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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say four planes carrying aid for Pakistani flood victims from the UN refugee are arriving in this impoverished Islamic nation. Monday’s announcement by the Foreign Ministry comes as the country’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif traveled to the south where the flood has swollen a major lake,

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police say a train has collided with a vehicle on a railroad crossing in southern Hungary, killing five people. They said the accident occurred at a dirt road crossing around 6:45 a.m. Monday near the village of Kunfeherto. The driver of the vehicle and all four passengers died at the scene.

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of flights were grounded and more than 200 people evacuated in South Korea on Monday as Typhoon Hinnamnor approached the southern region with heavy rains and winds of up to 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, putting the nation on alert for its worst

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center said Northwestern Polytechnical University reported break-ins in June. The

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament speaker says jailed ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has sought a pardon from the nation’s king. Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun says a petition was submitted Sept. 2, less than two weeks after Najib began a 12-year jail term after losing his final appeal in August in a graft case

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military said Monday it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran. The bombers took off from

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Supreme Court is to rule on challenges to the presidential election in which Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner by a slim margin. Opposition candidate Raila Odinga has alleged irregularities in the otherwise peaceful Aug. 9 election that was marked by last-minute drama

NEW YORK (AP) — The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean carnival have once again made their presence felt on the streets of New York City. The West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Throngs of people lined the streets of Brooklyn, where one of the world’s largest

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain finally learns who its next prime minister will be on Monday after two months of political uncertainty during which energy prices skyrocketed and tens of thousands of workers went on strike. The governing Conservative Party plans to announce whether Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a swath of southwestern China on Monday afternoon. It isn’t immediately clear if it caused damage or injuries. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding county in Sichuan province at a shallow depth, which can potentially cause major damage. Sichuan is regularly hit by earthquakes, mainly in mountainous, lightly populated

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming. Gauff’s U.S. Open opponent, Zhang Shuai, covered both ears with her hands to shield them from

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai toll gate operator Salik says it will make an initial public offering on the city-state’s stock market, becoming the latest state-linked company to list. Salik plans to offer 1.5 billion shares, or 20% of the company’s worth, in a listing on the Dubai

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook part of southwestern China on Monday afternoon. It wasn’t immediately clear if there was damage. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding county in Sichuan province at 12:52 p.m., Xinhua news agency reported. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake was centered at a depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee You-mi of “Squid Game” along with Colman Domingo, Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane were best guest actor winners at Sunday’s creative arts Emmy Awards. The honors were announced at the two-part weekend ceremony, which on Saturday had yielded multiple trophies for the special “Adele:

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean leaders are trying to chart a fresh course toward updating the country’s dictatorship-era constitution after voters overwhelmingly rejected a progressive proposal that many felt went too far. The heavy loss is a a blow to youthful President Gabriel Boric, who’d backed the proposal,. He met

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An activist says he has again flown huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items and an anti-North Korea placard across the tense inter-Korean border despite the North’s recent warning of a deadly attack over his activities. Park Sang-hak says the 20 balloons launched Sunday carried thousands

REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched across the expansive province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history. The suspects also injured 15 people in the series of knife attacks