MORTON Associated Press A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine. Three others were wounded. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it thwarted attempts by “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups” to enter the Belgorod region. Also on Saturday, a

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Alexei Navalny’s team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin was frequently absent for long stretches after being arrested, assaulted, poisoned, or imprisoned. But when Navalny died suddenly in February at age 47 in a remote Arctic prison, his

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule. The election comes against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, and they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve with “unique biodiversity.” Now conservationists are planning a mass

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier. It is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and lawmakers held its first hearing this week.

By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Maine’s deadliest mass shooting. Army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, 2023. The main takeaways from the report released Friday are that

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. The storming on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The grandly colonnaded old city hall was designed by an Irish architect. A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel. Landmark towers and spires of Catholic churches built for Irish immigrants dot the skyline. New Orleans is well known for a culture

NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick’s Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York. The holiday commemorates Ireland’s patron saint

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Last month, when the wife of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada talked candidly about the abortion she had before the two met — and the long journey of regret and healing that followed — many Republicans welcomed it as a more compassionate

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was returning from church a week ago when he stepped out of his armored SUV onto the driveway of his Wilmington, Delaware, home on an important mission: He wanted to inspect the landscaping. The sprawling home on a manmade pond, three miles

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job. Then he started posting random jokes and commentary about pop culture and politics on TikTok. Just over 2.5 million

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in the United States, where parades take place in cities around the