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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — People are protesting in the streets of Dutch cities to call for an end to the government’s ban on large music festivals. Thousands of people attended one of the “Unmute Us” marches in Amsterdam, walking and dancing behind a convoy of trucks carrying DJs and sound systems

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, JANIE HAR and SARA CLINE Associated Press ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — Across the U.S., some public officials and other community leaders are trying to help people come up with ways to get exempted from having to wear masks or get vaccinated against COVID-19. They’re offering exemption letters and other strategies for skirting

By JO KEARNEY and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The last week has been a frantic mix of fear and frustration for people in west London with family members trying to get out of Afghanistan. Many are seeking information from an organization established to support Afghan and Central Asian refugees the same year

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After the success that Democrats in Georgia had in 2020, the Deep South battleground is working with other Southern states to help expand Democrats’ national footprint. It’s the latest example of the ripple effect that voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has had on Democrats as she decides

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A weakening Henri is now a tropical depression and is churning eastward over New England and back toward the Atlantic Ocean. Its center came ashore in Rhode Island on Sunday. People there and in other parts of the Northeast are mopping up even as rain potential

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is visiting Ukraine to attend the festivities marking the 30th anniversary of its declaration of independence. Patriarch Batholomew I and the leader of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius I, together conducted a lithurgy in Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Cathedral

NEW YORK (AP) — A superstar-laden Central Park concert meant to celebrate New York City’s recovery from the coronavirus was cut short because of severe weather as Hurricane Henri approached. New York City police on Saturday night told concertgoers via Twitter to “calmly move to the nearest exits and proceed to areas outside of the

SYDNEY (AP) — Authorities in Australia say more than 250 people have been arrested while protesting coronavirus lockdowns in the country. Many faced fines for defying health orders. Saturday’s protests took place in several cities nationwide, with the largest and most violent protest in Melbourne. At least seven police officers were treated for injuries after

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Henri is now a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading the tropical storm to a hurricane. Storm surge, hurricane conditions and rainfall that could cause flooding began threatening the Northeast region Saturday. Henri is expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern

By KARL RITTER and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — European Union leaders haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fueled by the Syrian war desperately want to avoid a large-scale influx of refugees and migrants from Afghanistan. Their message to any Afghans except for those who helped Western forces in the two-decade war

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s would-be successor is pledging to “fight with everything that I can” for victory in Germany’s Sept. 26 election. Merkel’s center-right bloc kicked off its official campaign on Saturday amid a worrying sag in its poll ratings. The German leader spoke at a campaign rally

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it once supported life. China’s National Space Administration said on its website Friday the rover completed its 90-day program on Aug. 15 and was in excellent technical condition and fully charged. It

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been sworn in, bringing back the rule of the country’s longest-governing political party. But he faces a tall task in uniting a polarized society and reviving a slumping economy amid a worsening pandemic. Ismail was the deputy

By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. official says potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul. The official says small groups of Americans and possibly

The Associated Press NEW DELHI — An Indian official says an air force transport plane has left Kabul for New Delhi carrying 168 people on board. Arindam Bagchi, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, says the plane took off from Kabul on Sunday morning and the passengers include 107 Indian nationals. He didn’t give the nationalities