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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three people were fatally shot in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life as police special forces prepared to confront him. Authorities say the shooting occurred in the shipping company office in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the capital. Witnesses say the

By EDOUARD TAKADJI Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A search is underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad. Polish media reported the woman was volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital in the Central African nation when attackers pretending to be patients abducted her and a Mexican doctor. Dr. Carlos Solgado told The Associated

By SYLVIE CORBET, VANESSA GERA and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The governments of Poland, France and Germany vowed Monday to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine, amid concerns that former U.S. President Donald Trump might return to the White House and allow Russia to

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in a Super Bowl unlike any other. Here’s a look at a few topics that will linger in the aftermath: BEST SUPER BOWL EVER? This Super Bowl will likely go down as one

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods and Sunday red is no longer just a shirt. It’s a brand. Woods is starting a new year with a new look, announcing Monday evening an extended partnership with TaylorMade Golf to launch a lifestyle brand that will be called Sun Day Red.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Black smoke rose over Sweden’s second-largest city on Monday after a fire broke out at a water park under construction at one of the country’s biggest amusement centers. The blaze at the Oceana water park in the popular Liseberg amusement complex in downtown Goteborg spread across several water slides and a

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is getting a new president after former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb narrowly won a runoff vote. He will take over for the next six years in March. The presidency is the key post in this Nordic country and Stubb will steer its foreign and security policy,

COVENTRY, England (AP) — United States striker Haji Wright tricked his own teammate before outwitting the goalkeeper in an English league game. Wright plays for Coventry City in England’s second-tier Championship. He took part in an impromptu on-field game of rock, paper, scissors with teammate Callum O’Hare to determine who took a penalty in the

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A group of British lawmakers says a plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is “fundamentally incompatible” with the U.K.’s human rights obligations. Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights criticized a bill designed to overcome the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Rwanda

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Despite their rocky start, Argentine President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appear to have hit it off. They met Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. The Vatican said the two men met for an hour and

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace. Alper Gezeravci was greeted Monday by bouquet-laden children at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport on his returns from a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan closely

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An appeals court ordered the Dutch government on Monday to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violations of international law. A trio of human rights organizations brought a civil suit against the Netherlands in December, arguing

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing,

BERLIN (AP) — A partial rerun of Germany’s 2021 election in Berlin brought a decline in support for the governing parties and cost one of them a seat in parliament, but led to no significant overall change. The repeat election was held Sunday in 455 of 2,256 precincts in the capital, which account for only

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a New Mexico police officer has died after being stabbed by a suspect who was apparently shot and killed by a witness to the attack. The Las Cruces Police Department says Patrol Officer Jonah Hernandez was stabbed at least once Sunday afternoon after responding to a report of

By MUNIR AHMED and ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister on Monday defended the widely criticized delay in announcing the results of last week’s parliamentary election, saying authorities took only 36 hours to count over 60 million votes while grappling with militant attacks. Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar insisted that a “level playing field”

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jim Nantz and CBS producer Jim Rikhoff immediately felt they could be in store for the second overtime game in Super Bowl history after San Francisco kicker Jake Moody had his extra point blocked early in the fourth quarter, which kept it a 16-13 lead. That set the stage

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. In a report published on Monday,

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Search warrant documents show that a suspect in a trenchcoat who opened fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. The shooter was identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno, according to an affidavit seeking a search warrant released by