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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street after another hot reading on inflation, this time for wholesale prices, has investors bracing for another big interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve later this month. Banks were among the big losers in early trading Thursday after JPMorgan Chase reported a 28%

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has jumped by more than 60% in the last decade, a worrying sign the planet could face increased animal-borne diseases like monkeypox, Ebola and coronavirus in the future. The U.N. health agency

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia got a boost from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the country’s hopes of eventually joining the European Union amid a dispute with Bulgaria. Von der Leyen told North Macedonia’s parliament in the Macedonia language that “we want you in the

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, interview the likes of Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Gloria Steinem for their upcoming streaming series. Apple TV+ released a roster of the former secretary of state and her daughter’s series, ‘Gutsy,’ and a premiere date of Sept. 9. The eight-part series is

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazis during World War II in forest executions that the Nazis later tried to hide by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits. Investigators from a

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced an Iranian citizen to life imprisonment after being convicted of murder and other war crimes during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The Stockholm District Court said Thursday that Hamid Noury took part in severe atrocities in July-August 1988 while working as an

By AAMER MADHANI, JOSH BOAK, and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is “not going to wait forever” for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willing to use force as a last resort against Tehran if necessary. Biden

By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounded about 90 more Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country’s president called the attack “an open act of terrorism” against civilians in locations without military value. Ukraine’s national police said

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He’s lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That’s why he fiercely opposed a plan to build more than 1,100 homes in a fire-prone area he

NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Libya is voicing concern over the struggle for control of Libya’s oil corporation after its chairman was sacked. In a statement Thursday, the embassy said it was following standoff over the leadership of Libya’s National Oil Corporation. The Tripoli-based government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibah

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The survival of Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s government is hanging in the balance before a key vote in the Senate. Senators began debating the bill on Thursday morning. It allocates badly needed relief for high energy costs battering citizens. Former Premier Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday night

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has blamed inadequate police protection for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving an outdoor campaign speech. Abe, one of Japan’s most influential politicians, was assassinated last Friday in western Japan, shocking a nation known for its

By KRUTIKA PATHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. Embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled a day

By HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BEMPOSTA, Portugal (AP) — More than 3,000 firefighters battled alongside ordinary Portuguese citizens desperate to save their homes from several wildfires that raged across the European country on Thursday, fanned by extreme temperatures and drought conditions linked to climate change. The central part of the country has

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. It’s a more traditional type of vaccine than the Pfizer and Moderna shots already used to protect most Americans. Still, millions of adults haven’t yet gotten vaccinated even this

LONDON (AP) — Amazon has promised to treat third-party merchants on its website fairly as it seeks to resolve two European Union antitrust investigations. The bloc’s competition watchdog said Thursday that the U.S. online retail giant offered to make a number of commitments to ease competition concerns. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities in Serbia have detained 85 migrants near the border with Hungary where a clash earlier this month apparently involving people smugglers left one person dead and several injured. Police said that a police task force found automatic weapons, guns, knives and other weapons and ammunition during the sweep in the

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday discussed Iran’s rapidly progressing nuclear program, with the Israeli leader vowing afterward that “there will be no nuclear Iran.” The U.S. president, who is set to travel to Saudi Arabia on

LONDON (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago. Spacey, 62, spoke clearly as he denied five charges during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court. Judge Mark Wall set a date of June 6, 2023 for the trial to

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Britain are set to knock another contender out of the contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson. As it stands, the contest has six remaining contests, and one will be eliminated on Thursday. Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is battling to stave off momentum