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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s main ruling party is leading in last week’s parliamentary elections with most of the votes counted. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress party however is short of securing a majority in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament. Deuba’s party has won

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali forces are still trying to flush out armed assailants who attacked a hotel in the capital more than 12 hours after the attack began. They have been battling with the militants since Sunday, with reports of gunfire heard Monday morning. Extremist group al-Shabab has claimed

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, says his experience has made him more determined to tell the story of people there. Kubota was arrested in July and released on Nov. 17

By DAKE KANG Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his draconian “zero COVID” program that will soon enter its fourth year. Demonstrators poured into

BEIJING (AP) — The government says a rocket carrying three astronauts to finish construction of China’s space station will blast off Tuesday. The China Manned Space Agency said the crew includes a veteran of a 2005 space mission and two first-time astronauts. It said the Shenzhou-15 mission will be launched late Tuesday night. Officials say

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Britain’s top envoy for the Indo-Pacific says Australia’s shift to nuclear-powered submarines will assure its South Pacific neighbors of the UK’s commitment to regional security. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the minister of state for the Indo-Pacific, told Australia’s National Press Club the submarines would provide to its Pacific

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Authorities eased anti-virus rules in scattered areas but affirmed China’s severe “zero- COVID” strategy Monday after crowds demanded President Xi Jinping resign during protests against controls that confine millions of people to their homes. The government made no comment on the protests or criticism of Xi, the

By LORNE COOK and STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST (AP) — NATO returns on Tuesday to the scene of one of its most controversial decisions, intent on repeating its vow that Ukraine — now suffering through the 10th month of a war against Russia — will join the world’s biggest military alliance one day. NATO

By YURAS KARMANAU, SAM MEDNICK and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Dr. Oleh Duda, a cancer surgeon at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, was in the middle of a complicated, dangerous surgery when he heard explosions nearby. Moments later, the lights went out. Duda had no choice but to keep working with

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Two people were rescued early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said the plane got stuck in the lines about 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground at around 5:40

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The city of Chesapeake, Virginia, has scheduled a candlelight vigil for Monday evening that will honor and remember the victims of last week’s mass shooting at a Walmart store. Six employees were killed and six people were wounded by a store supervisor late Tuesday night in the city of about 250,000

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heath officials say Pakistan has launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive amid a spike in new cases among children. Monday’s drive is the sixth such campaign this year and it will last for five days, aiming to inoculate children under 5 in high-risk areas. The latest anti-polio drive was launched in the

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white gunman who targeted a Buffalo supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood plans to plead guilty on Monday to killing 10 people and wounding three others, according to lawyers representing victims’ relatives. Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in Erie County Court for a

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life, grinding through the promises and proposals, cajoling and deal-making necessary to win over reluctant colleagues whose support he needs to become House speaker. Every new commitment from McCarthy can be seen as a potentially

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William and the Princess of Wales will be looking to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators when they make their first visit to the U.S. in eight years this week, a trip likely to be dogged by tensions with Prince Harry and his

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded in Asia on Monday, with Hong Kong briefly dipping more than 4% following weekend protests in various cities over China’s strict zero-COVID lockdowns. U.S. futures were lower after a mixed, shortened session Friday on Wall Street. Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts ran and ran and he ran so much that Green Bay couldn’t catch him as he raced his way into Philadelphia’s record book. Hurts outran the Packers and he eclipsed all the other fleet-footed Pro Bowl quarterbacks in Eagles’ history. Better than Randall Cunningham,

BEIJING (AP) — Final preparations are being made to send a new three-person crew to China’s space station as it nears completion amid intensifying competition with the United States. The China Manned Space Agency says the Shenzhou-15 mission will be launched late Tuesday night. Officials say the six-month mission will be the last “in the