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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended sweeping war games involving troops from China and other nations in a show of force amid Moscow’s tensions with the West. The weeklong exercise in Russia’s far east that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and

BERLIN (AP) — A new report says Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in Ukraine. The Centre for Research on Energy and

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived at Queen Elizabeth II’s estate in Scotland to formally offer his resignation to pave the way for Liz Truss to succeed him amid an acute cost-of-living crisis facing the country. Johnson will finally leave office following a

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw has opened proceedings in a defamation case brought by Poland’s most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, against a journalist who publicly alleges the leader of the country’s ruling party is gay. Kaczynski is demanding an apology and a retraction from journalist Jan Pinski. Kaczynski did not show up

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government says it’s agreed to give an urgent credit line of $4.1 billion to power plant operator Axpo Holding. The idea is to help the company as energy prices soar in Europe and could endanger supply in Switzerland. The Baden-based company that has locations in 30 countries on three continents

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas. Footage circulating online Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked lobby doors following

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch agriculture minister has unexpectedly resigned following a tumultuous summer of protests by farmers over pollution regulations. Henk Staghouwer told reporters Tuesday he wasn’t suitable for the job. He had just negotiated a controversial agreement with the European Commission to scrap a Dutch exemption to manure spreading limits. The

GENEVA (AP) — Police in Switzerland say they have found 23 migrants packed into the back of a delivery van during a traffic check on a highway. The Italian-registered vehicle was stopped early Monday morning as it headed northward on the A2 highway at Buochs, near the central city of Lucerne. Police said that officers

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog has addressed Germany’s parliament about atrocities committed during the Third Reich. But Herzog did use his speech Tuesday at the Bundestag to praise the close and friendly relations that have emerged between the two countries since the end of the Holocaust. Six million

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Tuesday as Liz Truss prepared to become British prime minister and Europe wrestled with uncertainty about Russian gas supplies. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai and Tokyo gained. Benchmark U.S. crude rose more than $2 per barrel. The

By EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia have rallied demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue that has triggered past unrest. Members of trade unions, farmers, fishermen, temporary teachers and domestic workers protested in front of the parliament building

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss retailer Migros says that it’s launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules, which produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year. The cooperative said Tuesday that its spherical capsules, described as “coffee balls,” are fully compostable unlike the plastic and aluminum containers popularized by its rival Nestle under the

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson left his Downing Street office for the last time on Tuesday before heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation so Liz Truss can succeed him. The British leader, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, is

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during a firefight in the occupied West Bank. The violence erupted on Tuesday after Israeli troops demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed three Israelis in an attack earlier this year. The military said it demolished an apartment in