AP National News

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — King Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust. Designed by Polish-Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, the memorial is made up of walls shaped to form four Hebrew letters spelling

Associated Press MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito. An FBI agent said the cause of death not yet been determined. Petito and her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, left in July on a cross-country trek in a converted van to visit national parks in

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — One of Sao Paulo’s biggest favelas is celebrating its centennial — a sign of the permanence and resilience of poor communities that were once thought of as temporary. Paraisopolis community leader Gilson Rodrigues says that authorities didn’t do much to help the local

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A new Southern Baptist Convention task force is overseeing a third-party investigation into how the denomination handled allegations of sexual abuse. The task force chair says the probe aims to uncover the truth so it can be dealt with. An investigative firm will look into accusations

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of devotees have packed the old palace courtyard in the heart of Nepal’s capital to celebrate the feast of Indra Jatra, marking the return of the festival season in the Himalayan nation after it was scaled down because of the pandemic. Kumari, a

BEIJING (AP) — State media says that a capsized river boat in southwest China has left at least 10 people dead, with another five still missing. CCTV said that the ship capsized shortly after it departed Saturday evening in Guizhou Province. Preliminary investigations suggest that the ship was blown over by strong winds. The tragedy

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days with President Joe Biden in their first contact since a major crisis erupted between France and the United States over a submarine deal with Australia. The French spokesman said Sunday that the phone call

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some 7,000 people have gathered in Ukrainian capital for the annual March for Equality in support of the rights of the country’s LGBT community. Participants announced eight demands for Ukrainian authorities, including legalization of civil partnerships for LGBT people and the creation of laws against LGBT hate crimes.  In a statement,

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections. Pacquiao accepted the nomination of his PDP-Laban party at its national convention on Sunday, saying that the Filipino people have been waiting for a change of government. The 42-year-old boxer added “I am a

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week to address the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses. He’s eager to make a pitch for greater global partnership at a time when allies are becoming increasingly skeptical about how much U.S. foreign policy really

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. Coverage for low-income people locked out of Medicaid because of political battles. Those are just some of the changes to health care that Democrats want to achieve with President Joe Biden’s

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home unless their jobs cannot be filled by men. The mayor on Sunday was detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers. In recent

By JONATHAN RODRÍGUEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma has erupted after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of residents. Lava flows have destroyed some isolated houses and threaten to reach coastal towns. Huge

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An official says gunmen have released 10 more students abducted earlier in July in north-central Nigeria. The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria said Sunday the gunmen collected a ransom three days ago. But they held back releasing 21 of the students who had been

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Peter has formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the system is centered about 630 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. Peter is expected to bring rain to the islands including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through Tuesday.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australia’s needs. France accuses Australia of concealing its intentions to back out of the contract and withdrew its ambassadors from

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a police constable guarding polio vaccination workers in rural northwest Pakistan. A senior officer said the attack happened in the village of Dhal Behzadi about 75 kilometers (47 miles) south of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Two men in their early 30s who were part of a mass migration wave to Europe in 2015 have hard-won advice for fellow Afghans arriving now after the Taliban’s takeover of their homeland. One slept on the streets of Paris during his early days in France and

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question. That is how to boost vaccination rates to the max and end a pandemic that has repeatedly thwarted efforts to control it. President Joe Biden has issued sweeping vaccine mandates in the

By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The bodies of Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group and a follower have been taken to a police hospital for further investigation after they were killed in a jungle shootout with security forces. The military has identified them as leader Ali