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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Cosori is recalling more than 2 million air fryers sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico because their wire connections can overheat and cause a fire risk. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Thursday. The agency said consumers should stop using the air fryers immediately. The

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian anti-doping agency has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of Kamila Valieva. The court says the agency asked for the teenage figure skater to be punished with as little as a reprimand for a failed doping test and keep a team gold medal from

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he plans to present to other Group of Seven countries a set of “new ideas” for sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine when he hosts an online G-7 summit later in the day to mark the one-year anniversary of

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say a Nigerian federal lawmaker has been arrested after being caught illegally carrying nearly $500,000 in cash a day before the West African’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The arrest of Chinyere Igwe, a member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, raised fresh concerns about the influence

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A Texas county official says there are outstanding questions about the transportation and disposal of toxic wastewater that has been moved to a Houston suburb from the site of an Ohio train derailment. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says 500,000 gallons of wastewater from a fiery Feb. 3 derailment in

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television has offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity. An official interviewed by state TV’s English-language arm Press TV called it part of a “conspiracy” against Tehran amid tensions over its

By ANNIE MA Associated Press BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures of words that started with that letter: Yo-yo. Yak. Yacht. “What sound does Y make?” Scott asked a boy. Head down, he mumbled: “Yuh.” Instead of moving on,

By The Associated Press MARINKA, Ukraine (AP) — Although Friday marks the grim first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, fighting between Russian-backed forces and Ukrainian troops has raged in the country’s east since 2014. The town of Marinka is among those that have been reduced to rubble. It is in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A “people’s court” without legal powers has confirmed an indictment against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the crime of aggression in Ukraine and called for his arrest. The symbolic decision Friday came on the anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of its neighbor that triggered Europe’s

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia will raise development spending and plans new taxes for the wealthy in a smaller budget plan this year, as the new government seeks to balance between spurring economic growth and reining in the budget deficit. Three months after his election victory, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled a 386.1 billion

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish forces have killed the alleged planner of a deadly Istanbul street bombing, in an operation in northern Syria. The man, identified as Halil Menci, was “neutralized” in an operation by Turkish intelligence agents on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. A Syria opposition war monitor said a

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is announcing a new package of long-term security assistance for Ukraine. It’s marking the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion with a $2 billion commitment to send more rounds of ammunition and a variety of small, high-tech drones into the fight. The

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press VOULIAGMENI, Greece (AP) — European Union officials have pledged continued support to millions of Ukrainian refugees, as they marked the anniversary of the Russian invasion. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told the The Associated Press on the sidelines of a conference on migration near Athens that

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has rejected a farmer’s bid to force automaker Volkswagen to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2030. The farmer said in the case at the state court in the western town of Detmold that drier soil and heavier rains due to climate change are harming his

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home. Pakistan’s announcement Friday said Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani are likely to be reunited with their families soon. The U.S. Defense

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the two Palestinians wounded in the shooting early Friday were being treated at a

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese diplomat accused the U.S. consul general in Hong Kong of interfering in its affairs after he said the city’s freedoms were eroding and warned the American not to cross political “red lines.” Consul General Gregory May gave a video address last month in which

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries. It was an unauthorized settlement in the heart

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Quantifying the toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains an elusive goal a year into the conflict. Estimates of the casualties, refugees and economic fallout from the war produce an incomplete picture of the deaths and suffering. Precise figures may never emerge for some of the categories

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is particularly poignant for women who gave birth and men who became fathers a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, as bombs began to fall. Bringing forth new life just as the Russian onslaught snatched other lives away entwined