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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In-person early voting begins in swing state Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots. The opening of the in-person voting period Tuesday marks the beginning of the final

By The Associated Press Ukraine’s presidential office says at least four civilians have been killed and 10 others wounded by the latest Russian attacks. A statement Friday says Russian troops again fired on several towns facing the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River. Russian attacks have damaged residential buildings and power lines,

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s ruling emir has lashed out at criticism of his country over its hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, describing it as an “unprecedented campaign” targeting the first Arab nation to hold the tournament. Qatar has faced scrutiny since winning hosting rights for the World Cup over a decade ago,

BERLIN (AP) — German and European Union leaders have gathered experts to start work on what they describe as a “new Marshall Plan” for the rebuilding of Ukraine. Tuesday’s long-planned one-day conference in Berlin comes as Russia has stepped up attacks targeting Ukrainian infrastructure. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who co-hosted the meeting with European Commission

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have shot and killed a police officer assigned to guard a polio vaccination team in volatile southwestern Baluchistan province. Tuesday’s attack took place in the district of Pishin. A senior police officer says the polio workers escaped unharmed and the two attackers fled

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 13 people have died across Bangladesh as a tropical storm hit the country. Officials and news reports said Tropical Storm Sitrang crossed Bangladesh’s coast early Tuesday after triggering moderate to heavy rains throughout Monday. Most of the deaths were due to falling trees, but others drowned or died under

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated home to Islamabad. The minister says a plane will bring Arshad Sharif back on Tuesday evening. Sharif was killed on Sunday night

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Tuesday in Asia as markets remained jittery over the outcome of a Communist Party congress in China, where key reformers were excluded from the highest ranks of ruling party leadership. Hong Kong’s benchmark failed to hold onto early gains after a 6.4%

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv Tuesday for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, a trip that comes amid Moscow’s unsubstantiated warnings of a “dirty bomb” attack as the conflict enters its ninth month. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after arriving that “it

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police have arrested a woman who tried to force her way into the presidential palace in Jakarta by pointing a gun at a guard. There are no reports of injuries among the security forces. An official says a presidential guard saw the unidentified woman standing near a guard post outside

LONDON (AP) — A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain’s failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region. Tuesday’s hearing at the High Court in London is believed the first time

By LUJAIN JO and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Where to sleep? It’s among the biggest questions facing fans traveling to tiny Qatar for the World Cup amid a feverish rush for rooms in Doha. Some will sleep on cruise ships. Others will camp in the desert. Others will fly in from

By MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second-largest city, blowing up a bomb lab and engaging in a firefight, the military said Tuesday. Five Palestinians were killed and 20 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the self-governing island democracy won’t back down to China. She compared China’s growing aggression to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tsai’s comments follow the conclusion of the twice-a-decade congress of China’s Communist Party at which it added a line “resolutely opposing and deterring” Taiwan’s independence into its

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities allowed a major airport to partially reopen to international and domestic flights Tuesday despite the damaged Korean Air plane stuck in the grass near the runway after a near-tragic accident over the weekend. The airport on Mactan island in Cebu province, the country’s second-busiest, is reopening from sunrise to