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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong customs officials say they seized about 220 pounds of methamphetamine that was hidden inside an industrial device being sent from Mexico. They say part of the device, an electromagnetic separator that removes metal particles from other materials, was hollowed out and contained crystal meth

PARIS (AP) — The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed. It’s a Phrygian cap. The soft bright red cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity. It’s also known as a liberty cap. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine police chief says law enforcers have killed 46 drug suspects and arrested more than 22,000 under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., figures he says shows efforts to avoid lethal force. Marcos Jr., who took office in June, has vowed to press on with his predecessor’s

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their first in-person meeting Monday since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing economic and security tensions between the two superpowers as they compete for global influence. Xi

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press YUZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian media are reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the newly liberated southern city of Kherson. The presidential office said it could not immediately confirm that Zelenskyy had travelled to Kherson and he himself had said Sunday on Facebook that he was in his

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will soon meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first face-to-face talks between the nations’ leaders in five years. Albanese said he would meet Xi on Tuesday on the Indonesian island of Bali on the sidelines of the G-20

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — African nations want to increase how much money they receive from schemes that offset greenhouse gas emissions and are looking for ways to address the issue at U.N. climate talks currently underway in Egypt. Carbon offsets, where polluters can effectively cancel out their emissions by paying

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was taken to the hospital after suffering a health problem following his arrival for the Group of 20 summit in Bali, multiple Indonesian authorities said Monday. Russia’s top diplomat arrived on the resort island the previous evening ahead of the

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks declined while Europe opened higher Monday as optimism about lower U.S. inflation competed with unease over a rise in Chinese virus cases. London and Frankfurt gained. Shanghai and Tokyo retreated while Hong Kong rose. Oil prices were little-changed. Investors were encouraging by lower U.S.

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Police have detained a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister said Monday, adding that initial findings indicate that Kurdish militants were responsible for the deadly attack. Six people were

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish officials in northern Iraq say at least one person was killed in renewed Iranian attacks in the region. The officials say at least eight people were wounded on Monday in the Iranian strikes targeting Iranian Kurdish opposition bases. The casualty number is expected to rise. Iran’s

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia issued a warning to students to shelter in place late Sunday night following a report of shots fired on the campus. The university’s emergency management issued an alert on Twitter at 10:42 p.m. of an “active attacker firearm.” The UVA Police Department has posted a notice online

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press YUZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russian forces of having committed “the same atrocities as in other regions of our country” before they were forced to pull out from the strategic southern city of Kherson and its surrounds. In his nightly video address on Sunday, Zelenskyy

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Where just last week there was fear in Kherson, now there is an abundance of joy. That emotion is bursting out even though there is no power, no water and barely any cellphone coverage in the southern Ukrainian city that was liberated in the last few

By WANJOHI KABUKURU and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press ARCHERS POST, Kenya (AP) — Generations of East Africans have tapped groundwater in the desert to survive in parched lands. Droughts are worsening due to climate change. Some want groundwater to ease the region’s water woes. Experts urge thoughtful use of this resource to ease water shortages.