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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A senior Ethiopian official says his country is interested in resuming talks with Egypt and Sudan on a huge and controversial Blue Nile dam that will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant. The comment by Ethiopia’s former negotiator on the dam who is now the country’s ambassador to the United States

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden and other Western Hemisphere leaders on Friday announced what is being billed as a roadmap for countries to host large numbers of migrants and refugees. “The Los Angeles Declaration” is perhaps the biggest achievement of the Summit of the Americas,

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled goals to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the environment. The plan will lead to major upheavals in the Netherlands’ multibillion dollar agriculture industry and has already angered some farmers. The government on Friday mandated reductions in emissions in coming years of up

VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled by Alex Jones. The ruling on Friday was the result of an agreement between lawyers for the conspiracy theorist and parents of some of the children slain in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Casie Pierce doesn’t usually work Fridays. But on the Friday after the draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, Pierce, the development director for a Dallas-based abortion fund, which helps people pay for the procedure and associated logistics, had to be at her computer. She was monitoring

LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Police say a man found dead in a Florida lake while searching for Frisbees and other flying discs was missing three limbs after a likely encounter with alligators. Largo Police Department spokeswoman Megan Santo said in an email Friday that the medical examiner’s final report on the death of Sean McGuinness

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Top European Union officials say the bloc is treating the crisis between Algeria and Spain with the “utmost concern.” The bloc is warning that it is prepared to take action to defend the interests of its members. An EU statement criticized Algeria’s decision to suspend a two-decade-old

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man suspected of killing a Mississippi police officer who was responding to a call about domestic violence. The Mississippi Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Dante Marquez Bender was last seen Thursday afternoon in Meridian. That’s where Officer Kennis Croom was fatally wounded while on duty. A woman

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A spokesperson for the European Union’s executive arm says Hungary is discriminating against citizens of other EU countries by offering discounted fuel to drivers of vehicles with Hungarian license plates. Drivers of foreign-registered vehicles are required to pay market prices. At a press briefing in Brussels

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Eva Mireles loved her dog, hiking and exercising. But mostly, she loved her family and her students. A funeral Mass was Friday for Mireles, who was killed May 24 when a gunman burst into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. Nineteen children and teacher Irma Garcia also died in the attack.

SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister has complained to his American counterpart about the latest U.S. arms package for Taiwan and warned of a possible conflict over the self—governing island that China claims as its own territory. Chinese state media say Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a meeting

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh’s capital and in parts of India to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut ties with India and boycott its products unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The protesters in Dhaka also

By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A senior administration

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are sinking on Wall Street and Treasury yields are moving sharply higher as markets shudder after another hot reading on inflation. Surging prices for gas, food and other necessities sent consumer prices jumping 8.6% last month compared with a year ago, more than expected and the biggest yearly increase in

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Questions about the dangers of human tampering with nature have been in the DNA of the “Jurassic Park” films from the start, but they’ve been given a workout in the “Jurassic World” trilogy. Under the stewardship of filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, who directed “Jurassic World” and

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Parents anxious to finally vaccinate their youngest children against COVID-19, strap in: A lot is set to happen over the next week. On Wednesday, both Moderna and Pfizer will have to convince what’s essentially a science court — advisers to the Food and Drug Administration — that their shots

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The costs of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs. Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from 12 months earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year surge of