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By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s new guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes. Some conservative sectors in the church are

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions. The governor of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, announced the closure early Monday but did not specify the reason. News reports said local residents heard explosions before dawn, but there was

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As Tokyo plans to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Hong Kong’s Japanese restaurants and seafood suppliers are bracing for a slump in business under a potential ban by Hong Kong on aquatic products from 10 Japanese regions. Business owners fear the release of wastewater

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck deep in the Earth under Argentina and was felt in neighboring Chile, but authorities haven’t reported any damage. The quake struck at a depth of 106 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was in the province of Neuquen, in western Argentina,

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France (AP) — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — have been buoyed by generous rainfall and good water management this spring. After a prolonged drought last summer, then

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a modest gym in the heart of Kyiv, boxer Anna Lysenko dedicates long hours preparing for next year’s Paris Olympics despite the unsettling sounds of explosions booming outside. Lysenko already has Olympic experience, nearly winning a medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, but her

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy grew at a 6.3% annual pace in the April-June quarter, much slower than analysts had forecast given the anemic pace of growth the year before. Quarterly growth, the usual measure for other major economies, was 0.8%, according to government data released Monday, in

BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy grew 6.3% in the second quarter after near-stagnant growth a year earlier. It missed analyst expectations even as momentum is expected to weaken in the coming quarters. The 6.3% growth in gross domestic product from April to June was the fastest in the past year and outpaced the 4.5% growth

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi walked out from behind a curtain, took a few steps along a rain-slicked runaway set up over the field at Inter Miami’s stadium and headed toward David Beckham for a big hug. His journey was complete. Inter Miami’s wait was over. At

By JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during

By JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and a police officer wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland say two men have died in a shooting in a restaurant in the Polish city of Poznan. A spokesman for Poznan police, Andrzej Borowiak, said the incident took place in the hotel restaurant garden on St. Martin street, in Poznan Old Town, an area popular with tourists. Borowiak

By JOHN LOCHER, ADAM BEAM and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said. Temperatures in

By TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescuers have pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes across the country. A total of 37 people have died and thousands

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in Washington say six people were killed and three others were injured in a two-car collision Sunday morning in the city of Tacoma. Washington State Patrol says the survivors are in critical condition. The Major Accident Investigation Team is responding to the crash.

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Teamsters said Sunday that he has asked the White House not to intervene if unionized UPS workers end up going on strike. Negotiations between the delivery company and the union representing 340,000 of its workers have been at a standstill for more than