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By MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian reports say the Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian militant during a raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian Islamist group, claimed the slain man as a member. More

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets surged Friday after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by higher-than-forecast inflation numbers. Market benchmarks in London and Paris opened up more than 1%. Tokyo jumped 3.3% for its biggest one-day gain in seven months. Hong Kong and Shanghai also rose. Benchmark

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have instructed their respective energy authorities to immediately begin technical studies on a Russian proposal that would turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated the idea of exporting more gas through the Turk Stream gas

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press IRVINE, California (AP) — President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as he confronts a sobering inflation report in the waning weeks before midterm elections.Biden visited a community college in Irvine, California, to

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) — Designer Ralph Lauren went big for his first Los Angeles fashion show, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of casual luxury, with strong Western accents like cowboy hats and boots, against a setting sun at the grand Huntington Library, Art Museum, and

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief is dashing back to London for urgent talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss amid growing expectations that they will scale back unfunded tax cuts to calm financial markets and quell a burgeoning revolt by members of their own party. Kwasi Kwarteng left the International

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former power station on the bank of the River Thames that was left derelict for decades is opening Friday after a 9 billion-pound ($10 billion) redevelopment turning the south London site into a new attraction complete with shops, bars and hundreds of apartments. The coal-fired Battersea

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A pink diamond was sold for $57.7 million in Hong Kong on Oct. 7, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, fetched close to $5.2 million per

By SUNDAY ALAMBA and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press IGBO-ORA, Nigeria (AP) — Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Igbo-Ora. Local chief Jimoh Titiloye says nearly every family in the city has twins or other multiple births. For the  past 12 years Igbo-Ora has held an annual international twins festival. This

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says the Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Friday’s bloodshed was the latest in the deadliest round of fighting in the area in seven years. Israel has been carrying out nightly arrest raids

HONG KONG (AP) — In a story published October 7, 2022, The Associated Press reported that a pink diamond sold for $49.9 million at an auction in Hong Kong. The story should have made clear that was the “hammer price” and that the actual price was $57.7 million, including a buyer’s premium charged by the

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the long-ruling Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China’s most dominant

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. Madeleine Diouf Sarr, who chairs the Least Developed Countries group, told The

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk had barely begun speaking during a recent hearing when the Delaware judge presiding over Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk abruptly cut her off. “Skip the rhetoric and go to the meat,” Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick said bluntly. The judge’s tone

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — At least nine students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized. Police said four people — two students and two of the boat’s crew — were rescued following the accident Thursday night on the Mekong

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a carjacking victim was killed during a police pursuit of a homicide suspect in Los Angeles. The victim, whose name has not been released, became tangled in the vehicle’s seatbelt and was dragged for several miles during the chase Thursday. The stolen vehicle flipped after it collided with multiple

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says the Israeli military shot and killed two Palestinians during a raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Friday’s bloodshed was the latest in the deadliest round of fighting in the area in seven years. Fierce clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian militants

By LORI HINNANT, JUSTIN SPIKE and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — One building in the recaptured but devastated Ukrainian town of Izium is filled with those at the end of their lives. It reeks of unwashed sheets and unbathed skin and needs more heat to fend off the approaching winter. Despair weighs