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DÁNICA COTO PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday. The official, who was not authorized to speak about the issue

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Diplomatic sources say African Union-sponsored peace talks to resolve Ethiopia’s two year-long Tigray conflict will not take place as planned this weekend. They say logistical issues are partly to blame, and the format of the talks is not agreed upon. And a key facilitator, former Kenyan

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is contesting a downgrade of its rating by Moody’s Investors Service, insisting it has adequate reserves and financing to repay foreign debt even after the worst flooding in its history. The angry reaction from Pakistan on Friday comes a day after Moody’s revised Pakistan’s sovereign credit

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia have decided to slash the amount of oil they deliver to the global economy. And the law of supply and demand suggests that can only mean one thing: higher prices are on the way for crude,

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs, a solid figure that will likely keep the Federal Reserve on pace to keep raising interest rates aggressively to fight persistently high inflation. Friday’s government report showed that hiring fell from 315,000 in August

LONDON (AP) — A British trade minister has been fired by Prime Minister Liz Truss and suspended by the Conservative Party over allegations of misconduct. The government said Truss had asked Conor Burns to leave the government “with immediate effect” on Friday after “a complaint of serious misconduct.” The Conservative whips’ office said Burns had

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s election authorities are voicing concerns over widespread  problems at polling stations and reports of irregularities and vote-rigging in the general election last weekend. They have ordered ballot checks at over 1,000 polling stations and promised to investigate all potential failings before certifying the results of the vote.  The country’s central

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country. Nasreen Shakarami also said authorities kept

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is targeting a Malaysian wildlife trafficker and his transnational criminal organization for financial sanctions related to the illegal shipment of rhino horn, ivory and other specimens. The Treasury Departments says Teo Boon Ching engages in the “cruel trafficking of endangered and threatened wildlife and the

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $392 million Hong Kong

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During a getting-to-know-you dinner shortly after being named co-hosts of “Good Morning America” in 2009, George Stephanopoulos told Robin Roberts that he didn’t really want to do the job. Nearly 13 years later, they’re passed an improbable milestone without public notice. They’re now the longest-serving

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — By the time the red, white and blue-colored microphone had been switched off, the crowd of 3,000 had listened to hours of invective and grievance. “We’re under warfare,” one speaker told them. Another said she would “take a bullet for my nation,”

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Good news on the economy remains bad news for Wall Street, and stocks are falling sharply Friday on worries a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely. The S&P 500 was 2.7% lower in afternoon trading after the

By FRANK BAJAK and KELVIN CHAN AP Technology Writer President Joe Biden has signed an executive order designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. It promises strengthened safeguards against data collection abuses and creates a forum for legal challenges. Friday’s order builds on a preliminary agreement Biden announced

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Essentially unnoticed by the world, ABC’s Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos have reached a milestone on “Good Morning America.” They’re the longest-serving pair of hosts ever on any of the ABC, CBS or NBC morning news shows. Some individuals like Katie Couric and Matt Lauer

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Europe praised the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to activists standing up for human rights and democracy in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but authorities in Belarus are scorning the move. The peace prize this year went to Belarusian rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government says it has rescued about 130 Indian workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos after they were lured by agents for fake job opportunities in the information technology sector in Thailand. A spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry says some fraudulent IT companies appear to

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added a solid 263,000 jobs — potentially hopeful news that may mean the Federal Reserve’s drive to cool the job market and ease inflation is starting to make progress. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of increasingly aggressive North Korean missile launches this week, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on people and firms in Asia accused of helping North Korea procure fuel in violation of U.N. sanctions. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted two people and three firms

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mother of an Iranian teenager is disputing official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building. Nasreen Shakarami says her teenage daughter was killed by repeated blows to the head as part of Iran’s crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country. Shakarami also said