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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a much-needed summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Projections show that Germany’s unpopular governing parties sank to feeble results and the far-right Alternative for Germany made gains in Sunday’s vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition was the country’s strongest political force by a distance. The projections for public television showed support

By SHAH ABBAS Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials in Indian-controlled Kashmir say at least nine people have been killed after suspected militants fired at a bus with Hindu pilgrims, which then fell into a deep george. A police officer said some of the victims had gunshot wounds and blamed the attack on Muslim

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The government of the Central African Republic has suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in the country over alleged ties to armed militias. The government accused the Chinese mining company Daquing SARL of “intelligence with armed groups, illegal exploitation, illegal introduction of foreign

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say officers have arrested a man accused of killing two members of the minority Ahmadi community in separate attacks in the eastern Punjab province. Police said the arrest came a day after the suspect shot and killed two Ahmadis hours apart in Mandi Bahauddin, a district in the eastern

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — India was in a desperate situation, needing a moment or two of genius to defend a low total against cricket archrival Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup. Skipper Rohit Sharma gave the ball to Jasprit Bumrah, relying on his go-to pace bowler to take the wicket Sunday that would swing the

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing seven soldiers. The attack happened in Lakki Marwat, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, the military said in a statement on Sunday. No one claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media say a prominent Iranian whistleblower was arrested and sent to prison to serve a 13-month sentence after he was convicted of “spreading lies to disturb the public mind.” The state-run IRNA news agency reported that the Tehran prosecutor summoned Yashar Soltani and sent him to prison.

By ASHOK SHARMA, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken office for a third consecutive term. It may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power. His Hindu nationalist party failed to secure a majority to govern on its

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi and his Cabinet took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In an industrial suburb of Montreal, sheets of copper move along a conveyor belt suspended four stories above the floor of a foundry — a metals plant — until they drop into a lava-hot furnace. Next come pieces of discarded copper wire. One of the world’s largest

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The meeting comes at a fraught time in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Messengers — as voting delegates are known — will vote on whether to establish a constitutional ban on churches with women

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump rallied voters in the scorching heat of Las Vegas, at points telling his supporters to ask for help if needed and appearing irritable with the teleprompters that he said were not working. The presumptive GOP nominee’s campaign

By LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reached 15% or more in three approved national polls. One more, and he will have met one of CNN’s benchmarks to qualify for the debate June 27 with Democratic President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. But

By COLLEEN LONG, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a span of less than 48 hours this past week, first lady Jill Biden shuttled from a Normandy ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France to the front row of a Delaware courtroom, where Hunter Biden

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s away kit is a tribute to a much-loved and nearly century-old cartoon character, Tintin. Croatia’s shirt will not go unnoticed. Germany’s home is classic white but the away shirt is a bold pink and purple. Ahead of the European soccer championships starting June 14 in

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for humanitarian aid to urgently reach Palestinians in Gaza. During his Sunday noon blessing, Francis also thanked Jordan, which this week will host an international humanitarian aid conference for Palestinians. He also threw his support behind cease-fire proposals and urged Israel and Hamas to immediately accept proposals

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 274 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed, and hundreds more were wounded, in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire

By SUSIE BLANN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines. Kyiv’s main military intelligence service shared satellite photos it said showed the aftermath of the attack. If confirmed,