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By CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN, SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield. The apology came as Biden met in Paris with Ukrainian President

LONDON (AP) — Prince William took a day out from royal duties on Friday to serve as an usher at the wedding of his friend Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, an event briefly disrupted by environmental protesters. The wedding of 33-year-old Grosvenor, one of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, to his partner Olivia Henson, 31, is

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has dropped a case against tennis star Alexander Zverev after he agreed to pay 200,000 euros ($218,000) and reached an out-of-court settlement with his former partner. A district court in Berlin ended the trial on Friday with the agreement of prosecutors and lawyers for both Zverev and his former

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rights activists have slammed the displacement of hundreds of sea nomads after their stilt homes in a Malaysian marine park on Borneo island were demolished. But the state government has defended its move to tear down the unauthorized settlements to bolster security. Social advocacy group Borneo Komrad said the Bajau

By CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for bipartisan U.S. support “like it was during

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congress’ offer to become part of a government of national unity. ANC failed to secure a majority in last week’s highly contested election. But some opposition parties

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II, each praising the other as a hero. Retired Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say an explosion at a chain home improvement store in the northeast of the country has injured at least 13 people, four of them seriously. Emergency officials say a mobile intensive care unit was dispatched to the scene in the town of Botosani, in Suceava county. Two people have

By CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden was due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Friday as Kyiv’s army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and prepares for what officials say could be a

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win a majority on its own. Modi will be sworn in as prime minister

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say an ongoing major search and rescue operation on the small eastern Aegean island of Symi has still not located British doctor and television presenter Michael Mosley, who went missing on Wednesday afternoon after reportedly going for a walk. Police said Friday that the coast guard, police and fire

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas have found a comfortable work-life balance in the WNBA. They are the unquestioned leaders of the Sun on the court and life partners off of it. The Sun are off to a 9-0 start. Since becoming Sun teammates in

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North. Any resumption of trash balloon launches by North Korea would likely

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania has injured at least 13 people, one seriously, authorities said. A mobile intensive care unit was dispatched to the scene in the town of Botosani, in Suceava county, emergency authorities said. One of the victims is in a serious condition

By JON GAMBRELL and BARAA ANWER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks were mixed Friday after a steady Thursday on Wall Street as markets anticipated the release of key U.S. payrolls data later in the day. The futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were less than 0.1% higher. European stocks fell

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls Friday on the second day of the elections for the European Parliament, with a surge of the far-right across the 27-nation bloc seeming likely to emerge from the electoral marathon. Final results will not be