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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Moving quickly to assign blame, Russia on Monday declared Ukrainian intelligence responsible for the brazen car bombing that killed the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker over the weekend. Ukraine denied involvement. Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when

JERUSALEM (AP) — A bull that escaped from its pen has set off a panicked scene in the streets of a central Israeli city. The animal then ran into an office building and evaded capture for half an hour as it scampered through the hallways. Bank Leumi said the bull entered its offices in an

By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A prominent Israeli rabbi and spiritual political leader has died at the age of 91. Rabbi Shalom Cohen, who died on Monday in Jerusalem, was the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, one of two major ultra-Orthodox political parties in Israel. The rabbi was known for

LONDON (AP) — Cineworld Group says it’s considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and similar actions elsewhere. One of the world’s largest movie theater chains, which owns Regal Cinemas in the United States, said Monday that bankruptcy is one option it’s weighing to help bolster a business that has struggled to

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet. House prices are soaring, and homeowners have a lot of value built up between what’s left on the mortgage and what their house is worth. Still, there are reasons to pause before cashing out that equity. Not only do you risk foreclosure if you can’t repay, but you might also

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has ordered an investigation of domestic low-cost carrier Wizz Air over what it calls possible breaches of consumer protection laws. It is the second such investigation launched against an airline since June. The probe, ordered by Hungary’s Ministry of Justice, comes after the ministry

LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied a charge of fraud over his alleged failure to declare overseas assets worth more than 400 million pounds ($473 million.) Ecclestone, 91, entered a not guilty plea as he appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London for a brief hearing Monday. Prosecutors authorized a

By CLAIRE SAVAGE, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Traditional Indigenous foods — like wild rice, bison, fresh vegetables and fruit in the Midwest — are often inaccessible for Native families with low incomes in urban areas, and the recent inflation spike has propelled these foods even further out

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Latvia say they will tear down a Soviet-era monument on Tuesday that commemorates the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany. It comes a week after Estonia removed a similar landmark. Police have erected a yellow fence to cordon off the area near the monument which stands like a high-rise

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling across the river from Ukraine’s main nuclear power plant wounded four people Monday, an official said, hours after the latest international pleas to spare the area from attacks to prevent a catastrophe. Meanwhile, Russia blamed Ukrainian spy agencies for the car bombing on the

JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen Palestinians have flown to Cyprus from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad. Forty-three residents of the Palestinian cities of Bethlehem, Jericho, Ramallah and Nablus took off on Monday from the Ramon Airport near Israel’s

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has lauded Russia’s flag as a symbol of a country that is determined to defend its interests and remain loyal to traditional values. In a video address Monday marking National Flag Day, Putin did not mention Russia’s six-month-old military operation in Ukraine, but echoed some of the justifications cited

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has handed control of the national soccer federation back to its administration in an attempt to get a FIFA suspension lifted. India’s Supreme Court had earlier appointed a three-member committee to manage the affairs of the All India Football Federation and to conduct elections for new office bearers

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to release a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for several months to protest his detention without charge. The court rejected an appeal by his lawyer on Sunday calling for his immediate release due to his

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures declined Monday as investors looked ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve conference for signals about more possible U.S. rate hikes to cool surging inflation. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. Shanghai, the only major market to

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a landslide collapsed the ceiling of a Shiite shrine in central Iraq over the weekend and killed at least seven people, including a child. Rescuers were still trying to remove the rubble as they continued to search for survivors on Monday. The landslide struck the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court challenge to last week’s election result, asserting that the process was marked by criminal subversion and seeking that the outcome be nullified and a new vote be ordered. Odinga arrived to cheers Monday and helped

BEIJING (AP) — Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batter the region. Some shopping malls in the megacity of Chongqing have been ordered closed for most of the day to reduce

BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore’s decision to decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes. Although many places have decriminalized sexual acts between people of the same sex, only a