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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is deciding whether the insurance company for a drug distributor should be forced to provide a legal defense in the company’s fight against government lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic. At issue before the court is a dispute between Hamilton County-based Masters

ROME (AP) — The Catholic diocese of Wuhan, China — where the coronavirus was first detected — has a new bishop. The Vatican says he was nominated by the pope according to the Vatican’s 2018 accord with China. The consecration of Bishop Francis Cui Qingqi marks the sixth bishop nominated and consecrated according to the

AMMAN (AP) — Arab ministers say Egyptian natural gas should reach Lebanon through Jordan and Syria soon after maintenance of pipelines and the review of a deal interrupted 10-years ago are finalized by early October. There is no date yet for when the gas will be pumped. But reviving the Arab gas pipeline to deliver

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Local officials in Ethiopia allege that Tigray forces have killed more than 120 civilians in recent days following battlefield losses, in what would be one of the deadliest massacres of the country’s 10-month war. The administrator for the Dabat district in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region tells The Associated Press that 123

By MARK TAKAHASHI Edmunds With all the developments in the auto industry you may think your next car will be electric, including a new federal target that would mean half of all new vehicles sold within a decade will have zero emissions. This will be a dramatic shift for car shoppers, and perhaps an unsettling

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has summoned Ethiopia’s envoy to the country over an incident where bodies were found floating down the river separating the two nations, as civil war wages in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Sudan’s foreign ministry said in a statement late Tuesday that it summoned Ambassador Petal Amero on Aug. 30 to inform him

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark wants immigrants to work 37 hours a week to access social benefits. In Tuesday’s proposal, the government said “there are still too many people, especially with non-Western backgrounds, who do not have a job to get up to” in the morning. The minority Social

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item, estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. But there are ways to take the reins and keep expenses from spiraling, even before you retire. Health savings accounts can help you save tax-deductible cash toward future medical costs. Finding the right Medicare

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister is meeting her French counterpart amid a surge in the number of people making risky journeys across the English Channel in small boats. Thousands of migrants have landed on beaches in southeast England in recent days of calm, summery weather, with 785 arriving on Monday alone, according to Britain’s

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have raided the homes of four journalists, triggering concerns of a further crackdown on press freedom in the disputed region. After Wednesday’s raids in Srinagar, the region’s main city, the four journalists were summoned to local police stations where they were questioned. Police did not specify the