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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts are discussing ways to ensure that Ukraine does not come under attack from Russia again once the war is over. But Stoltenberg says NATO leaders are concerned about doing anything that might drag the organization

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In early June, Montrealers will line sidewalks, toot horns and pound drums as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic spaces of that bicycle-mad city. It’s not a race. Rather, the crowds will cheer on neighbors and strangers, some 20,000 of them in each of

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff, election officials said Monday, after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. The

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military chief says he is freezing all bank accounts of rival paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Force, or RSF. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan said on Sunday that the decision will target the RSF’s official Sudanese bank accounts as well as the accounts of all companies belonging to the group. For over

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “ must like pain a lot.” Then he promised he’d step down as soon as he found a replacement “foolish enough” to want the job. That person,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise. Vice said Monday that it has agreed to sell its assets to a consortium of lenders — Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital — in exchange

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has received its first shipment of U.S.-made HIMARS rocket launchers, part of an upgrade of its defenses amid security concerns due to the war in neighboring Ukraine. Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and military officials attended the acquisition ceremony Monday at an air base in Warsaw. NATO member Poland is spending

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth says he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more years. Limiting his car payments and his overall debt is a bigger priority for him than having a new vehicle.

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Despite our plans, life sometimes throws a curveball. Maybe you have to move quickly and can’t take everything, or you’re helping to clear out a family member’s home on a short timeline. Focus first on four things that need special handling: paperwork, photos, prescriptions and perishables. With those out of

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Government supporters in Pakistan are calling for the country’s top judge to quit for ordering the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose dramatic arrest last week sparked deadly nationwide clashes. Thousands are gathering in the capital, Islamabad, on Monday to protest outside the Supreme Court

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has met with Japanese business leaders and called for expanded technology cooperation between the countries, which he described as a key element in broader efforts to improve relations. Yoon has met twice with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have filed charges against four alleged members of a far-right group that aimed to kill left-wing extremists, following an investigation targeting several organizations. The four men were charged with crimes. including serious bodily harm, resisting and attacking police officers, disturbing the peace and violating Germany’s weapons law. Prosecutors

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova has sworn in a government of technocrats to lead the country to snap elections in September amid a political crisis. Ludovit Odor, the former deputy governor of Slovakia’s central bank and a respected economist, will head the 15-member Cabinet. Odor is not affiliated any political party. Caputova

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s presidential elections appeared headed for a runoff Monday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulling ahead of his chief challenger, but falling short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. The vote was being closely

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have fled Sudan to its northern neighbor Egypt, amid brutal fighting between Sudan’s military and powerful paramilitary force. The displaced arrive exhausted after days on the chaotic roads that lead them to the southern Egyptian city of Aswan. Typically a tourist

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive body raised its economic growth forecast, saying Europe had dodged a winter recession that was feared amid an energy crisis. But stubbornly high inflation is likely to keep hurting the economy by sapping people’s ability to spend. In a spring forecast Monday,

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Long before David Peralta was a veteran outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was an 18-year-old kid from Venezuela who didn’t speak much English playing minor league baseball in Johnson City, Tennessee. To call it culture shock would be quite the understatement. “Even little things,