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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States. Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics. He recently entered his country’s congress

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s long-serving, tough-talking leader, Hun Sen, says he is considering banning Facebook in his country, largely because he is fed up with the abuse he receives on it from his political foes abroad. On Wednesday, he suddenly announced he will no longer

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will begin her 24th appearance in the tournament against 2019 semifinalist Elina Svitolina. The draw at the All England Club also put two-time titlist Andy Murray against wild-card entry Ryan Peniston in an all-British first-round matchup. Williams is 43 and

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier and his son have been detained as part of an investigation into racism allegations at one of his former clubs. Nice prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme tells The Associated Press that Galtier and John Valovic-Galtier were placed in custody for questioning on Friday morning. Galtier is

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say seven people have died and another seven are missing after floods in and around the South African city of Durban. The Kwazulu-Natal provincial government says six people died in Durban and one in Port Sheptsone about 120 kilometers (75 miles) to the south of Durban. Authorities said

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the main rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, are scheduled to speak Friday at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a group that has fiercely opposed instruction related to race and gender identity in the nation’s classroom.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. children’s agency says close to half of Haiti’s people need humanitarian aid. That is an estimated 5.2 million people, including 3 million children. UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell also said Thursday that thousands of young Haitians face “staggering levels” of

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish police official says a 7-year-old child who fell overboard from a passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea and the child’s mother, who jumped into the water after her child, are both dead. A police spokesperson told the TVN24 broadcaster that it was impossible to save the lives of the

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey gets a thrill by preying on other men, a prosecutor told jurors during his sexual assault trial Friday in a London courtroom. Spacey is “a man who does not respect personal boundaries or space, a man who it would seem delights in making

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have resumed migration talks after Poland and Hungary blocked progress overnight. The two countries are fighting back after being outvoted by the majority on a major asylum reform decision earlier this month. Leaders left EU headquarters overnight with no results but a determination to

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says companies that create machines that make advanced processor chips will be required to have an export license before they can be sold overseas starting in September. The government said Friday that the new measure that was first announced in March, “is

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in Europe slid again in June but fell too slowly to offer much relief to shoppers grumbling over price tags. It also won’t stop more interest rate hikes that will raise the cost of borrowing across the economy. The European Union statistics agency said Friday that annual rate of 5.5%

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date back decades. Schools that have relied on race-conscious admissions policies to build diversity will have to rethink how they admit students. It’s expected to result

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say they have detained a Russian hockey player who competes in a top Polish league on suspicion of spying. The National Prosecutor’s Office said Friday that the suspect was arrested on June 11. It says he is accused of participating in an organized crime group and acting on behalf

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights shield him from the defamation claims of a New York columnist were rejected Thursday by a federal judge. The writer, E. Jean Carroll, can continue to press claims that Trump owes her at

By STEFANIE DAZIO and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriel Trujillo’s family says he was killed in Mexico during a research trip. The 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, was studying the common buttonbush to learn how the flowering shrub is native to Canada, the U.S. and Mexico has