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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. The decision handed down in June already has led one judge to temporarily

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A large fire has broke out in one of Berlin’s biggest forests, triggered by several explosions that took place at an ammunition dump inside the forest. More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze in the German capital’s Grunewald forest in the west of the city on

By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press KEELUNG, Taiwan (AP) — China says it conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said she intends to deny approval for the Central Queensland Coal Project to be excavated northwest

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice. Archie Battersbee’s parents announced the move after the European Court of Human

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s presidential office says that powerful explosions have rattled the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv and a city close to the country’s biggest nuclear power plant sustained a barrage of shelling amid Russian attacks in several regions. The office said Thursday that at least four civilians

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly earnings reports from big companies. European shares mostly headed higher in early trading. Benchmarks advanced in Asia as jitters eased over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The gains followed

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan has canceled airline flights as China fired missiles near the island in retaliation for a top American lawmaker’s visit, but the possible impact on shipments of processor chips and other goods needed by global industries was unclear. China ordered ships and planes to avoid the

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is likely to announce its biggest interest rate increase in more than 27 years on Thursday as it seeks to rein in accelerating inflation driven by the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Most economists expect the bank’s monetary policy committee to approve

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Sydney apartment where the bodies of two Saudi sisters were found in June is back on the rental market. Its real estate ad advises their deaths are “not a random crime and will not be a potential risk for the community.” Asra and Amaal Abdullah

BEIJING (AP) — China is staging live-fire military drills in six self-declared zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island Beijing claims as its own territory. China has warned aircraft and ships to avoid the areas during the exercises, which run through Sunday. The drills appear

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — “Where you went grad,” is a common question posed in Hawaii Pidgin to find out which high school someone graduated from. High school has long been tied to Hawaii residents’ sense of identity. What happens when that school bears the name of President William McKinley, who

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend are expecting another child nearly two years after the couple suffered a pregnancy loss. Teigen made the announcement Wednesday on Instagram where she posted two photos of her baby bump. She wrote that joy has “filled our home and hearts again” in a post

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa, saying she is going to focus on how the United States can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Closing arguments in Brittney Griner’s cannabis possession case in Russia are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that has reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russia diplomacy. Griner faces up to 10 years in

By DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is stressing his country’s efforts to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian nations at a meeting with their foreign ministers, which comes as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in the region. Wang’s talks with top diplomats from the Association of

By KAREL JANICEK and JOVANA GEC Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Liudmyla Chudyjovych used to have a career as a lawyer in Ukraine and big plans for the future. That was before the Russian invasion forced the 41-year-old woman to put her daughter’s safety first, and leave both her job and home behind. Since fleeing