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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

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry says its chief has died during drills. The ministry said Wednesday in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that 55-year-old Yevgeny Zinichev “tragically died in the line of duty during inter-agency exercises to protect the Arctic zone from emergency situations, while saving

LONDON (AP) — The British supermarket chain Morrisons plans to end a bidding war for the company by holding an auction between two U.S.-based investment groups that have made competing offers. The private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice offered about 7 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) for Morrisons. That figures topped the 6.7 billion-pound offer

BERLIN (AP) — A 30-year-old German man has been found guilty of an attack on a Jewish restaurant three years ago in the eastern German city of Chemnitz in which the owner was injured and the restaurant damaged. The court ruled Wednesday that the man was found guilty of severe aggravated assault and breach of

By TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccans are choosing a new parliament and local leaders in elections reshaped by the pandemic. Candidates are promising to create jobs and boost the North African country’s economy, education and health care. The governing Islamist party is eyeing a third term at the helm of

By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that any legitimacy or international support for the Taliban “will have to be earned” after Afghanistan’s new rulers announced an interim government that drew a deeply skeptical Western response. Blinken said Wednesday that the

By KIKO ROSARIO and DAVID RISING Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ governing party has nominated President Rodrigo Duterte as its vice presidential candidate in next year’s elections. His candidacy is seen as an attempt to stay near the center of power while avoiding constitutional term limits. The party’s nominee for president declined

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign and defense ministers are visiting Indonesia, India, South Korea and the United States to bolster economic and security relationships within the Asia-Pacific region, where tensions are rising with China. Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense Minister Peter Dutton left Australia on Wednesday despite pandemic

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian law enforcement officials say a gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow has killed two people and injured at least five others. The blast occurred Wednesday morning in a nine-story building in the town of Noginsk, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Moscow. The blast affected the lower part of

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — One of the main candidates to be Japan’s next prime minister says the country needs a new type of capitalism to address income and social gaps caused by the pandemic. Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says deregulation and structural reforms strengthened Japan’s economy and promoted growth, but

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Twenty men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured are on trial in the French capital. The proceedings began Wednesday in an enormous custom-designed chamber. Nine gunmen and suicide bombers struck within minutes of each other

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thriving Silicon Valley companies were among the first to embrace remote work during the pandemic, but they’ve struggled over how to recall their high-paid employees to the office. Their varied — and sometimes quickly reversed — attempts to justify free food and