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GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive branch says it favors changes to copyright law to require large online service providers — including social media platforms and search engines — to pay media companies for use of journalistic content, even small excerpts. The Federal Council announced Wednesday that it’s opened a four-month examination of a proposed legal

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt ceiling negotiations are locked on a classic problem that has vexed Washington before: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to roll back federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not. Time is short to strike a

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 fighters in the drawn-out battle for Bakhmut, with about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the eastern Ukrainian city. The figure

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has held a ceremony marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine, as Tokyo seeks to provide equipment that can be of broader military use than its earlier shipments of helmets and hazmat suits. The donation, which also includes 30,000 food rations, comes

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president says he will award the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team the State Cup at his official residence after a chaotic scene by fans disrupted the original trophy ceremony. Thousands of Beitar Jerusalem supporters charged the pitch after the team’s 3-0 win against Maccabi Netanya on Tuesday evening, before the trophy ceremony.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban government’s foreign ministry says the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria have been repatriated. Bulgarian police discovered the bodies in a secret compartment below a load of lumber in the back of a truck left on a highway not far

By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Summer can be an expensive time to travel. Though it’s usually best to pay with cash for any nonessentials, like a vacation, there are financing options available if you don’t have the funds to cover your travel expenses outright. Credit cards, “buy now, pay later” options for travel and vacation

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year. It’s an option described as “madness” by Russia’s top sailing official. The World Sailing governing body says races next April

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has defended its ban on products from U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. in some computer systems after Washington expressed concern. The dispute adds to strains over technology and security. The foreign ministry said the security review of Micron products was “conducted in

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures fell Wednesday as the U.S. government crept closer to a potentially disruptive default on its debt. London and Paris both opened down 1.5%. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong also declined. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1.1% on

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in Oslo with the Norwegian armed forces saying it gives them “a unique opportunity to further develop cooperation and work more closely with our most important ally, the United States.” The nuclear-powered ship USS General Ford entered the Oslo fjord on Wednesday escorted by a

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Scientists say that sea urchins in Israel’s Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea are dying at an alarming rate, threatening the sea’s prized coral reef ecosystems. The massive die-off first began in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, from where it speared to the neighboring Red Sea.

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces shot down “a large number” of drones in Russia’s southern Belgorod region, a local official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow announced that its forces crushed a cross-border raid in the area from Ukraine. The drones were intercepted overnight over the province, Belgorod Gov.

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which caused energy and food costs to surge. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the consumer price index dropped to 8.7% in

Miran Shah, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan killing two soldiers, one policeman and a civilian. The attack on Wednesday happened in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan and is a former stronghold of the militant Pakistani Taliban. Rehmat Khan,