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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Six female former lawmakers and judges from Afghanistan have been received by Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after fleeing their homeland in the wake of the Taliban takeover. The three former lawmakers and three former judges arrived in September, assisted by Greek and international charities, and are expected to be resettled

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and South Korea say they will look to deepen ties in the face of regional security threats despite strained bilateral relations. Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke Friday by telephone with Korean President Moon Jae-in. Kishida had already spoken to other world

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — As three white men prepare to stand trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, many in the slain Black man’s Georgia hometown see the case as a reckoning for the local justice system. Arbery was chased and fatally shot in February 2020 after

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayoral candidates are talking about affordable housing, hoping to stave off a secession movement in a wealthy neighborhood and trading increasingly pointed jabs. But as in so many places across the country, the election is really about crime. Early in-person voting began this

BERLIN (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and biotechnology company BioNTech have requested to have their coronavirus vaccine licensed for children ages 5 to 11 across the European Union. If EU regulators agree, it would be the first opportunity for younger children in Europe to get immunized against COVID-19. Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday they have

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades this summer due to a lack of the small fish they eat. Puffins are seabirds with colorful beaks that nest on four small islands off the coast of Maine. There are about 1,500

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has consented to the extradition to the United States of ex-Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez’s former nurse, who is charged in Miami with money laundering. The court said in a statement that its magistrates consider that all requirements are met for the extradition of Claudia Díaz to proceed. The court

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are climbing again on Friday, as encouraging reports on the economy and corporate profits help Wall Street firm itself following a shaky few weeks. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in afternoon trading and is flirting with its best weekly performance since July. Better-than-expected profit

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lawyers for accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz say he plans to plead guilty to the 2018 massacre at a Parkland high school. The guilty plea would set up a penalty phase where the 23-year-old Cruz would be fighting against the death penalty and

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Cabinet minister says the Dutch government is planning a multibillion euro package to help households cope with soaring energy bills. The Netherlands is the latest European nation to seek to deal with the effects of surging prices for electricity and gas. The state secretary for economic affairs and climate

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Funerals have taken place across Lebanon for seven people killed in gunbattles on the streets of Beirut the day before. Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down for a day of mourning on Friday. The confrontations had erupted on Thursday over

LONDON (AP) — A Cambridge University college says it will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month. Jesus College said Friday that it would hand over the Okukor statue to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments in an Oct. 27 ceremony in Cambridge. British colonial troops removed thousands of artifacts from

By JO KEARNEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. The Essex Police force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin has filed a federal lawsuit alleging police did nothing to prevent the violence. Rittenhouse shot Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber and Gaige Grosskreutz during the protest in Kenosha

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s capital have clashed with police over what they perceived as an image insulting Islam that had gone viral over social media. Imagines purportedly showing a copy of the Quran — Islam’s holy book — at the feet of a statue in a Hindu temple in eastern

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says a Russian warship has prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. The ministry charged that the Russian navy’s Admiral Tributs destroyer came as close as 60 meters

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A bus transporting oil refinery workers tipped into a sinkhole in the center of Greece’s second-largest city as storms continue to batter the country, damaging roads, closing schools and causing the deaths of at least two people. Authorities said all 15 people on the bus in Thessaloniki were unharmed. Hundreds of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police and media reports said that a Conservative lawmaker was stabbed during a meeting with constituents in eastern England on Friday. A man has been arrested. The Essex Police force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea just after noon Friday. It

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers are meeting to tackle who needs boosters of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine and when. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday also will examine data suggesting that booster of a competing brand might provide better protection. The

The Associated Press Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday, setting the market up to end the week on a strong note after a sluggish start. The S&P 500 index was up 0.5%, adding to its gains from a rally a day earlier when it had its biggest increase since March. Small-company stocks did