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Germany’s air traffic control agency said Wednesday that it is diverting all flights away from the country’s busiest airport, Frankfurt, after a problem with Lufthansa’s computer systems caused major disruption at the German airline. Agency spokesman Robert Ertler said all plane parking spots in Frankfurt were full because passengers and crews are unable to board

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leader of Britain’s Labour Party says former U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who led the left-of-center party while it was stained by allegations of antisemitism, will not be allowed to run for Labour in the next national election. Keir Starmer said Wednesday the party had changed

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hyundai and Kia are rolling out software updates to stem a raft of auto thefts related to a TikTok challenge that authorities believe has led to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities. The updates are free for millions of vehicles that are missing a key anti-theft device,

By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers An Egyptian widow is struggling to afford meat and eggs for her five children. An exasperated German laundry owner watches as his energy bill jumps fivefold. Nigerian bakeries have shut their doors, unable to afford the exorbitant price of flour. One year after Russia invaded Ukraine

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skiing standout Mikaela Shiffrin had an unexpected parting with her longtime coach, Mike Day, during the middle of the world championships after informing him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season. “Mikaela wants to

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR’s next 75 years almost certainly will include at least a partially electric vehicle turning laps at Daytona International Speedway. It’s unfathomable to some, unconscionable to others. It’s unlikely the sanctioning body would make the transition without at least trying to keep the heart-pounding

LONDON (AP) — Nicola Sturgeon is expected to resign as first minister of Scotland, the BBC reported Wednesday. Sturgeon, who has led the country’s devolved government and the Scottish National Party for eight years, is expected to give a news conference later at her official residence, Bute House in Edinburgh. Her office declined to comment

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Electric car giant Tesla will, for the first time, make some of its charging stations available to all U.S. electric vehicles by the end of next year. It’s part of a plan announced Wednesday by the White House. Tesla’s decision will make at least 7,500 chargers from

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service says that, if confirmed, he will commit to not increasing tax audits on businesses and households making less than $400,000 per year. Biden’s nominee, Daniel Werfel, makes that pledge in prepared remarks for his confirmation hearing Wednesday

BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union has called on workers at seven of the country’s airports to go on strike Friday to press demands for inflation-busting pay increases. Verdi said Wednesday that the one-day walkout by civil aviation security and ground staff would affect the airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hannover and

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting. The survey, released Wednesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, goes beyond others that

By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of Ukrainian and Russian Olympic committees fought together as teammates at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in fencing for the post-Soviet Unified Team. They are now on opposite sides of the war that Russia is waging on

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to go on the offensive against Republicans by saying their policies would add $3 trillion to the national debt. Ahead of Biden’s remarks Wednesday to union workers in Lanham, Maryland, the White House issued a fact sheet that questions the GOP’s sincerity on

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian General Staff says Russian forces are still trying to punch through Ukraine’s defenses in eastern areas of the country, as Moscow’s invasion struggles to gain momentum almost a year after it began. Russian artillery, drones and missiles have been relentlessly pounding Ukrainian-held eastern areas

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding days after a cyclone. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Center tweeted that the quake on Wednesday was widely felt in the North Island. There

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press AKERNI, Albania (AP) — A new, multimillion-euro international airport near Albania’s coastal city of Vlora will mean hundreds of jobs for area residents. But environmentalists warn it could cause irreparable damage to the fragile ecosystems of protected lagoons that host flamingos, pelicans and millions of other migratory birds. Albania’s new,

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A defense lawyer says a court in northwest Pakistan has acquitted the parents of an exiled female human rights activist three years after the couple was arrested on charges of terror financing and sedition. The 2019 arrests of the activist Gulalai Ismail’s parents, Mohammad  Ismail and Uzlifat Ismail, had drawn widespread

By PIYUSH NAGPAL and CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning staff about the organization’s business operations in the country, some staff members said. BBC management told editorial and other staff members to work from home after they

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist is set to be sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in an attack fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online. Payton Gendron is scheduled to appear in Erie County Court, where he pleaded