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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of unrelenting crises, President Joe Biden is hoping to turn the page and refocus his presidency this fall around his core economic agenda. From the chaos in Afghanistan to the spread of the coronavirus to the destruction from Hurricane Ida, the summer served up

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at Athens Cathedral, where Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis is lying in state for three days ahead of his burial on the southern island of Crete. Many people were holding flowers as they paid their final respects to a composer

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Public opinion polls show Japan’s outspoken Cabinet minister in charge of vaccinations, Taro Kono, has the most popular support to become the country’s next leader. Current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s sudden announcement last week that he will not seek another term as head of the governing Liberal

By MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and tornado damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida show the need to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network. As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it supports plans for a North Sea spaceport that would be used to launch small satellites into space from Europe. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Monday the government would act as an “anchor customer” for the floating launch site off the German coast. Altmaier said the governments wants

By IDYLI TSAKIRI Associated Press ARCHANES, Greece (AP) — Greece has begun administering vaccinations for COVID-19 outside churches. It’s a pilot program that was recently announced by the government as a means of encouraging more people to get the shots. Mobile National Health Organization units began administering shots Monday in a church yard in the

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East now has its first completely automated cashier-less store. Retail giant Carrefour on Monday rolled out its vision for the future of the industry in a cavernous Dubai mall. The Carrefour mini-market tucked between sprawling storefronts looks like any ordinary convenience store.

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Autumn is a good time to review finances. There’s still enough time to make a quick course correction if needed before you close the books on the year. The continuing pandemic and economic uncertainty make it both trickier and more important to assess where you are now and where you

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Relatives of the 298 passengers and crew killed on July 17, 2014, when a Buk missile blew a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur out of the sky above conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, are finally having their say. Under Dutch law, the relatives are allowed to make a