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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine. During a trip to Tehran next Tuesday, Putin will attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares mostly fell Tuesday after a slump on Wall Street erased recent gains. U.S. futures and oil prices also declined. Investors are on the lookout this week for updates on inflation and corporate profits, while renewed coronavirus outbreaks are adding to jitters. Shares in Europe

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland’s capital questioned witnesses and gathered evidence Tuesday after a 31-year-old man allegedly placed powerful explosives in a busy downtown area of Warsaw. Investigators were awaiting an expert’s opinion on the type and potential range of the explosive device, according to Aleksandra Skrzyniarz, a spokesperson for the prosecutors’ office

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Financial regulators in central China’s Henan and Anhui provinces have promised to give some bank customers some of their deposits back after they staged protests over having their accounts frozen. In statements issued late Monday, officials said customers with deposits of 50,000 yuan (about $7,400) or

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a family funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination shocked the nation. Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, remained influential even after stepping down two years ago for health reasons.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin will travel to Tehran next Tuesday to attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, the so-called Astana format of meetings for Syria-related talks. Peskov told reporters Tuesday that

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday for discussions the White House says will showcase the underlying strength of a relationship that of late has been more notable for the leaders’ disagreements on issues including energy and Ukraine policy.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are racing to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. Nominations officially opened Tuesday morning and will close at 6 p.m. (1700GMT). Candidates need support from at least 20 Conservative

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The country’s next poet laureate, Ada Limón, has long thought of her work as a public art form. “I grew up with poetry being in the community,” says Limón, a native of Sonoma, California. “It wasn’t supposed to just be something read on page; it

By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ammunition depot was apparently targeted by Ukrainian forces overnight, resulting in a massive blast captured on social media. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said the rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of the important

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported Tuesday, the third Iranian director to be locked up in less than a week as the government escalates a crackdown on the country’s celebrated cinema industry. The arrest of award-winning director Jafar Panahi and

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The killing of a woman at an annual political event in Sweden earlier this month is now being investigated as an act of terror. Sweden’s domestic security agency said the 32-year-old man who is in custody on suspicion of the July 6 stabbing is now suspected of “terrorist crimes through murder,” and

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a family funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation. Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister who remained influential even after he stepped down two years ago,

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Japan’s finance minister have agreed to cooperate in dealing with challenges from the war in Ukraine and promoting free trade, sustainable energy and food security. Yellen was visiting Tokyo on Tuesday for talks ahead of a meeting of the Group

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to remove the final obstacles tp Croatia adopting the euro. It will enable the first expansion of the currency bloc in almost a decade. EU finance ministers plan to approve three laws that will pave the way for Croatia to become the 20th member of the eurozone

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — One person has been gored and several people had very close shaves in the sixth running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival. As well as the goring, medics treated four other people for knocks and bruises. One bull charged straight into the back of a young woman, knocking her

By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Burned-out cars and splintered trees smolder in the aftermath of a missile strike on Kramatorsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. A body lies on the ground, covered by a sheet. Wounded residents sit dazed and covered in blood. A crater has been gouged in the center