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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official says the recent ruling from Poland’s constitutional court challenging the supremacy of EU laws is a threat to the bloc’s foundations. Addressing EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said she is deeply concerned by the ruling, which

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — After nearly seven years in China, LinkedIn says it will stop operating its localized version of the platform, replacing it with a jobs listing site. LinkedIn is the only major Western social media platform still operating in China. Others such as Facebook and Google pulled out

LONDON (AP) — Investment giant BlackRock says it is backing a new London-based research hub which will provide asset managers with information on how the companies they invest in are addressing the risk resulting from climate change. BlackRock said Tuesday it is joining the Transition Pathway Initiative, a London-based group that is already supported by

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will be a focus of European attention this week, with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki addressing the European Parliament. Leaders at a European Union summit are also expected to grapple with a legal conundrum created by a recent ruling by the Polish constitutional court. Some opponents

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — Young Sudanese men who escaped war in their country now spend their days in the French port of Calais, trying to jump onto moving trucks bound for Britain. Most attempts fail, but they’ve come this far and aren’t giving up. Politicians on both sides of the

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban is turning to the financial managers of the former government for help steering the nation’s battered economy away from the brink. Do your jobs, the Taliban told the experts, because we can’t. Officials from the Finance Ministry and the banks went back to

By RICHARD E. LAPCHICK For The Associated Press Richard E. Lapchick shares some of the backlash his family felt that was directed at his father for signing the first Black player to an NBA contract. Lapchick directs the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. His father, Joe Lapchick,

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists say a scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country’s Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders. Israel’s Antiquities Authority said Monday the man was on a weekend dive in northern Israel last Saturday when he spotted a trove of ancient artifacts that included anchors,

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a man is dead after falling from a hot air balloon in mid-flight. Police say the man, in his 20s, was a crew member who had been dangling from the basket when he fell Tuesday. The man’s employer said he fell from 50 meters (164 feet) up.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a strong earthquake has struck off the Turkish Mediterranean coast. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualties. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate said the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck 189 kilometers (117 miles) off the resort town of

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 would be a “great positive” for Australia if it can be achieved through technology and not a carbon price. Morrison plans to attend next month’s climate conference in Scotland but his government

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea, in what was likely a weapon designed for a submarine-based launch. The test firing would mark possibly the most significant demonstration of the North’s military might

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Political leaders in Australia says tennis players who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a visa to enter the country for the first major of 2022 at Melbourne Park. Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews has already introduced a vaccine mandate for professional athletes competing in domestic

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressional committee tasked with investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been ramping up its efforts in recent weeks. Lawmakers have issued subpoenas to nearly 20 individuals. That includes four of former President Donald Trump’s advisers and associates. The committee is looking

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys are slowly questioning potential jurors in Georgia who may ultimately decide the fate of three white men charged with killing a Black man, Ahmaud Arbery. Jury selection was set to resume Tuesday. Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked the first 20 jury pool members Monday about

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from neighborhood store clerk to warehouse floor-mopper to the highest echelons of the U.S. government. It was a trailblazing American dream journey that won Powell international acclaim and trust. It was that credibility Powell

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws. They are acting in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years — near-total abortion bans, voting restrictions, limits on certain protest activity, laws aimed at

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly to hold at least one of Donald Trump’s allies in contempt. That’s happening as the former president is pushing back on the probe in a new lawsuit.

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — European stocks are lower while Asian markets advanced as investors wait for U.S. corporate results to see how companies are coping with supply disruptions and the last quarter’s surge in coronavirus infections. London and Frankfurt declined while Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong gained. Wall Street’s benchmark

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic as an outbreak in its largest city grew and officials urged vaccinations as a way out of Auckland’s two-month lockdown. The 94 new local infections found Tuesday eclipse the 89 that were reported twice