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By The Associated Press Ukraine’s presidential office says at least four civilians have been killed and 10 others wounded by the latest Russian attacks. A statement Friday says Russian troops again fired on several towns facing the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River. Russian attacks have damaged residential buildings and power lines,

The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — People around the world are reporting problems sending and receiving messages on the popular chat app WhatsApp. According to Downdetector, which tracks outage reports, people started reporting problems around 3 a.m. EDT. A WhatsApp spokesperson said the company is aware that some people are having trouble sending messages and

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak is due to be installed as Britain’s third prime minister of the year by King Charles III on Tuesday, before appointing a Cabinet that will have to wrestle with the U.K.’s economic and political crises. Sunak, the U.K.’s first leader of color, was selected as

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 13 people have died across Bangladesh as a tropical storm hit the country. Officials and news reports said Tropical Storm Sitrang crossed Bangladesh’s coast early Tuesday after triggering moderate to heavy rains throughout Monday. Most of the deaths were due to falling trees, but others drowned or died under

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated. The minister says a plane will bring Arshad Sharif back to Pakistan on Tuesday evening. Sharif was killed Sunday night when the

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv Tuesday for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, a trip that comes amid Moscow’s unsubstantiated warnings of a “dirty bomb” attack as the conflict enters its ninth month. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after arriving that “it

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police have arrested a veiled woman who tried to force her way into a guarded presidential palace in the country’s capital by pointing a gun at a guard. There were no reports of injuries among security forces. On Tuesday morning, a member of the presidential guard saw an unidentified woman

By LUJAIN JO and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Where to sleep? It’s among the biggest questions facing fans traveling to tiny Qatar for the World Cup amid a feverish rush for rooms in Doha. Some will sleep on cruise ships. Others will camp in the desert. Others will fly in from

By MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second-largest city, blowing up a bomb lab and engaging in a firefight, the military said Tuesday. Five Palestinians were killed and 20 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A police official says 11 people, including children, have been killed in fire at a school in a rural community just outside the capital, Kampala. Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire said the incident happened at a school for the blind in the district of Mukono, offering no

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says the self-governing island democracy won’t back down against China. She compared China’s growing pressure to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tsai’s comments follow a twice-a-decade congress of China’s Communist Party at which it added a line to its constitution “resolutely opposing and deterring” Taiwan’s independence. Mainland China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher. U.S. futures edged 0.1% higher and oil prices also gained. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng gained 0.9% to 15,313.22 after a 6.4% selloff the day before that

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities allowed a major airport to partially reopen to international and domestic flights Tuesday despite the damaged Korean Air plane stuck in the grass near the runway after a near-tragic accident over the weekend. The airport on Mactan island in Cebu province, the country’s second-busiest, is reopening from sunrise to

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The two Republicans on a county board in southeastern rural Arizona approved a proposal 2-1 Monday for a hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a differently worded motion during a chaotic meeting. Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby voted for

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press SHELTON, Wash. (AP) — Sixteen candidates for local office circled around the atrium of the municipal building on a recent night in Shelton, a logging town near the southern crook of Puget Sound. One by one, they sat at tables of inquisitive voters for what was dubbed “candidate speed-dating.” As

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others at the margins of society. And the Georgia Republican has called for policies that blend those priorities. “If someone comes out of prison, they should