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By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s justice minister is due to face a confidence vote in parliament. The vote was called by the opposition over the minister’s approach to the courts that is costing the country billions of euros in European Union funding. Zbigniew Ziobro is the author of controversial judicial

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — An Atlantic storm has slammed into the Iberian peninsula, leaving behind a trail of destruction. The damage was especially felt Tuesday in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, before the storm moved eastward into Spain. Portuguese authorities enlisted military units to help drain the floodwaters in Lisbon, a coastal city, a week after

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police in Wisconsin are seeking tips to help them solve the case of a bald eagle that was shot and injured. The adult male bird was found unable to fly Wednesday on private property in Franklin, a city in Milwaukee County about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Milwaukee. Eagles and their

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households. Consumer prices rose 7.1% in November from a year ago, the government said Tuesday. That was down sharply

By LEE KEATH Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Let’s be clear: They definitely wanted beer. So a group of guys from Nottinghamshire, England – veterans of boozy soccer matches back home — fumed when they discovered no beer would be sold until halftime of the Brazil-Croatia game at the main Doha fan zone, one

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Ghana $3 billion to try to get the West African nation’s debt under control and restore financial stability. The announcement follows IMF officials’ two-week visit to Ghana’s capital Accra, where they discussed support for the

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Mecca Patterson-Guridy wants to learn, but for some subjects, she isn’t always comfortable asking her teachers. So she has been turning to TikTok. Online, the 17-year-old high school junior in Philadelphia has found videos on social media platforms about protests over police shootings, civic engagement and

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest was braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions, while states farther to the south saw tornado warnings from a massive storm blowing across the country. An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake and two aftershocks have hit Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 4.9 quake was centered 22 miles north of Amlapura. Its shallow depth of 6 miles may have caused people to

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — China has advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul. The advisory appeared to be a setback for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers who

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors. An SEC complaint filed Tuesday alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried raised more than $1.8 billion from equity investors since May 2019 by promoting

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU energy ministers again are seeking to overcome deep differences on a natural gas price cap that many hope would make utility bills cheaper so people can stay a little warmer during harsh winter days. The ministers have been forced into five emergency meetings because they cannot

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for state and federal water administrators, tribal officials, farmers, academics and business representatives meeting about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River. The Colorado River Water Users Association conference, normally a largely academic three-day

By The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin has ditched his annual marathon news conference following a series of battlefield setbacks in Ukraine — a tacit acknowledgment that the Russian leader’s war has gone badly wrong. Putin typically uses the year-end ritual to polish his image, answering a wide range of questions on domestic and foreign

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Amnesty International says a failure by Morocco and Spain to properly investigate the deaths of more than 20 migrants at the border of Spanish enclave city of Melilla in North Africa in June “smacks of a cover-up.” The rights organization said Tuesday that there is evidence of

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be holding his annual year-end marathon news conference this month amid the war in Ukraine, a break in the long-held tradition that observers have attributed to the Kremlin’s uneasiness about a string of battlefield setbacks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Monday that Putin wouldn’t hold the annual news conference

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African lawmakers are to vote on whether to start impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020. The crucial vote on Tuesday comes after a damning parliamentary report alleged that Ramaphosa illegally hid