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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Two swimmers have survived shark attacks this week at South Carolina’s most popular beach. Police say both were bitten in Myrtle Beach on the same day and a half-mile apart. One woman from Pittsburgh needed hundreds of stitches after she was bitten in the forearm in waist-deep water on Monday.

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian opposition war monitor and a paramedic group say a rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters killed at least nine people and wounded dozens. Friday’s attack on the town of al-Bab came days after a Turkish airstrike killed at least 11 Syrian troops

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appeared Friday before a parliamentary panel in the northern state of Hamburg to answer lawmakers’ questions about his handling of a tax evasion scam while mayor. Opponents have called on Scholz to provide more information about meetings he had in 2016 and 2017 with private bank M.M. Warburg

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera. That boat was the third crammed vessel to reach Kythera over two days, bringing a total 241 people to the island. Authorities raised the number on Friday. Located

The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities say a large wildfire burning out of control in Spain’s eastern Valencia area has become one of the country’s biggest wildfires of the year. The blaze has already scorched 19,000 hectares (47,000 acres) along a 137-kilometer (85-mile) perimeter. As the blaze raged for a fifth day Friday, 35

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combatting a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S. The Democrat is working to deliver on his campaign pledge to “heal the soul of the nation.” The White House announced Friday

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Taiwan is seeking to free more than 300 of its citizens lured to Cambodia by crime groups. They were promised high wages for technology jobs, but then were forced to work in call centers scamming mainland Chinese into making payments for non-existent government fees or

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan police have raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop, apparently detaining him and several other people holed up inside for two weeks. Friday’s pre-dawn raid came after Nicaraguan authorities accused Matagalpa Diocese Bishop Rolando Álvarez of allegedly “organizing violent groups” and inciting them “to

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials. He stomped on it. “I don’t like killing things. Not many people do. I’ll catch and release cockroaches if I find them in my apartment,” Nixon

By ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The conservation charity founded by Prince William, second in line to the British throne and who launched the Earthshot Prize, keeps its investments in a bank that is one of the world’s biggest backers of fossil fuels, The Associated Press has learned. The Royal Foundation also places

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to appear Friday before a parliamentary panel in the northern state of Hamburg to answer lawmakers’ questions regarding what he knew about a tax evasion scam when he was mayor of the city. Political opponents have called on Scholz to provide more information about meetings he

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian opposition war monitor and a paramedic group say a rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters killed at least nine people and wounded dozens. Friday’s attack on the town of al-Bab came days after a Turkish airstrike killed at least 11 Syrian troops

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland have arrested an 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000. Customs officers at Frederic Chopin airport decided to check the woman’s luggage Sunday after becoming suspicious of her itinerary and uneasy behavior. Packages with five kilograms (11

By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region says a fire at a munitions depot near the Russian village of Timonovo has led to the evacuation of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border. The governor said Friday there were no casualties in the late

The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities say a large wildfire burning out of control in the eastern Valencia area has become one of the biggest of the year in Spain, having already scorched 19,000 hectares (47,000 acres) along a 120 kilometer (75 mile) perimeter. As the blaze raged for a fifth day Friday, 35

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, who was once banned from the Philippines by former President Rodrigo Duterte, has met a long-detained Filipino opposition leader, whom he says was wrongfully imprisoned under Duterte and should be freed. Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and a group of U.S. legislators

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After working as an overnight security guard at a church in Harare’s impoverished Mabvuku township, Jeffrey Carlos rushes home to help his wife fetch water to sell. Prolonged water shortages mean most residents of the capital city of more than 2.4 million must source their own

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combatting a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S. The Democrat is working to deliver on his campaign pledge to “heal the soul of the nation.” The White House announced Friday that Biden