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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has backed the conclusion of a British inquiry that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with a radioactive material. A former agent for the KGB and

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Energy officials from Qatar and Turkey, two long-standing foes of the United Arab Emirates, have descended on Dubai along with hundreds of other executives. In a scene that would have been unthinkable just a year ago, the ministers shared a stage on Tuesday at

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say they are charging a third Russian suspect in the 2018 nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent in England. Scotland Yard said Tuesday that prosecutors believe there is sufficient evidence to charge Denis Sergeev, who went by the alias “Sergey Fedotov,” with conspiracy

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has agreed to give financial support to a U.S. firm that produces much of the country’s carbon dioxide. The move is designed to avert shortages of meat, poultry and packaged foods amid a crisis triggered by soaring energy costs. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won his third straight election but he failed to get the majority he wanted. However, his Conservative rival not only lost the vote Monday but could now lose his job after moving his party to the center and alienating the party’s base. Trudeau

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters in Greece have contained a wildfire that threatened homes and prompted overnight evacuations at a resort town 18 miles northeast of Athens. The country’s fire service said Tuesday that more than 150 firefighters and volunteers battled through the night to stop the fire outside Nea Makri. At first light, two

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Seven survivors of a shooting at a university in central Russia that left six people dead and 28 more wounded are to be airlifted to Moscow for medical treatment on Tuesday, according to a top education official. Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov said Tuesday

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovo-Serbia border was blocked for a second day by ethnic Kosovo Serbs protesting a decision by Kosovo authorities to start removing Serbian license plates from cars entering the country. The traffic chaos raised fears that it could unleash much deeper tensions between

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — France’s European Union partners have agreed to put the country’s security spat with the U.S., Australia and Britain on top of the bloc’s political agenda in coming months. France says the Indo-Pacific deal between the three countries has sparked a crisis of trust. The deal will see

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has announced plans to draft a new electoral code and appoint a transitional leadership. He suggested he will hang on to the exceptional powers that he seized in July, which threw the country’s young democracy into question. President Kais Saied promised that the

By ARITZ PARRA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press EL PASO, Canary Islands (AP) — On the Spanish island of La Palma, a new volcanic vent has blown open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock are flowing. toward the sea. Authorities on the island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Health officials in the Thai capital have made headway in their effort to vaccinate children against the coronavirus, giving shots of the Pfizer vaccine to students aged 12 to 18 with underlying diseases. Vaccinations for that age bracket were first offered last month through hospitals, but now