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Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Government leaders of Poland and Germany are holding consultations aimed at giving a new impulse to bilateral relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled with 12 ministers and government officials for the meeting

Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some Catholics who said it was blasphemous. The sculpture had been on view at the St. Mary Cathedral, Austria’s

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player and artist turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo has died. He was 57. His death was confirmed by Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club

Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed at least 116 people and injured scores, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with a Hindu guru known locally

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French opposition parties are making hurried deals to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections. She says her party would lead the government only if it wins an absolute majority, or close to it. The National Rally

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two foreign aid workers have been killed in eastern Congo when their convoy was attacked. Aid group Tearfund made the annoucement in a statement late Monday. The killings on Sunday are the latest in a series of violent attacks targeting aid groups and residents in the region. The violence

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In 2010 Britain’s Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost the election and handed power to a coalition government led by the Conservatives’ David Cameron. The global financial crisis in 2008, which led to the deepest U.K. recession in a century, saw Labour’s popularity took a dive. Though Labour ended up

Associated Press ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity

Associated Press HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs and upend the political

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency says it has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting cyclone ever recorded — at 36 days. Freddy topped the previous record held by Hurricane John, which struck Hawaii and lasted almost 30 days in the

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced 20 political analysts to prison terms of at least 10 years each after convicting them in absentia of conspiracy to overthrow the government and taking part in an extremist group. The analysts all live outside Belarus, but could be imprisoned upon returning to the authoritarian

Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Intelligence officials in Norway says that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China. The country’s domestic security agency said that the unidentified person was arrested Monday. The suspect will face a court hearing later Tuesday in Oslo. The agency, known by the

Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A powerful storm has swept through countries in the western Balkans after several days of sizzling temperatures, killing two people and damaging houses, pulling out trees and flooding streets. Heavy rain, hail and strong winds tore through Slovenia on Monday before pushing east to pummel Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government more than seven months after elections. Dick Schoof, former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office, signed the official royal decree at

AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is on the way down in Europe. That’s good news. But not good enough for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates just yet. The figure released Tuesday of 2.5% for June was down a bit from the month before. That’s well down from the peak

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The Democratic administration tries to encourage more technological innovation across the country, instead of allowing it be concentrated in a few metro areas such as