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By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia’s income from oil sales, an idea the nations’ leaders had promised to explore in June. The aim is to reduce Russia’s revenues and,

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar says some heavy fuel continues to seep from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship off its shore. The government says that despite Thursday’s efforts to halt a slick, smaller amounts were still leaking Friday. The government says there are reports of small numbers of

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Danielle strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning — the first of an unusually quiet storm season. The storm is not currently a threat to any land. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 75 mph (120 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The storm is centered about

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA —

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat has sternly warned Washington against supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine. He noted that the U.S. is balancing on the edge of direct involvement in the conflict. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also pointed to Russia’s military doctrine that envisages the use of nuclear

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Judicial and law enforcement authorities were investigating Friday whether a Brazilian citizen who appears to have tried to assassinate Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández was a lone gunman or whether he was part of a larger organization. Fernando André Sabag

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday. The inventory reveals in general terms the contents of 33

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished. From coast to coast, members of the Christian denomination fanned out in cities and towns Thursday to

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top executive says the bloc’s electricity market is no longer working and has proposed a price cap on Russian pipeline gas. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that Europe’s priority is to save energy because reserves are scarce. She blamed Russian

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier was stabbed and wounded in the West Bank by a Palestinian assailant who was then shot and killed. The military says the attacker approached a group of soldiers on Friday and stabbed one of them before a soldier shot and “neutralized” the assailant. The Palestinian Health Ministry says the

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says Iran has once again briefly seized an American sea drone before letting it go. Tehran says its navy seized two drones before releasing them. A spokesman for the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet acknowledged the incident on Friday to The Associated Press. He declined to immediately

By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hours after yet another assessment by outside observers that China’s crackdown in its far-west Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stepped up to a podium to go on the offensive. “The so-called assessment you mentioned is orchestrated and produced by

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The mayor of Spain’s southern town of La Línea de la Concepción says an oil slick from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship off Gibraltar has reached a nearby Spanish beach. Juan Franco told reporters the slick was worrying but not a tragedy. The leakage

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed their hiring in August in the face of rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending, all of which have weakened the outlook for the economy. The government reported Friday that the economy added 315,000 jobs last month, down from 526,000 in

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Braemar Gathering, a popular Highland Games event, as she struggles with issues getting around. The 96-year-old monarch previously decided to formally appoint Britain’s new prime minister on Tuesday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she is vacationing, rather than return to London for the traditional ceremony

CAIRO (AP) — Seven people have been killed in tribal clashes that erupted in a restive province of Sudan. The state-run SUNA news agency reported on Friday that the fighting kicked off the previous day and left another 23 people wounded. A nightly curfew was imposed and gatherings were banned in the areas where clashes

By MOISES CASTILLO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018.

HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric close to the ruling Taliban. They say at least 23 people were hurt. The blast went off in a mosque in the western city of Herat during

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will travel to Indonesia and Singapore on his first overseas trip since taking office in June to strengthen security ties and discuss problems confronting the region, including strife in Myanmar. Philippine officials say Marcos Jr. will also fly to the United States this month to speak

HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric. They say at least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday noon prayers, the