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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India’s general election pits avowed Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a broad opposition alliance that is struggling to play catch up. Over his 10 years in office, he has fused religion with

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali following months on the run in connection with several killings and drug trafficking charges in his homeland. Chaowalit Thongduang escaped from

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son after a deal with prosecutors fell apart that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Hunter

By ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, President Javier Milei of Argentina appeared to be in a spiritual trance. With head and hands pressed against the ancient stone, he prayed with the Orthodox rabbi who introduced him

By KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views. The airline also will seek to reverse a judge’s related order that Southwest lawyers must take religious liberty

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes have again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1. Five houses damaged in the New Year’s quake collapsed in Wajiima city, but no major injuries or significant damage was reported. The strongest

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems’ debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a woman questioning her sexuality in “AM I OK?” and Idris Elba narrates a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history. There’s also a feature-length documentary on Cyndi Lauper

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The mayor and police chief of Akron have called on witnesses to come forward with information about a mass shooting in the Ohio city that killed one person and wounded 24 others, some critically. No arrests were immediately made in connection with the shooting early Sunday. Police Chief Brian Harding says

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There used to be a time when Simone Biles would find “beauty in the blindness” ahead of the Olympics, reveling in not knowing what she didn’t know. That was eight years ago. Back when she was still just a teenager. Still kind of “ditzy.”

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González has defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but González, a Republican, announced

By KANIS LEUNG and TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday’s 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders. But outside the country, commemorative events have grown increasingly crucial for preserving memories of the 1989 bloodletting, in which government troops opened fire on pro-democracy

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a white Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, a Black motorist, as Cobb tried to pull away from a traffic stop, saying the decision comes in response to recent statements from the trooper’s attorney and new analysis of video from

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz has defeated Sen. Juan Zaragoza in a gubernatorial primary held by their Popular Democratic Party, which seeks a return to power in the general elections. Zaragoza conceded defeat after obtaining 38% of the votes in Sunday’s primary, compared

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people. The state-run SANA news agency gave no specific toll. It said the strikes happened early Monday morning around the southeastern edge of Aleppo. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the strikes. Syria and Israel have been at war

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the top of one of journalism’s most storied brands. She will be replaced by Matt Murray, former editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, through this

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the Philippines on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine. Zelenskyy arrived unannounced and

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes have again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1. The shaking Monday that started with a 5.9 magnitude quake left only minor damage. There was no danger of a tsunami. Two houses

By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Polls closed in a national vote Sunday that will likely give Mexico its first female president, but the heat, violence and polarization continued right through election day. People turned out to vote in the township of Cuitzeo, in the western state of Michoacán,