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By EMILIO MORENATTI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that has been erupting for six weeks has spewed more ash from its main mouth a day after producing its strongest earthquake to date. The Spanish Geographic Institute said the

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack down on “dirty steel” that leads to carbon emissions. It would also patch up a trans-Atlantic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. Biden and European Commission President Ursula

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new public safety unit goes to the city’s voters this week. The idea on Tuesday’s ballot has its roots in the abolish-the-police movement that erupted after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday. His reelection campaign has offered an opportunity to show he can raise millions as he seeks to elevate his profile at a national level. Suarez has gained name recognition for launching an

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau for the first time in 2020 to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper, when they actually exist in the real world. The technique is called differential privacy. It involves the intentional addition of errors

PARIS (AP) — Some 3,600 amateur runners faced off against Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge in a special race in the heart of Paris, as the city prepares to host the 2024 Olympics. The runners raced along the historic, cobblestoned Champs-Elysees, with Kipchoge starting off last. All those he failed to catch over the 5-kilometer

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Some people questioned during jury selection about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have said he was “racially profiled” by the white men who chased and shot him. Others have said he was singled out “due to his color” and targeted for being a Black person suspected

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.S. and European Union are celebrating a new agreement settling their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined the deal Sunday during the Group of 20 summit in Rome. In

BEIRUT (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Lebanese leaders to remove a Cabinet minister whose comments on the war in Yemen sparked a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia. The head of the country’s Maronite Catholic Church called for “decisive action” in his Sunday sermon, suggesting he wanted the minister to resign. Cardinal Bechara Rai said

TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan say a man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train car has stabbed several passengers before setting a fire. NHK television says at least 10 passengers have been injured, including one seriously. The attacker, only identified as a man in his 20s, was arrested and is being investigated.

MADRID (AP) — A 55-year-old man in eastern Spain has bled to death after being gored in the leg by a bull during a festival in which the animals are released into the streets. The town hall of Onda said that it would suspend the last day of bull-running after the man was gored on

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Exit polls show Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition is expected to keep a majority in a parliamentary election but will lose some seats in a setback for his weeks-old government grappling with a coronavirus-battered economy and regional security challenges. Public broadcaster NHK says Kishida’s Liberal

By SYLVIE CORBET and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have met privately to try to resolve an escalating dispute over fishing in the English Channel. But the two countries appeared farther apart than ever and gave starkly differing versions of the meeting’s outcome.

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has formally opened, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global warming. Following Sunday’s opening gavel, leaders from around the world will gather in Scotland’s biggest city

By NICOLE WINFIELD, DAVE MCHUGH and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have made a compromise commitment to reach carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. According to Sunday’s

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns in subways, airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people gather. The case the justices

By JAY REEVES Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to provide paid family medical leave are dealing with another disappointment in Sen. Joe Manchin’s home state of West Virginia. Jessi Garman was looking to get a job and also have a third child. But doing both at the same time doesn’t

By ZARAR KHAN and BABAR DOGAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party have reached an agreement to end a 10-day long  — at times deadly violent — rally calling for the closure of France’s embassy and the release of the party’s leader. Neither Pakistan’s foreign minister nor a

By NICOLE WINFIELD and KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies are working to finalize agreement on climate financing and a deadline for reaching carbon neutrality on the final day of a weekend summit in Rome. Diplomats say negotiators for the Group of 20 worked through the night and talks