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By BEN FINLEY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer: Pay raises. Signing bonuses. Lower-priced health care. Yet the workers overwhelmingly

By THOMAS ADAMSON and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, has died at 88. His death was confirmed Monday by his lawyer’s office.

By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died after spending 39 years in a coma. He was 73. In a poignant tribute, PSG called him the club’s “glorious elder.” Adams has been lying in a coma at his home in the southern French city of Nimes

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend use of a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. In a statement Monday, the EU drug regulator says it is considering whether a third dose of the vaccine should be given six months after

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jordanian soldier killed in the 1967 Middle East war has been laid to rest in a military funeral in east Jerusalem. The extraordinary scene on Monday pointed to improved ties between Israel and Jordan after years of tensions. The soldier’s remains were discovered last month during construction work at Ammunition Hill,

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The U.N. AIDS agency has acknowledged in an internal email last week that the behavior of a former senior staffer toward women was “unacceptable” and was tolerated by an organizational culture which allowed misconduct. It was the latest development of a sexual harassment scandal that led

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency mission has arrived in Japan to help prepare for a decades-long release into the ocean of treated but still radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The three-member team will meet with officials in Tokyo and travel to the Fukushima Daiichi

By PAUL WISEMAN and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Joe Sobol, owner of Big Easy Construction in New Orleans, has bad news for homeowners who’ve been calling about roofs damaged by Hurricane Ida. The job will cost a lot more than usual — and take much longer, too. Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast —

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament has approved a state of emergency declared by the president, who says it is needed to control food prices and prevent hoarding amid shortages of some staples. Opposition lawmakers say the emergency declaration isn’t needed because other laws can be used to

By GISELA SALOMON, MARCOS ALEMAN and CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Several countries have dabbled in cryptocurrencies, but none has gone so far as El Salvador. It’s adopting Bitcoin as an official currency on Tuesday. The Central American nation is betting it will spur the economy and increase money sent home by