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BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights at its main Frankfurt and Munich hubs Wednesday because of a strike by its German ground staff. The labor strife is the latest travel turmoil to hit Europe. The airline said Tuesday that the strike will force the cancellation of 678 flights

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury will hear the first testimony Tuesday in a civil lawsuit to decide how much Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with air strikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure along the country’s southern coast, the Ukrainian military said. The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles in the attack, Ukraine’s Operational Command South said in a Facebook

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press LOUISIANA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia is celebrating two major anniversaries this year — 200 years ago freed slaves from the U.S. arrived here and 25 years later they declared the country to be independent. Amid the festivities for Independence Day on Tuesday, many Liberians say the West African country’s promise

PRAGUE (AP) — Officials say firefighters from several countries have joined forces to battle a fire in a national park in northern Czech Republic that has spread to neighboring Germany. The fire in the Bohemian Switzerland park broke out on Sunday and was mostly contained before windy weather caused it to spread on Monday afternoon

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have broken up a people-smuggling gang near the border with Hungary. They found weapons and hundreds of passports and other documents taken from migrants trying to reach Western Europe. Police also found 120 migrants during the operation early on Tuesday in the area of Mali Horgos. Police

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. London and Shanghai advanced while Tokyo and Frankfurt declined. Oil rose nearly $2 per barrel. Wall Street futures were lower after the benchmark S&P

By AJIT SOLANKI Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Officials say at least 28 people have died and another 60 have fallen sick from drinking spiked liquor in western India. The deaths occurred in Gujarat state, where making, selling and consuming liquor is banned. Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to

SYDNEY (AP) — Seven Manly Sea Eagles players have withdrawn from a National Rugby League match in Australia because they’re unwilling to wear their club’s inclusion jersey. The jersey has rainbow stripes and a rainbow collar — in place of the regular white sections — to support LGBTQ inclusion in sports, and the club plans

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities say the bodies of eight migrants have washed ashore in southern Morocco after their dinghy capsized. The bodies were found early Monday in the coastal town of Akhfennir, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast facing the Spanish Canary Islands. Moroccan authorities said 18 other migrants who had been in the capsized

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, for a three-day visit to this central African country, the first leg of his three-nation tour to Africa including Benin and Guinea Bissau. Macron is expected to discuss the food crisis in Africa provoked

By DAVID RISING and EILEEN NG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners intensified Tuesday with grassroots protests and strong condemnation from world governments, as well as fears the hangings could derail nascent attempts to bring an end to the violence and unrest that has beset the Southeast

By AJIT SOLANKI Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Officials say at least 21 people have died and another 30 fallen sick from drinking spiked liquor in western India. The deaths occurred in Gujarat state, where making, selling and consuming liquor is banned. Illicit liquor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to increase

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national statistics office says that the country’s average life expectancy dropped noticeably between 2019 and 2021. It attributed the change to unusually high numbers of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Statistical Office said Tuesday that life expectancy for newborn girls last year was 83.2 years and for boys 78.2

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has sat for the first time since May elections with the new prime minister determined to have a greenhouse gas reduction target enshrined in law. Legislation that would force Australia to reduce its emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the

TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games. The Japanese news agency Kyodo says Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen ($330,000) from clothing retailer Aoki