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By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Qatar’s top diplomat says that experts are racing to reopen Kabul’s airport but warned it was not clear when flights would resume. Many are still desperate to flee Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders amid concerns over what their rule will hold. In

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has announced his new cabinet in which women form the majority, keeping most of his previous government’s officials but naming new finance and justice ministers. The new government has to be formally confirmed by parliament, which convenes Sept. 10, and until then members of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared a state of emergency in areas along Poland’s border with Belarus. The declaration Thursday follows a surge in illegal migration. Poland now becomes the third European Union member to impose a state of emergency in areas bordering Belarus — after

HELSINKI (AP) — Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has withdrawn from all public activities. The office of the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Thursday that the 84-year-old Ahtisaari “is receiving support for everyday life at home and occasionally spends periods of treatment in a

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say twin baby boys have been found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina daycare. Authorities say someone called 911 after finding the babies Wednesday at the Sunshine House Early Learning Academy on U.S. Highway 21 in the Columbia suburb of Blythewood. Richland County Coroner

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tiffany Haddish may seem like an unconventional choice for a Paul Schrader movie, but that’s just what he liked about the idea. Haddish co-stars in the “Taxi Driver” writer’s latest film, “The Card Counter,” as a gambling agent who hooks up with Oscar Isaac’s card

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous medications with high cholesterol, rising blood pressure and kidney trouble. Her daughter, a fitness coach, warned that she’d wind up an invalid if she didn’t turn things around. She did,

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest adventure for “Game of Thrones” actress Gwendoline Christie is the audiobook for one of publishing’s most imaginative storytellers, Brian Selznick. Selznick’s “Kaleidoscope,” the latest work from the author of “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” comes out Sept. 21 in hardcover, ebook and audio, which will feature Christie’s narration and

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state communications watchdog has warned Apple and Google that they could face fines if they fail to remove an app created by allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from their stores. The agency, Roskomnadzor, warned Apple and Google Thursday that their failure to remove

By JOHN SEEWER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A landmark settlement in the nation’s opioid epidemic is forcing the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to give up the company and pay out $4.5 billion. But many families of those who died from overdoses say it’s not enough. They’re upset that the Sackler family behind

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Parts of the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will reopen Saturday as firefighters make progress fighting wildfires in northeastern Minnesota. The Superior National Forest is lifting the full closure of the Boundary Waters and the Crooked Lake area near the fires in Canada. The closure had dealt a blow to