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By BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merchandise. The owner says that until the Taliban takeover last month, he used to produce flags from all nations that had diplomatic

ROME (AP) — Italian police are investigating a Somali man for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two bus ticket controllers in the beach resort town of Rimini, then wounded three pedestrians as he fled. State radio said investigators have ruled out terrorism and think the 26-year-old asylum-seeker was under the influence of drugs during

BY COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to “break and smash” the human trafficking networks that smuggle migrants across the border from Turkey. Mitsotakis, in a news conference Sunday following his Saturday keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, also said, in response to a question

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Not long after 9/11, the Bush administration shifted its attention to Iraq, saying it was part of an “axis of evil” that pursued anti-American policies. In subsequent months, the U.S. asserted that brutal Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was armed with weapons of mass destruction

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer LULING, La. (AP) — Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19 disruptions when Hurricane Ida struck. Now many of them are missing school again. Nearly 170,000 public school students statewide have no school to report to. Top administrators promise that

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer LULING, La. (AP) — Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19 disruptions when Hurricane Ida struck. Now many of them are missing school again. Nearly 170,000 public school students statewide have no school to report to. Top administrators promise that

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — Maine potato growers are feeling optimistic with a solid crop awaiting harvest and reopening restaurants driving stronger demand. Growers are looking for something to cheer after a dismal 2020 in which crops withered from heat and drought, and some potatoes were given away. Don Flannery from the Maine Potato Board

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — A military procession has returned the body of a Marine who was among U.S. troops killed in a suicide bombing at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport to his Indiana hometown. The procession marked the beginning of memorial services for 22-year-old Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, of Logansport. Sanchez’s body arrived Sunday at Grissom

PARIS (AP) — Two French politicians have kicked off their presidential campaigns to become France’s first female leader in next year’s spring election. The far-right National Rally party’s Marine Le Pen and Paris’ Socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo, both launched their platforms Sunday.  Hidalgo, 62, mayor of the French capital since 2014, is the favorite to

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say two troops died after being attacked during cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq. The casualties take the weekend toll to four deaths. One soldier was killed by fire from “separatist terrorists” as his unit was leaving a base in northern Iraq on Saturday, according to the Defense Ministry, in

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary says authorities have decided not to require vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs and other crowded events in England. That marks a reversal amid opposition from some of the Conservative government’s supporters in Parliament. Minister Sajid Javid said the government has shelved the idea of vaccine passports for now

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Congressional Democrats have set out to pass ambitious bills with historic expansions of the social safety net and long-sought new programs. But that’s not how many politically vulnerable Democrats are selling them at home. For them, Washington’s spending boom has become a chance to deliver

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish political leaders have attended the beatification of two revered figures of the Catholic church in a Warsaw church. One is the cardinal who led the Polish church’s resistance to communism and the other is a nun who devoted her life to helping the blind. The