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By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has denied the bail requests of 14 detained members of a dissolved opposition party. They are charged with treason for taking part in nonviolent political activities over the past several years. A human rights worker says the court rejected the request

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year. That’s a total the nation has never seen. Experts say it’s tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply. Overdose deaths have been rising for more than

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused prosecutors of again withholding pieces of evidence, including an alleged interrogation of Pope Francis. The allegation brought the pontiff’s own role in a flawed London property investment back before a Vatican city-state tribunal. The court’s

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 5,000 police officers are in Athens to keep order as thousands of people gather for a rally to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising. Violence often marred the annual march to the U.S. Embassy in previous years as groups of anarchist demonstrators attacked police. The event went

MONACO (AP) — Russia’s doping suspension from track and field has been extended into a seventh year. The vote came at a congress of World Athletics officials. It follows an influential taskforce that cautiously praised Russian reformers and warned that not everyone is on board with the changes. Rune Andersen is the World Athletics official

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen Group is recalling more than 240,000 Audi vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because an electric cable problem can cause a computer to disable the passenger air bag. The recall covers certain 2017 through 2020 Audi A4, RS5, A5, S4 and S5 models. VW says in documents filed with the U.S.

The Associated Press Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, pulling the S&P 500 further below the record high it set last week. The benchmark index was down 0.2% in the early going Wednesday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were each down about 0.1%. Visa sank 5% after Amazon said it

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it received an application from Novavax to authorize the American biotechnology company’s coronavirus vaccine. In a statement on Wednesday, the European Medicines Agency said it had begun evaluating data submitted by Novavax for its two-dose vaccine. The agency says an expedited review process could produce a

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to five years in prison for his conviction on charges that rights advocates have decried as baseless and politically motivated. The court found former lawmaker Zyad el-Elaimy guilty of conspiring to commit crimes with an outlawed group. That’s a reference to the

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says an explosion hit a minivan in a Shiite neighborhood in western Kabul, killing one civilian and wounding three others. Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister for culture and information in the Taliban-led government, told The Associated Press that an investigation is continuing. He did not elaborate. No one immediately claimed

HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich. (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster, freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, says he feels “incredibly fortunate” to be back home in suburban Detroit. The 37-year-old Fenster was greeted by family and friends Tuesday night as he returned to Huntington Woods. He was sentenced last week to 11

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in a military-led government after top generals seized power last month. Gibreil Ibrahim, the finance minister of the deposed government, tells

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says a data simulation of its planned release of treated radioactive water into the sea suggests it would have an extremely small impact on the environment, marine life and humans. The Japanese government and the plant’s operator, Tokyo

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s national soccer team will wear “human rights messages” on their training clothes at next year’s World Cup in Qatar. Denmark earned a spot in the tournament last month. The Danish soccer federation says it has launched a series of “critical initiatives” in the wake of qualification. Qatar has faced criticism

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has met with the British military’s chief of staff at Windsor Castle, the first time she was seen carrying out a face-to-face engagement since she missed the national Remembrance Sunday service due to a sprained back. The 95-year-old monarch looked well as she chatted with Gen. Nick Carter at

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. fell 0.7% in October, a sign that builders are still facing difficulties keeping up with demand as supply chain problems persist. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that October’s decline put home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual

By AMY FORLITI, GENE JOHNSON and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has played out, moments of apparent deference to the defendant by the judge have struck observers as curiously different from other murder proceedings. At one point, the 18-year-old defendant stood behind the seated judge, Bruce Schroeder, and

CÁDIZ, Spain (AP) — Metalworkers are on strike for a second day in Spain’s southern city of Cádiz to demand a wage increase to cope with rising inflation in the country. Inflation has been driven higher by energy costs and stood at 5.5% last month. That’s the highest level in decades. Two police officers suffered

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense lawyers now get their turn in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutors rested Tuesday after eight days of testimony regarding the 25-year-old Black man’s shotgun slaying last year. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley told jurors they would

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe says the long-running beauty pageant being held in Israel next month shouldn’t be politicized. Contestants have faced pressure to drop out over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Andrea Meza, who holds the crown, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the contest was