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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says the Taliban will attend a UN climate conference for the first time since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency said on its official X account Sunday that a technical delegation has gone to Baku to participate. Afghanistan is the sixth most vulnerable

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports, officials reported. Meanwhile, a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine. This came after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a pact

Associated Press KURAKHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Set on Ukraine’s eastern front, Kurakhove is surrounded on three sides, with Russian forces just under 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the devastated city center. Yet between 700 and 1,000 local residents remain, most of them living in the basements of apartment buildings, without running water, heating or electricity.

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that

BEIJING (AP) — Indonesia’s new leader has called for collaboration rather than confrontation with China. President Prabowo Subianto made the remarks at a business forum in Beijing on Sunday after the signing of $10 billion in investment deals with Chinese companies. Subianto and Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier agreed to deepen ties, elevating security to

Associated Press As climate change leads to a seemingly endless stream of weather disasters around the world, countries are struggling to adapt to the new reality. Preparing to better withstand hurricanes, floods, heat waves, droughts and wildfires will take hundreds of billions of dollars. And then there is confronting the root cause of climate change

Associated Press LOST HILLS, Calif. (AP) — California farmers have been devoting more land to pistachios, which are seen as hardier and more drought-tolerant in a state prone to dramatic swings in precipitation. The nut has surged over the past decade to become the state’s sixth-biggest agricultural commodity in value, generating nearly $3 billion last

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign that the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared President-elect Donald Trump the winner in Arizona on Saturday night after vote updates in Maricopa and other counties added to his overall lead, putting the state out of reach for Vice President Kamala Harris. At the time the AP called the race at 9:21 p.m. ET,

SYDNEY (AP) — England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia. Botham, along with Hughes and a group of friends, was on a boat when the accident happened, resulting in some heavy bruising to his

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Democrat April McClain Delaney has narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional races. She defeated former Maryland State House member and conservative Republican Neil Parrott. McClain Delaney is a mother of four daughters and campaigned heavily on issues impacting women, including abortion rights. She previously worked

AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is suing the NCAA challenging its rules limiting the eligibility of former junior college players after transferring to a Division I school as “unjustifiably” restraining athletes’ ability to earn money under name, image and likeness rules. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for

Democrat April McClain Delaney won election to a U.S. House seat representing Maryland on Saturday. The 6th District seat in western Maryland was open after Democratic Rep. David Trone sought the state’s open Senate seat rather than a fourth term in the U.S. House. McClain Delaney served in the Department of Commerce under the Biden

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A soldier for Yemen’s exiled government has opened fire on Saudi troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom’s nearly decadelong war there. That’s according to officials who spoke Saturday. The assault in

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Eli Crane has won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. The freshman lawmaker defeated former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, who was vying to become the state’s first Native American representative. The Republican-leaning 2nd District covers a wide swath of Arizona including

Donald Trump won Arizona on Saturday, returning the state and its 11 electoral votes to the Republican column after Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. The win over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris marks Trump’s second in Arizona since 2016. Trump campaigned on border security and the economy, tying Harris to inflation and record illegal border crossings

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Judith Jamison, an internationally acclaimed dancer who later served as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for two decades, has died. She was 81. Jamison died Saturday after a brief illness in New York, surrounded by close friends, Ailey company spokesperson Christopher Zunner confirmed to The

Republican Rep. Eli Crane won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Saturday. Crane, a freshman lawmaker, defeated former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, who was vying to become the state’s first Native American congressman. The Republican-leaning 2nd District covers a wide swath of Arizona, wrapping in Prescott, Flagstaff, the eastern part of

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A 37-year-old man who police say stabbed five people in Seattle on Friday and possibly four others the day before made his first court appearance where a judge ordered him held on $2 million bail. The judge on Saturday found probable cause to hold him on five counts of first-degree