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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week marked by uneasiness over the outlook for inflation and interest rates. Germany’s DAX gained 0.1% in early trading to 15,494.14 and the CAC 40 in Paris also was

BEIJING (AP) — Nearly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, new questions are rising over China’s potential willingness to aid Moscow in the drawn-out conflict. China has refused to criticize Russia for its actions or even to describe the invasion as such, in deference to Moscow. At the same time, it insists that the sovereignty

By ANDREW KATELL Associated Press Vladimir Putin says he learned from his boyhood brawls in his native St. Petersburg: “If you want to win a fight, you have to carry it through to the end, as if it were the most decisive battle of your life.” That lesson, cited in the most recent biography of

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea east of the country Monday in its second test launch in three days, prompting Japan to request an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council. The launches continue a tit-for-tat exchange that

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani border guards and Afghan Taliban forces have exchanged fire at a key border crossing in northwestern Pakistan. There was no immediate word on casualties on either side. Monday’s shootout happened a day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers shut the Torkham border crossing over Pakistan’s

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five people were shot, including a young girl, Sunday night during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans, according to the New Orleans Police Department. WWL-TV reports that in addition to the girl, the NOPD said that the victims included a woman and three men, who were all transported to

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for ”Space Battleship Yamato” and other classics, has died at age 85. His manga works “Galaxy Express 999” and “Space Pirate Captain Herlock” were adapted into television anime series in the 1970s and became huge hits in and outside Japan. He

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon. The delegation includes Reps. Ro Khanna of

By TIA GOLDENBERG and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government on Monday pressed ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, despite an unprecedented uproar that has included mass protests, warnings from military and business leaders and calls for restraint by the United States. Tens of thousands of demonstrators

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities are prepared to send a search mission near the crater of a restive volcano after they spotted the suspected wreckage of a small plane that went missing with four people on board. Two Filipino pilots and two Australians were aboard the Cessna plane that

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine aviation officials say they are investigating whether the wreckage of a small plane spotted near the crater of a restive volcano is that of a Cessna aircraft, which went missing over the weekend with four people on board. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the Cessna 340 took

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week marked by uneasiness over the outlook for inflation and interest rates. U.S. futures edged lower, while oil prices advanced. U.S. markets will be closed for a holiday Monday. China left

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley is swinging through Iowa this week fresh off announcing her presidential campaign. Her fellow South Carolinian Republican, Sen. Tim Scott, will also be here as he decides his political future. And former Vice President Mike Pence was just in the state courting influential evangelical

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster. The weapon was one of the 6,542

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a speeding passenger bus has crashed off a motorway and overturned in eastern Pakistan, killing 14 passengers and injuring 63 others. The crash happened overnight near the town of Kallar Kahar in Punjab province. A deputy commissioner, Quratulain Malik, said Monday that the the dead and injured had been moved

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jayson Tatum put on a record-setting show, and made Giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius. Tatum scored an All-Star Game-record 55 points on his way to winning MVP honors, and Team Giannis ended LeBron James’ hold on All-Star captain supremacy by beating Team LeBron

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said Sunday, and the fatalities could rise. Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that 35 died in the city of Sao Sebastiao and a 7-year-old girl

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said Sunday at least 26 people died in two cities in north Sao Paulo state amid floods and landslides and the number could rise. The city hall of Sao Sebastiao confirmed 25 people died and the mayor of Ubatuba said a 7-year-old girl was

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward Japan on Monday in its second weapons test in three days that drew quick condemnation from its rivals and prompted Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The weapons

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles and artillery shells toward its eastern waters. The firings Monday escalate animosities over U.S.-South Korean military drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal and that the allies say are defensive. The weapons