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NEW DELHI (AP) — A minibus has tumbled into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 11 people and injuring 29 others. The Press Trust of India news agency quoted officials as saying that at least 36 people were on board the bus when the accident took place Wednesday near Sawjian. They say rescue efforts

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to London’s medieval Westminster Hall from Wednesday to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, whose coffin will lie in state for four days until her funeral on Monday. People who want to view the queen’s coffin can

By MARIA CHENG and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa. In July, the U.N. health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and appealed to the world to

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will visit Kyiv later Wednesday to show the bloc’s support for Ukraine as it fights back against the Russian invasion. Dressed in the colors of Ukraine, von der Leyen said in her State of the European

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer World markets slipped Wednesday after Wall Street fell the most since June 2020 as a report showed inflation has kept a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy. European benchmarks were marginally lower while Asia saw bigger losses. U.S. futures edged higher, with the contracts for the Dow industrials

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Rachel Brading was a child she waited hours to see Queen Elizabeth II pass by her hometown in the midlands of England. Forty years later she was waiting again, one among a crowd of thousands hoping to catch one last glimpse of the late monarch’s coffin

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of instigating new rounds of shelling Wednesday across their borders as hostilities reignited between the two longtime adversaries. Armenia’s Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijani forces of launching combat drones in the direction of the Armenian resort town of Jermuk overnight and

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official has proposed a reform of the bloc’s electricity market amid the energy price crisis hurting businesses and households. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said a “deep and comprehensive reform of the electricity market” is required to reduce the influence of gas on electricity prices. Natural

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say the death toll has risen to eight from an overnight roadside bombing that targeted an anti-Taliban elder’s vehicle. Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the explosion. On Wednesday, Saeed Khan, a senior police official in Swat, said Idrees Khan, was traveling in the

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says an army officer has been killed in a shootout in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinian officials say two gunmen were killed in the same clash. Wednesday’s violence was the latest in a long string of deadly fighting between soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank. Much of

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tuvalu have accepted his offer to fly representatives to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. He says other British Commonwealth island leaders could also join them. Albanese says all 10 former British colonies in the

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders Wednesday that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war and that God must never “be held hostage to the human thirst for power.”

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first trip overseas since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic will overlap with a visit by Pope Francis to Kazakhstan, although the Vatican says there are no plans for them to meet. Xi’s state visit Wednesday comes just weeks ahead of

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will travel to Britain to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral next week and pay respects. Japan’s top government spokesperson said Wednesday that the government has requested their attendance, considering the close relations between Japanese and British royal families. He said

BANGKOK (AP) — The army said a clerk shot at his co-workers at Thailand’s Army War College, killing two people and wounding another. The alleged assailant fled the scene of Wednesday’s shooting but was arrested outside the Army Training Command compound, which houses the Army War College, in Bangkok. Television footage showed the suspect in

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he has still not been placed in permanent housing. Living alone in a motel for the last two years, growing increasingly frustrated with