AP National News

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has rejected as “far-fetched and unprofessional” a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world. A foreign ministry spokesperson repeated accusations Friday that Washington carries out hacking attacks and complained the cybersecurity industry rarely

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeding agricultural producers and food businesses with millions of dollars in investments designed to improve markets, create and strengthen jobs, control food prices and improve nutrition. Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a visit to the Fresh Start Market in Manchester, New Hampshire on Thursday that

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and JIM SALTER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce the findings of a two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, prompted by the death of George Floyd. The investigation was launched in April 2021, a day after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in

PRAGUE (AP) — Lawmakers in the lower house of the Czech Parliament have agreed to tighten the country’s conflict of interest legislation to ban politicians from owning media, in a direct snub to former populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Lawmakers in the 200-seat house voted to amend the current law to prohibit media ownership for

LONDON (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer has proposed to his partner onstage in London, prompting raucous applause from the audience. As his performance at the O2 arena was drawing to a close Thursday night, the 65-year-old German composer asked his partner to join him on stage and then proceeded to declare his

By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The new blockbuster movie “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was abruptly removed from cinema listings in more than a dozen Muslim-majority countries without explanation, apparently over the inclusion of a blink-and-you-miss-it transgender poster in the background of one frame. Empire Entertainment, the Middle East

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder has died one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse. The Bahrain-Victorious team announced the news. The 26-year-old Mäder crashed on a fast downhill road approaching the end of the mountainous fifth stage into La Punt. The Bahrain-Victorious says

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have quite a bit in common as two populist iconoclasts in hot water after leaving the top office in their respective nations. But they are likely on different trajectories. Trump is the frontrunner for his party’s presidential nomination and stands a solid

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is poised to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The prince also will participate next week in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change. The French presidency said the talks are to focus on bilateral

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Demonstrators and civil rights groups in Senegal are accusing the country’s security forces of working with armed civilians who shot and killed several people who participated in recent anti-government protests. Amnesty International says at least 23 people died during clashes between the country’s between police and

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the United States and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries” in a meeting Friday with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates. Their meeting came ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a time of strained relations. The state broadcaster CCTV showed

By JARI TANNER and KARL RITTER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent’s north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect across the Nordic and Baltic countries and Scotland. A lack of rain and rising temperatures have led to dangerously dry conditions

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard launched its third and final day of a search Friday in the area where a large fishing boat crammed with migrants sank, with hundreds of passengers missing and feared dead. The round-the-clock effort continued off the coast of southern Greece despite little hope of finding survivors or bodies

By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — UNICEF says Sudan’s warring factions should better protect vulnerable children in the conflict zone, where hundreds of children have been killed and millions of young people “are trapped in an unrelenting nightmare.” The call from the United Nations children’s agency came after it announced that 330 children

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has commemorated the 70th anniversary of a popular uprising in the Communist east that was brutally crushed by its Soviet-backed dictatorship. Worsening economic conditions and political repression in East Germany had prompted months of protests that culminated in a call on June 16, 1953, for a general strike. The following

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ukraine on Friday as part of a delegation of African leaders and senior officials seeking ways to end Kyiv’s 15-month war with Russia. Ramaphosa’s press service said that he was met by a Ukrainian special envoy and South Africa’s

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has dismissed the country’s chief prosecutor amid public anger over his failure to tackle high-level corruption. The presidential press office said Friday that Radev signed a decree to remove Ivan Geshev from his post after the Supreme Judicial Council earlier this week voted to oust him for

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police say Indian soldiers have killed five suspected militants in a gunfight along the highly militarized de-facto frontier in disputed Kashmir. Police say the gunfight began early Friday after a joint team of police and army soldiers carried out an counterinsurgency operation in northwestern Kupwara district along the so-called Line of