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BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has found a 28-year-old mother guilty and sentenced her to life in prison for the murder of five of her six children. German news agency dpa reported that the regional court in Wuppertal established the particular gravity of the crime in handing down its verdict on Thursday. In

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four-year-old Cleo Smith is back to her laughing, bubbly self as she plays in the backyard of her Australian west coast family home after being abducted from a camping tent more than two weeks ago. A 36-year-old stranger was charged Thursday with her abduction. Police visited

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. In a lengthy social media post, Peng Shuai wrote that

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s largest labor federation says stable work must be the top priority after the pandemic, which has hit women and other vulnerable groups the hardest. Tomoko Yoshino is the first woman to head Rengo, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In an

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians have gathered on the streets of Tehran for the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy. The demonstrators chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” in a commemoration that typically draws angry crowds. The embassy takeover triggered a 444-day hostage

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s largest pension fund says it has divested from 14 companies involved in producing nuclear missiles and other weapons. Oslo-based KLP manages more than 300 billion kroner, equal to more than $35 billion. The fund said Thursday that it made the decision after reviewing companies

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press SOULAINES-DHUYS, France (AP) — Nuclear power is a central sticking point as negotiators plot out the world’s future energy strategy at the climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. Critics decry its mammoth price tag, the disproportionate damage caused by nuclear accidents, and the radioactive waste left behind. But a growing pro-nuclear

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are rising, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will begin winding down the extraordinary aid for the economy it has been providing since early in the pandemic. Benchmarks in France, Germany and Britain are higher in early trading. Shares in Japan,

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is widely expected to raise interest rates in order to combat rising inflation, a move that is likely to make mortgages and loans more costly. Financial markets think the bank is more likely than not to raise its main interest rate Thursday from

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed a national budget for the first time in three years, avoiding a November deadline that would have brought down the new government and triggered another election. The marathon overnight voting on the 2021 budget bill in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, ended on

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo says its profit dropped 19% in the first half of its fiscal year. It had received a big lift in the previous year as people stuck at home by the coronavirus pandemic turned to its products. Kyoto-based Nintendo, which is behind

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control agency has reported the highest number of new infections with the coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Robert Koch Institute said Thursday that 33,949 new cases had been registered in the last 24 hours. That’s up from 28,037 daily cases a week

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, KATHY GANNON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press The Associated Press set out to examine the paths and mechanics of radicalization through case studies on two continents. One involves a 20-year-old man rescued from a Taliban training camp on Afghanistan’s border. The other is an Iowa man whose brother watched him fall sway

By JOHN FLESHER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MONTICELLO, Minnesota (AP) — Solar is a renewable energy source that can help wean the world off fossil fuels that produce climate-warming gases. But it also could benefit the environment and economy in ways not as well known. As panels spread across the landscape, the grounds around

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed a national budget for the first time in three years, avoiding a November deadline that would have triggered fresh elections. The marathon overnight voting on budget bills in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, ended on Thursday. It was a major hurdle for the

By WILL WEISSERT and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey narrowly won reelection in his reliably blue state while a Republican political newcomer delivered a stunning upset in the Virginia governor’s race. That’s sending a warning to Democrats that their grip on power in Washington may

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting a 33% jump in second fiscal quarter profit as it raised its full year forecast despite supply chain woes related to the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota Motor Corp. recorded a $5.5 billion profit for the July-September period. Quarterly sales rose 11%

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A former queen of Jordan says her son, Prince Hamzah, is still not free after having been put under house arrest by his half-brother, King Abdullah II, seven months ago. Queen Noor made the assertion in a tweet late on Wednesday, while marking the birthday of one of her granddaughters. Noor

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Urgent new efforts to calm Ethiopia’s escalating war are unfolding as a U.S. special envoy visits Addis Ababa and the president of neighboring Kenya calls for an immediate cease-fire while Ethiopia marks a year of conflict. Kenya’s president says the lack of dialogue has been particularly