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By KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have detained a suspect in a stabbing attack on four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were teaching at a Chinese university in the northeast city of Jilin, officials said Tuesday. Jilin city police said a 55-year-old man surnamed Cui was walking

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against Hunter Biden over a gun President Joe Biden’s son bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. Jurors deliberated for

By GREGORY GONDWE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51. President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a live address on

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States has lifted a ban on providing American weapons and training to a controversial Ukrainian military unit that was key to the defense of the major port city of Mariupol. The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units. But it has been dogged by its

By GEIR MOULSON and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system. He spoke at a conference in Berlin on Tuesday to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war.

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks. The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA. That’s down about 9 cents

By MATTHEW LEE and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council’s vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release made it “as clear as it possibly could be” that the world supports the plan, as

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and its ally Belarus have launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s efforts to discourage the West from ramping up support for Ukraine. In announcing the nuclear maneuvers last month, the Russian Defense Ministry said they were in response

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The World Bank has approved $1 billion for the construction of Pakistan’s biggest Dasu hydropower project, which is being built in the country’s northwest with China’s help. The bank said Tuesday the project will contribute to “greening” the energy sector and lowering the cost of electricity. The dam is being built in

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is appealing for information and evidence of atrocities in Sudan’s western Darfur region. He says his ongoing investigation “seems to disclose an organized, systematic and a profound attack on human dignity.” ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan released a video statement

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music. Large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries. Small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns continue at the

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. State Department has removed restrictions on the transfer of American weapons and training to a high-profile Ukrainian military unit with a checkered past. The State Department said on Tuesday the Azov Brigade passed a vetting process that found it had not committed any gross human rights violations. The move

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — When Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup, it unleashed an unexpected burst of national pride across the country. For many Germans, it was the first time they felt they could wave the flag unburdened by the country’s dark past. As Germany gets ready to host another

By KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Officials say four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College teaching at a Chinese university have been attacked in a public park, reportedly with a knife. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment and none is

By GREGORY GONDWE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers, police officers and forest rangers continued to search Tuesday for a missing military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president, a former first lady and eight others that is suspected to have crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country. The

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese authorities are investigating how an alleged former Chinese naval officer sailed a small boat into a strategic river mouth that leads to the capital of the self-governing island republic. The small boat was detected off the coast but apparently was not interdicted until it began interfering with ferry traffic in