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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus says an alleged Ukrainian saboteur and more than 20 accomplices have been detained over an attack on a Russian war plane stationed in his country. President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday said a Beriev A-50 parked at the Machulishchy Air Base near Minsk was attacked on Feb.

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could speed up its economy-crunching hikes to interest rates if pressure on inflation stays hot. The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S. doesn’t change course, striking a combative tone at a moment when relations between the rivals are at a historic low. In his first news conference since taking office late last year, Qin’s

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — St. John Paul II knew about sexual abuse of children by priests under his authority and sought to conceal it when he was an archbishop in his native Poland, a television news report has alleged. In a story that aired late Monday, Polish channel TVN24 named

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military on Tuesday tentatively identified as one of its missing soldiers a man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video that circulated widely on Ukrainian social media and caused an uproar. The country’s chief prosecutor announced a criminal investigation into

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has presented a plan to mandate gender quotas in elected government bodies and companies’ executive boards on the eve of International Women’s Day. But the annual women’s march comes amid a political spat inside Spain’s ruling coalition over which of the two left-wing parties

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off the planet, after rocketing to the International Space Station last week. Sultan al-Neyadi assured Dubai’s ruler on Tuesday during a video call that he’s in good health. But he joked

By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Two Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. Two others who were kidnapped with them were found alive, with one wounded. Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said ambulances

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for the second state visit of his administration. The White House said Tuesday that Yoon will be joined by first lady Kim Keon Hee. A state dinner will be held April 26. The trip will mark

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could pick up the pace of its hikes to interest rates if pressure on inflation stays hotter than expected. The S&P 500 was 0.8% lower in morning trading. The

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army has raided the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, leading to a gunbattle that killed at least three Palestinians. Israeli military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss events still unfolding, say the army had entered Jenin to arrest suspects involved in

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift will receive the 2023 iHeartRadio Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards later this month, which will feature performances by Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Pat Benatar, Muni Long, Cody Johnson, Coldplay and Pink, who is this year’s Icon Award recipient. The Innovator Award

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch. The legal aid group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights says Bangkok’s Criminal Court ruled that the calendar for 2021 contained pictures of yellow ducks

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, officials said. The explosion occurred in Gulistan, a busy commercial area of Dhaka, fire department official Rashed bin Khaled said by phone. The building contained several stores selling plumbing products and

LONDON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in the grounds of a cathedral in central England. Experts from the University of Leicester said Tuesday that they found what appears to be the cellar of a Roman building and a fragment of a 1,800-year-old altar

ROME (AP) — Two Italian air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground, killing both pilots. Italy’s air foce said in a statement on Tuesday that the pilots were flying in an exercise when their light aircraft collided. The two U-208 aircraft crashed to the ground near the Guidonia military airport, located

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans. Volker Türk did not detail how his office plans to follow up on a critical

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism. The Central American country now lures world travelers with the promise that they can move between marine reserves and cloud

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Moscow has sentenced a student activist to 8 1/2 years in prison for social media posts criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine. Dmitry Ivanov was convicted on Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian army. That was made a criminal offense under a

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Activists say security forces broke up several of the demonstrations on Tuesday. Meanwhile, prosecutors started filing criminal charges against journalists, activists and others over their comments on the still-unsolved