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BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday called comments by President Joe Biden describing Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.” The new clash of words comes just over a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that sought to break the ice in a relationship that

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s powerful conservative ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is reentering the government as the only deputy prime minister in the Cabinet. The move Wednesday gives him an enhanced position as the country heads toward a general election this fall. Kaczynski is the head of Law and Justice. That’s the party that

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Diplomats from dozens of countries are meeting in London to drum up funds to rebuild Ukraine. That’s a mammoth task whose cost is estimated by the World Bank at more than $400 billion — a figure rising daily alongside the human toll of the 16-month war. U.S.

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The parents stood by side-by-side wearing signs offering free hugs at Warsaw’s Pride celebration last weekend. One after another, young gay and transgender people accepted the warm embrace of other people’s parents. Agata Misiorna, the mother of a transgender son, wore a T-shirt in rainbow colors

By GENE JOHNSON and ROBERT JABLON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Documents show the company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed by the way the vessel was developed. With five people aboard an

LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that consumer price inflation across the U.K. is unchanged at 8.7% in the year to May against expectations for a modest decline, a development that is set to see the Bank of England raise the cost of borrowing again. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that rising prices

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press BATTIR, West Bank (AP) — Generations of Palestinians have worked the terraced hillsides of this West Bank farming village southwest of Jerusalem, growing olives, fruits, beans and exquisite eggplants renowned across the region in a valley linked to the biblical King David. But residents fear their ancient way of

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Inmates had complained for weeks they were being threatened by gang members at a women’s prison in Honduras. The gang fulfilled those threats, slaughtering 41 women, many of them burned, shot or stabbed to death. President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday’s riot at the prison in the

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The US Coast Guard says a Canadian aircraft has detected underwater noises during search for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. As a result of the noises detected by the Canadian P-3 aircraft, search efforts have been relocated.

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump faces a 37-count federal indictment and the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence if convicted, House Republicans are using a special counsel’s report to renew their argument that federal law enforcement is tainted by political bias. John Durham, who recently completed

BY AAMER MADHANI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No one would mistake them for best of friends. But U.S. President Joe Biden, the son of blue-collar Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who rose from tea seller’s son to premier, have developed a relationship based on mutual respect of their

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats, already anxious about President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, are seeking to downplay — or ignore altogether — revelations that the president’s son has entered into a plea deal with federal prosecutors over tax offenses and a gun charge. And as Democrats dodge, former