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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have filed an indictment against a man who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and planned to carry out an attack in Germany on its behalf. The Iraqi national was arrested in June. The federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday he has now been formally charged with

KAZAN, Russia (AP) — China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies. The Kremlin hopes to turn into it a rallying point for defying Western influence in global affairs. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would work to bring more funds to community banks to help Latino men secure small business loans, while Republican Donald Trump’s economic roundtable aimed at Latino voters devolved into a tirade of insults against his opponent. Harris said in an interview

BEIJING (AP) — China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years. The 2018 agreement had been extended twice previously. It was an attempt under Pope Francis to bridge long-standing differences over control of the church in China. The Vatican’s relations

BERLIN (AP) — German police have busted a pizzeria in the western city of Düsseldorf that also delivered a side order of cocaine when customers asked for item number 40 on the menu. Police said it was one of the best-selling pizzas. The restaurant manager was arrested but upon release he began selling the pizza

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military says one of its airstrikes in early October killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to become the group’s next leader. Earlier on Tuesday the Israeli military leveled a building in a suburb of Beirut that it said housed Hezbollah “facilities,” sending smoke and

AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Had she wanted to, Michelle Chumley could have afforded a pricey new SUV loaded with options. But when it came time to replace her Chevrolet Blazer SUV, for which she’d paid about $40,000 three years ago, Chumley chose something smaller. And less costly. With her purchase of a Chevrolet

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene. It’s a sign of increasing violence against trans people in the country. Local police in the city of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province say the motive

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg. Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said at a news conference on Tuesday that the demand to move or shut the office violated a

Associated Press SIUMU, Samoa (AP) — People who live in villages along the Samoan coastline where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground, caught fire and sank this month are worried about their livelihoods and the future of tourism and fishing in the area as they prepare for the arrival of Britain’s King Charles III

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes barely budged after a quiet day of mixed trading on Tuesday. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1%. It was a tiny loss, but it still marked the first back-to-back drop for the index in a month and a half. The index fell

Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The sun was creeping over the horizon on a recent morning in Pennsylvania’s erstwhile steel country, but inside a house next to two radio towers, Victor Martinez stood with a microphone, ready to broadcast his views to thousands of Spanish-speaking listeners. “Señores, abran los ojos,” Spanish for “Gentlemen, open

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Georgia, nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the presidency. There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don’t. That’s four times the number of votes

Associated Press MACON, Ga. (AP) — Sabrina Friday scanned the room at Mother’s Nest, an organization in Macon that provides baby supplies, training, food and housing to mothers in need, and she asked how many planned to vote. Of the 30, mostly women, six raised their hands. Friday, the group’s executive director, said she tries

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House, with one candidate struggling to find just the right words to navigate its difficult cross-currents and the other making bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can quickly be set

Associated Press The owners of boba milk tea brand Twrl have a chance to pitch a pretty well-known investor, actor Simu Liu. It came after they posted a video in support of Liu calling out the white owners of a boba drink brand for cultural appropriation on “Dragons’ Den,” the Canadian version of “Shark Tank.”

AP Education Writer Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech — and the freedom to think, both central to university life. This semester, some of the

Associated Press PORTOBELO, Panama (AP) — At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the image of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they crawled for several hours along the street toward the image of the saint. It is one of the most striking