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By THOMAS ADAMSON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Police are out in force across France as protesters hold a fourth round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform the country’s pension system. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the course of the day in Paris, Nice, Marseille,

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province Saturday, snatched a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him, police said. Senior police officer Babar Sarfaraz Alpa said a man identified only as Waris had been in

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Drake could have offered Super Bowl week concertgoers just a few songs, but the rapper-singer instead delivered a healthy dose of his hits. The multi-Grammy winner had many jostling for position to watch him perform at “h.wood Homecoming” at the Scottsdale Hangar One on

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space corporation says that an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost cabin pressure, noting that the incident doesn’t pose any danger to the station’s crew. Roscosmos said Saturday that the hatch between the station and the Progress MS-21 had

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jet being towed on a taxiway collided with a bus at Los Angeles International Airport late Friday, injuring five people. There was no interruption to airport operations. LAX Airport said on Twitter that the jet was being towed from a gate to a parking area when it “made contact” with

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northwest Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail” — a wide range of needs that will require donations for months, or even years, after the rescue and recovery missions end. Among the worst in recent history,

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video interview released late Friday that it could take 18 months to two years

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judicial oversight commission has dismissed a complaint against a liberal-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who accused an attorney for former President Donald Trump of making racist contentions and trying to protect his “king” in a case challenging the 2020 election results in the battleground state.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he had successful sinus surgery at a Tokyo hospital. Kishida thanked medical staff and wrote in a tweet that he returned to his official residence on Saturday night. He says: “Difficult problems are mounting in and outside Japan right now. I

By JUSTIN SPIKE, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. The death toll, however, was approaching

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is celebrating the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid nationwide anti-government protests and heightened tensions with the West. Thousands of Iranians marched Saturday through major streets and squares decorated with flags, balloons and placards with revolutionary and religious slogans. The military put on display its Emad

MADRID (AP) — The trial of 49 alleged members of the Hells Angels bikers gang in the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, most of them charged with offenses linked to organized crime, has been adjourned to await a verdict, three weeks after the beginning of court sessions. Among the most prominent defendants is German national

By JUSTIN SPIKE, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and SUZAN FRAZER Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. The death toll, however, was approaching

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted. Modrow, a reform-minded communist, took over East Germany

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video interview released late Friday that it could take 18 months to two years

PARIS (AP) — France is bracing itself for a fourth round of nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform pensions, but strikes will not hit transport services this time, allowing trains and the Paris Metro to run. Protesters are expected in the hundreds of thousands. Earlier this week, French lawmakers began a rowdy

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans are fighting over who will lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years. Frustrations over two key election losses last year have ramped up the acrimony already roiling the party nationally. The Kansas Republican Party’s state committee was set Saturday to pick the

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 20 years ago riding a wave of public outrage toward the previous government’s handling of a deadly earthquake. Now, three months away from an election, Erdogan’s political future could hinge on how the public perceives

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a small coal-mining town on Ukraine’s eastern front line, a fight for strategic superiority is being waged in a battlefield steeped with symbolism as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears. The town of Vuhledar — meaning “gift of coal” — has emerged as a