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By The Associated Press It’s not a summer heat wave that’s making European leaders and businesses sweat. It’s fear that Russia’s manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner. Here are key things to know about the energy pressure game over

DANIEL NIEMANN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — When Syrian refugee Fadel Alkhudr arrived in Germany in 2015, the first thing he saw when he stepped out of the train in Cologne was the city’s majestic cathedral. Alkhudr, 42, became so fascinated by the famous Gothic landmark on the Rhine river with

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship has fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The incident on Monday involving the Guard and the Navy comes as tensions

By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As was his habit before each flight, the veteran Ukrainian army pilot ran a hand along the fuselage of his Mi-8 helicopter, caressing the heavy transporter’s metal skin to bring luck to him and his crew. They would need it. Their destination —

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s most powerful politician, conservative ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, says he has given up his role as a deputy prime minister in the government. He said he made the move to focus on the party and upcoming elections. The move by Kaczynski was expected. His government role focused on security

By OMAR SANADIKI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — One, two, three, stop. Five, six, seven, stop: A group of young Syrian men and women step, sway and twirl to the backdrop of salsa music, dancing their worries away. For an hour a week in a Damascus studio, their instructor Adnan Mohammed, 42, teaches a

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ukraine’s leader has told the African Union that the continent has been “taken hostage” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid catastrophically rising food prices. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s closed-door speech Monday followed weeks of requests for him to address African nations. Many of them retain close ties

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The U.S. nuclear industry is generating less electricity as reactors retire, but now plant operators are hoping to nearly double their output over the next three decades, according to the industry’s trade association. The massive scaling-up envisioned by the utilities hangs on the functionality of a new type of nuclear

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia voters are set to winnow a crowded field of candidates to two nominees to compete in what are expected to be a pair of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races. A combination of a redistricting process that refashioned Virginia’s congressional districts, a Republican

By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats were choosing their nominee for secretary of state in primary runoff elections. They’re voting on a position that assumed new importance after former President Donald Trump cast doubt on Georgia’s 2020 election results, making false claims of widespread voter fraud. Democrats will

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says its forces had a tense encounter with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet said three Guard vessels had an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the USS Sirocco and USNS Choctaw County transited Monday through the strait,

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and YONG JUN CHANG Associated Press The headlines on the newsstands in Seoul blared fresh warnings of a possible nuclear test by North Korea. Out on the sidewalks, 28-year-old office worker Lee Jae Sang already had an opinion about how to respond to North Korea’s fast-growing capacity to lob nuclear bombs across

By KIM CHANDLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Standing in the sweltering summer heat on the steps of the Alabama Capitol earlier this month, Republican Senate candidate Mo Brooks was hailed by organizers of the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is facing a formidable fight for a third term. Her challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary include two council members who have criticized her response to spiraling violent crime rates in the district. During Bowser’s second term, she clashed with former President Donald

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House 1/6 committee is set to hear from the caretakers of American democracy — elections workers and local officials — who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, at times despite frightening personal attacks. The hearings investigating the Jan.

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rebounded Tuesday as Wall Street futures moved higher after a U.S. market holiday. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney gained. Shanghai declined. Oil prices climbed above $110 per barrel. The future for Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index was up 1.4% as U.S. markets prepared

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota senators on Tuesday begin hearing evidence for the impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, whose account of a fatal 2020 traffic accident led criminal investigators, some lawmakers and the victim’s family to question his truthfulness. Ravnsborg, a Republican who only recently announced he wouldn’t

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Independent Al Gross says he is ending his bid for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat. He says there are two “outstanding” Alaska Native women in the race who would serve Alaska well. His campaign says he is referring to Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Tara Sweeney.

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A settlement agreement has been reached on the eve of a second trial pitting the Kardashian family against former reality TV star Blac Chyna. Jury selection had been set to begin Monday in the trial over Chyna’s allegations that her former fiance Rob Kardashian maliciously

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children. The outlets’ report, which did not indicate