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MADRID (AP) — As officials Monday held ceremonies to commemorate the first anniversary of what was one of the most televised volcanic eruptions in Europe, Spain’s La Palma island is not the same, geologically, economically, or socially. A six-kilometer black lava scar remains as testimony to the three-month-long volcano eruption that left no casualties but

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November. The mission manager told a state-linked newspaper on Monday that the “Rashid” rover, named for Dubai’s ruling family, would be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida sometime in November. The exact date will be announced

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian security official says the Kremlin considers beefing up ties with Beijing as a top policy goal. Nikolai Patrushev is secretary of the national Security Council chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin. During a meeting in China with a top Communist Party official, Patrushev said

By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana police officer who was shot in the head during a traffic stop in August has died more than two weeks after she was removed from life support, authorities said. Richmond Police Department Officer Seara Burton died Sunday night at a Reid Health facility surrounded by her family, the

By ERIC TUCKER and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, according to the man’s family and U.S. officials. Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The three Baltic states neighboring Russia have closed their borders to most Russians, saying the move is to protect the security of the three European Union nations. The decision that takes effect Monday was reached earlier this month by the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Iran is facing off against the United States at the United Nation’s highest court over Washington’s confiscation of some $2 billion in Iranian assets to compensate bombing victims. Iran’s lawyers argued it was an attempt to destabilize the Iranian government and a violation of international

By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Bill Clinton says he is amazed by the massive response to the return of the Clinton Global Initiative. That’s the meeting of international leaders from politics, business and philanthropy set to gather in New York for the first time since 2016. Interest in the

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African American men who had been arrested for minor offenses — like stealing a hog — if they

By KARL RITTER and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian authorities denounced Monday as an act of “nuclear terrorism.” The strike followed warnings from Russian President Vladimir

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single spaceflight, has died at age 80. Polyakov’s record of 437 days in space began Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off to the Soviet space station Mir. While aboard Mir, he orbited

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American presidents usually make a splash when they travel abroad, holding the spotlight and quickly becoming the center of attention. Not this time. For U.S. President Joe Biden and other presidents, prime ministers and dignitaries, there were no red-carpet arrivals, no big speeches and no news conference

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban detainee held for years at Guantanamo Bay said Monday he was released and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan. Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban,

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — About 400 tourists who were stranded on a mountainside when a strong earthquake hit Taiwan have descended safely, as the island repairs damage caused by the quake. The 6.8 magnitude quake hit the island on Sunday afternoon, temporarily trapping four people inside a leveled three-story building, knocking a train from its

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares opened lower in Europe after a day of declines for most Asian markets, as investors braced for another interest rate hike this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Britain was observing a day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Germany’s DAX

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal challenges to the European Union’s decision to label investments in gas and nuclear power as green. European Union lawmakers in July voted to include natural gas and nuclear in the so-called taxonomy system, backing a proposal from the European Commission that