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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president has hosted an Israeli Cabinet minister for a late-night meeting, in a new sign of slowly improving ties between the sides. Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Sunday became the second top official to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas since the new Israeli government took office

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s four biggest parties have held a series of bilateral meetings to further sound out each others’ positions before deciding on further steps in forming a government. All parties insisted they had held “constructive” talks Sunday, but refused to discuss substance so as not to jeopardize the negotiations. Olaf Scholz of the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pandemic moviegoing is finally starting to look like pre-pandemic moviegoing. Sony Pictures’ Marvel sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” blew away expectations to debut with $90.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it easily the best opening of the pandemic. “Venom:

NEW YORK (AP) — A statue memorializing George Floyd in New York City’s Union Square Park has been vandalized. Police say video shows an unidentified person on a skateboard throwing paint on the statue at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday morning before fleeing. Nearby statues of late Congressman John Lewis and Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century. The findings are based on a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 different

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of Tunisians protested in Tunis and other cities this weekend in a show of support for President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power. His critics accuse him of a coup. Thousands stood on Tunis’ central thoroughfare Sunday waving the nation’s crimson flag and chanting “The people