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Slovakia public broadcaster employees hold 3-hour walkout over government overhaul plans

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Employees of Slovakia’s public radio and television have staged a three-hour walkout to protest a contentious overhaul of their services. The protesters marched through the city on Monday to rally in front of the Culture Ministry. Critics say the plan would result in the government taking full control of the media.

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Palestinian DC chef and Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans win coveted James Beard Awards

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon won coveted James Beard Awards Monday at a red carpet awards ceremony in Chicago. More than 100 restaurants were finalists across 22 categories for the culinary world’s

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US envoy calls for Japan’s help to quickly replenish US missile inventory, repair warships

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan says the United States needs Japan’s help to quickly replenish missile inventory and repair warships as conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continue and Washington seeks to keep its deterrence credible in the Indo-Pacific. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel says it is clear

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Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It’s a risky bet

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and BARBARA SURK Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron called snap legislative elections after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and projected to garner less than half the support of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. He hopes that voters will band together to contain the far right in national elections

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Valencia fans who insulted Vinícius are first to be convicted for racism abuse in Spanish soccer

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Three Valencia fans have been handed eight-month prison sentences after pleading guilty to racially insulting Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior. It is the first conviction for racism-related cases in professional soccer in Spain. The fans, whose names weren’t released, won’t be allowed to enter soccer stadiums

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Italy’s Meloni will welcome the G7 summit fortified by an EU vote that shook French, German leaders

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts this week’s summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations as the most stable European Union leader. Meloni’s German and French counterparts were shaken by European Parliamentary elections that fortified Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy as the strongest in Italy, setting her

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Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access has entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Majority control of the battleground state’s highest court is at stake. Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford launched her campaign Monday to succeed

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US and Filipino forces end drills that tested their endurance in brutal heat and volatile weather

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine generals say that hundreds of American and Filipino troops have concluded a newly introduced war exercise in the northern Philippines. The drills tested their combat endurance in more than a week of brutal heat and volatile weather. The exercise braced them to respond

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