AP National News

VIENNA (AP) — German police say a man has killed a woman with an ax in Berlin. Shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday’s, police were called to an apartment in Berlin’s Lichtenberg neighborhood. As they arrived, they saw a man striking a woman with an ax. Officers shot and killed the suspect, according to a statement

BERLIN (AP) — Germany will invest an additional 65 billion euros in a new round of measures aimed at easing the sting of inflation and high energy prices for consumers. The country’s governing coalition announced details of the plan Sunday. The new measures include additional one-time payments to help consumers cover energy costs, a price

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for years about his demise. The ceremony

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indians rallied on Sunday under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over soaring unemployment and rising food and fuel prices in the country. Gandhi accused Modi of pursuing policies benefitting big business

BEIJING (AP) — Cities in eastern China have suspended ferry services and classes and flights are canceled in Japan as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blows its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce winds and heavy rains. Shanghai grounded ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid

By BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — It was Bastille Day on the French Riviera. A lawyer was strolling with her mother, friends and a colleague along the beachfront boulevard in Nice to celebrate France’s national day. Four young sisters from Poland had spent a day of sightseeing. Two Russian

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Hamas authorities Sunday executed five Palestinian men convicted in separate cases of murder and alleged collaboration with Israel. The Interior Ministry said the executions meant “to achieve public deterrence and security,” but rights groups in the past have questioned fair-trial standards in the

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERGEN-BELSEN, Germany (AP) — Shaul Ladany survived a Nazi concentration camp and narrowly escaped the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Decades later the 86-year-old has returned to visit the two places where he narrowly escaped death. On Saturday he brought family members to the

BEIJING (AP) — Cities in eastern China have suspended ferry services and suspended classes as they brace for the arrival of Typhoon Hinnamnor. The storm is also impacting neighboring Taiwan, Japan and Korea. China’s largest city of Shanghai on Sunday suspended ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid with rescues and

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press WEED, Calif. (AP) — The fire-stricken Northern California town of Weed has long been seen by passersby as a whimsical spot to stop along Interstate 5 and buy an ironic T-shirt, but residents say they’ve grown edgy in recent years due to a new danger: Dark skies, swirling ash and

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans voted in a plebiscite Sunday on whether to adopt a far-reaching new constitution that would fundamentally change the South American country. The proposed charter is intended to replace a constitution imposed by the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago. For months, opinion

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for weeks, if not months. The

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA and BABA AHMED Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Three female soldiers have arrived home in Ivory Coast nearly two months after they were detained in Mali along with 46 others. Togolese Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Dusse, whose country has been mediating talks, says the three women have been “released as

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for at least a few weeks,

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a Tennessee woman who police say was abducted and forced into a vehicle while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus has offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. Memphis police have said 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher was last seen about 4:20 a.m. Friday. Police

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a British man has been charged in Greece with several offenses after his flight from London to Cyprus was diverted. One of the charges is a felony for allegedly endangering transportation and passenger and crew safety. The charges were pressed after the 22-year-old man faced a prosecutor Saturday.