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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flying to a Group of 20 summit in Rome with one big goal. He hopes to persuade leaders of the world’s biggest economies to put their money where their mouth is at the U.N. climate summit in Scotland. Johnson wants to

By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — This year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow renews an urgent question to the international community: Can the world come together to confront the common enemy of global warming before it’s too late? World leaders will try to cajole each other into doing more to

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press World leaders are about to gather in Scotland to try to get global warming under more control. Two weeks of intense climate change negotiations start Sunday, and some leaders say humanity’s future is at stake. The risk of failure looms large. None of the United Nations’ three

By HUZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. wants to deepen its relationship with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by China, which has become a major point of conflict in the strained U.S.-China relationship. Sandra Oudkirk, the new director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy, reiterated the U.S.

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SALAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Residents of the little Afghan village of Salar are embracing stability now that the war is over. After being caught in the crossfire during 20 years of fighting, any issues they have with Taliban rule are secondary to peace. But many draw the line at one

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SALAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Residents of the Afghan village of Salar are embracing stability now that the war is over. After being caught in the crossfire during 20 years of fighting, any issues they have with Taliban rule are secondary to peace. But many draw the line at one point:

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have held an emotional debate on proposed legislation dubbed “Stop LGBT,” which would ban pride parades and other public gatherings deemed to “promote” same-sex relationships. The lawmakers are due to vote Friday on whether to reject or continue work on the proposal, which is

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wild winds in the city of Melbourne and across the Australian state of Victoria have torn off roofs, downed trees and left more than 450,000 homes without power. Energy manager AEMO says the damage was severe and warned that some customers wouldn’t have electricity over the weekend or even by early

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — No one has been charged in the killing of murderous Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison three years ago. Authorities have never officially publicly identified any suspects and many questions remain unanswered. Chief among them is why the

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Voters in the coastal city of Virginia Beach will decide whether to approve one of the larger municipal bonds in the nation that would be used to protect against rising seas and intensifying hurricanes. A vote on the $568 million bond will be held Tuesday.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHELLE L. PRICE and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is bracing for a worker shortage as its COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and tens of thousands of municipal employees remain unvaccinated. Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and most other city workers faced a 5 p.m. Friday

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s most populous county will once again be closely watched in Tuesday’s municipal elections. Some Republicans have been itching for a state takeover of Fulton County, which includes most of Atlanta. The Democratic stronghold struggled to deliver smooth elections during the early months of the pandemic last