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The Associated Press The bridge connecting Crimea and Russia carries heavy significance for Moscow, both logistically and psychologically, as a key artery for military and civilian supplies and as an assertion of Kremlin control of the peninsula it illegally annexed in 2014. It was built despite strong objections from Ukraine and is the most visible

LONDON (AP) — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, the coast guard and police were called to Traigh Mhor beach on the Isle of Lewis in northwest

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey ‘s lawyers enlisted the help of an A-list star Monday in his sexual assault trial, calling on Elton John and his husband to cast doubt on one of the Oscar winner’s accusers at the end of the defense case. John appeared briefly in the London

By COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would

By The Associated Press An attack before dawn Monday damaged part of a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine, forcing the span’s temporary closure for a second time in less than a year. Two people were killed and their daughter was

By JEFF AMY Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance. The 25% cut comes as a record 4.9 million people in the country of nearly 11 million need help with

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s new guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes. Some conservative sectors in the church are

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s prime minister says two lawmakers from the ruling party have resigned for failing to end their extramarital affair despite being advised to do so. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday that he had accepted the resignations of Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and lawmaker Cheng Li Hui as

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have issued precautionary evacuation orders at several seaside areas south of Athens as a mountain wildfire moved toward the sea. A second large wildfire also broke out in a wooded area near a resort west of Athens on Monday. Much of southern Greece is on the second highest

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press A biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful says he’d consider Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah among several possible conservative candidates should he get to nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court. Vivek Ramaswamy released a list of 16 people he’d name to either the high

LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black sheep amid a pattern of white ones headlines Sotheby’s online Fashion Icons sale in September. The 19-year-old Lady

BERLIN (AP) — The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested in 2019 for docking in an Italian port without authorization has been presented as one of a struggling German left-wing party’s top candidates for next year’s European Parliament election. The Left party on Monday unveiled Carola Rackete as one of its two

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say a small and rare tornado that swept briefly through a town in northwestern Puerto Rico damaged homes and caused at least one landslide. The U.S. National Weather Service said the tornado touched down in the coastal town of Aguada on Sunday afternoon.

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has criticized an upcoming stopover in the United States by Taiwan’s vice president and presidential front-runner William Lai as a challenge to its territorial integrity, while Taiwan says it’s merely a transit stop. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province and prohibits its diplomatic partners

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is running for the U.S. Senate. The Republican’s announcement Monday makes him the fourth Republican vying to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown. The GOP views it as among its best pickup opportunities of 2024. The 44-year-old LaRose is a