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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities are questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed into the South, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Thursday said South Korean soldiers secured an unidentified individual who was likely North Korean and handed that person over to relevant authorities for

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says the country’s troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war. A ministry statement on Thursday said the Russian military and border guards have blocked Ukrainian forces from advancing deeper into the Kursk

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some villages and causing landslides. More than 1,800 homes have been damaged since July 1, when the monsoon rains began, the

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s southern coast and injured nine people, but most of the injuries are minor and there have been no reports of serious damage. Tsunami advisories that were issued for the quake were later lifted, but the quake also prompted seismologists to reassess and raise

PRAGUE (AP) — The dominant Czech power company CEZ says its net profit in the first half of the year totaled 21.1 billion Czech crowns ($912 million), down 5% from the same period the previous year. CEZ attributes the result to lower profits from commodity trading and the impact of maintenance of its two nuclear

Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and an equally sensational getaway from a speech in the city with the alleged help of local police officers. The events took place nearly

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah death row inmate Taberon Dave Honie has been put to death by lethal injection for the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s mother in the state’s first execution since 2010. The 48-year-old Honie was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn. After decades

Associated Press RENO, Nevada (AP) — Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a verbal altercation last week in Virginia City, Nevada, during which a Black man said a racial slur was directed at him by a man who also said “they have a hanging tree” for people like him. The incident

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year’s atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited. The U.S. Embassy says Ambassador Rahm Emanuel will not attend Friday’s event because it was “politicized” by Nagasaki’s decision to exclude Israel. It says he will instead honor

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after protests forced out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week. The key tasks for Yunus now are restoring peace in Bangladesh and preparing for new elections following the ouster of Hasina, who

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are chasing unpaid taxes from companies and individuals dating back decades, as the government moves to plug massive budget shortfalls and address a mounting debt crisis. More than a dozen listed Chinese companies say they were slapped with millions of dollars in back taxes in a renewed effort

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War unfolded and they learned it included none of the hundreds of political detainees who’ve been locked up for years by its authoritarian leader. That dismay is especially

Associated Press It’s a 2024 election battleground where millions of dollars are being spent and big names in American politics are popping up. But it’s not in the Rust Belt. And it isn’t Georgia or Nevada, either. It’s Long Island, a suburban stretch east of New York City, home to some 3 million people who

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Populist conservative and ex-NBA player Royce White has shaken up a U.S. Senate primary race in Minnesota. White stunned Minnesota’s political world in May when — with personal backing from Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon — he captured the state Republican Party’s endorsement to challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan aid worker’s arrest while catching an international flight has cast a spotlight on the climate of fear and repression engulfing the South American nation in the wake of its disputed presidential election. Edni Lopez is one of more than 2,000 people arrested since President Nicolas Maduro claimed

Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan aid worker’s arrest while catching an international flight has cast a spotlight on the climate of fear and repression engulfing the South American nation in the wake of its disputed presidential election. Edni López is one of more than 2,000 people arrested since President Nicolás Maduro claimed

Associated Press LUCAMA, N.C. (AP) — Tornadoes spawned by Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the tropical system dropped heavy rain and flooded communities across North and South Carolina. It only took 15 seconds for a tornado to devastate Genesis Cooper’s home in Lucama, North Carolina, a small