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By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s magistrate associations are calling for the country’s equality minister to resign after she accused judges of “machismo” for reducing prison sentences under a new sexual aggression law. The law made sexual consent, or a lack of it, a key determinant in assault cases.

By SETH BORENSTEIN, SAMY MAGDY and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Climate talks stalled late night Thursday on some major issues going into the final day, but possibilities for a deal were buoyed by an unexpected proposal on two of the thorniest issues by the European Union that involves a fund

By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.” The news of Abdel-Fattah was posted in a tweet by his sister Mona Seif after a visit to the prison by the activist’s mother, aunt and his

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades. That’s according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Such births remain uncommon. Among almost 4 million births in 2021, nearly 52,000 occurred at home. The

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street and Treasury yields are rising after more indications from the Federal Reserve that the central bank may need to raise interest rates much higher than many people expect to get inflation under control. The Fed has been raising rates aggressively in order to tame

BERLIN (AP) — A German man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists signed with the acronym of a neo-Nazi group. According to the German news agency dpa, a court in Frankfurt found the 54-year-old man guilty on a range of charges

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer The World Cup will sound different this year. Jacqui Oatley will become the first woman play-by-play commentator for U.S. World Cup telecasts. She will head one of Fox’s five broadcast teams for the tournament in Qatar that opens Sunday. Pien Meulensteen, Vicki Sparks and Robyn Cowen are among the

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The new CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX, who oversaw Enron’s bankruptcy, said he has never seen such a “complete failure” of corporate control. John Ray III, in a filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court for the district of Delaware, said there was a “complete absence of

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and sentenced them to life imprisonment. One Russian was

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, scored a U.S. House win in a strongly Democratic district Wednesday, handing the GOP control of the chamber and giving the party a rare reason to celebrate in a state dominated by Democrats. The conservative

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of British people face higher taxes and steeper energy bills after the government announced an emergency budget on Thursday aimed at restoring the country’s economic credibility and shoring up its battered public finances. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt promised to protect the

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 250,000 heavy duty diesel Ram pickups in the U.S. because transmission fluid can leak and cause engine fires. The recall covers certain 2020 to 2023 Ram 2500 and some 2020 through 2022 Ram 3500 trucks. All have 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines and 68-RFE transmissions. The company says heat

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A wartime agreement that allowed grain exports from Ukraine to resume and helped temper rising global food prices will be extended by 120 days, the United Nations and other parties to the deal said Thursday, a move welcomed by financial markets. The initiative established a safe

By SETH BORENSTEIN, KELVIN CHAN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — As international climate talks in the Egyptian desert go into its final days, the focus is on somehow erasing some countries’ lines in the sand on key issues. These include compensation for climate disasters, ending all fossil fuel use and

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee are demanding the firings and arrests of guards recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching the inmate in his cell. Lawyers and two sisters of Jarrett Hobbs, a 41-year-old Black man from North Carolina, spoke to reporters Wednesday in Camden County

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Turkey have agreed to a fresh start in ties. Relations between the former allies became icy under Netanyahu, who is expected to return to power in the coming weeks, after he forms a coalition government. Relations

By MICHAEL CASEY, JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA Associated Press TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — After Typhoon Haiyan’s towering waves flattened scores of Philippines villages, Jeremy Garing spent days helping with recovery from the historic storm that left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and inflicted billions of dollars in damage. “I keep helping other

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — In a courtroom packed with relatives of victims killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Dutch judge began reading the verdict Thursday in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian on trial for their alleged roles in the

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government was increasing the windfall tax on the profits of oil and natural gas companies in an emergency budget announced Thursday that was aimed at restoring the nation’s economic credibility and patching up its battered finances. Saying the U.K. faces

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday. Prosecutors said Smith was one of two men paid $1,000 each to kill Elizabeth Sennett on behalf of