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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The presence of a senior Iranian official at the investiture of Nicaragua’s president has angered Argentina, which alleges the official was involved in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the appearance of Mohsen Rezaei, the Iranian

MONTREAL (AP) — The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec says adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a financial penalty. Premier Francois Legault says that not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that. He said Tuesday

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that high inflation is a serious threat to the Fed’s goal of helping put more Americans back to work, and said the Fed will raise rates more than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices. “If we

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia, with four people on board including an infant all expected to survive. Upper Darby police Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said at a press conference Tuesday that rescue crews rushed to the crash near a church at

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says there’s no need to panic over the ultra-contagious omicron variant. Naftali Bennett said during a Tuesday night press conference that Israel is managing the wave in “the right and responsible way,” by keeping the economy open, protecting the most vulnerable Israelis

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility blamed for contaminating the Navy’s drinking water system. Rear Adm. Blake Converse tells members of Congress the Navy is making preparations to defuel the facility. After

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who helped take people to the hospital after a deadly New York City fire nearly overlooked his own brother in the aftermath of the blaze. Yusupha Jawara rushed to the scene Sunday in the Bronx. At the hospital, he saw a

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Bulgaria’s laws on secret surveillance breach the European human rights convention. The Strasbourg-based court was asked to evaluate Bulgaria’s 1997 surveillance law as well as the country’s criminal code. The court said Tuesday that the law “governing secret surveillance did not meet

By KATIE OYAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Native American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and support from foundations. A Media Impact Funders report found journalism-focused philanthropy quadrupled from 2009 to 2019. An increasingly diverse population

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president wants to add sections on climate change and environmental issues to the national school curriculum to enable students to learn more about the challenges the world faces from climate change. President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday launched a public debate over 141-page report at the

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The state-run National News Agency and a lawyer say a Lebanese judge has issued a travel ban for the country’s central bank governor. The move comes after a corruption lawsuit accused him of embezzlement and dereliction of duty during the country’s financial meltdown. The decision was the

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over autocracy.” But some civil rights groups won’t be there, in protest of what they

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during an arrest that ended in his death are scheduled to appear in federal court for a pretrial conference. Tuesday’s hearing in St. Paul could address a host of issues, including what evidence

ROME (AP) — Police in Italy have arrested a nurse on charges he faked giving coronavirus vaccinations to at least 45 people so they could get a health pass without actually getting the shot. The nurse ditched the vaccines in a bin and even put bandages on his “patients” so the scam would not be

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — J. Cole, Tool and Stevie Nicks will headline this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The four-day festival in Manchester, Tennessee, is set to return June 16-19 after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic and weather. Other performers include The Chicks, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, 21 Savage, Machine Gun

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Relatives of Cubans arrested during the largest demonstrations in decades on the island say that at least 57 protesters are scheduled for trial this week. Some reportedly face prison sentences of up to 30 years. The relatives say three collective trials are scheduled — in the eastern

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president says the country will hold a parliamentary election on April 3. The vote will decide whether right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban will keep power after 12 years in office. President Janos Ader made the announcement on the election date on his website Tuesday. April

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government says its vice president and six cabinet ministers have tested positive for the coronavirus and are in isolation. The infection for Vice President David Choquehuanca comes a week after he had received his first dose of an anti-COVID-19 vaccine. He’d been widely criticized for waiting so long to

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press Many top Nordic skiers and biathletes say crashes are becoming more common as climate change reduces the availability of natural snow, forcing racers to compete on tracks with the manmade version. Olympic and World Cup race organizers are already used to needing snow-making equipment to create a ribbon of white

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Susanna Mälkki could become the first woman music director of the New York Philharmonic since the orchestra started in 1842. CEO Deborah Borda won’t discuss her search to replace Jaap van Zweden, who leaves at the end of the 2023-24 season. Mälkki, a Finn who turns