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Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island ahead of a strong typhoon expected to hit its heavily populated western coast. More than 500 people were moved from mountainous regions prone to landslides, and nearly 40,000 troops were

Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange testified Tuesday to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, which includes lawmakers from 46 European countries, on his detention and

AP Education Writer ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.” In a heated primary, the

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of violence. After a smiling Sheinbaum took the oath of office on the floor of Congress, legislators shouted the feminine form

Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime friends, family and fans of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the Depression-era farmer’s son to the White House

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the U.S. brought him face to face with the American leaders who will help decide his country’s future. After a brief diplomatic misstep, Zelenskyy met with the U.S. presidential candidates, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Still, Ukraine’s long-term strategic aim remains

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first female leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise of continuity, of protecting and expanding the signature initiatives of her mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the four months between her

Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for more victims of Hurricane Helene days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast. Meanwhile, across the border in east Tennessee, a caravan

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the election cycle enters an urgent, final five weeks, both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in questionable tactics that threaten to subvert the democratic process by trying to shape the ballot through deceptive means. In Wisconsin, for instance, donors who have a long record of backing Democrats helped provide

Associated Press WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump planned to spend the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate campaigning in Wisconsin, stopping in a critical Democratic county that is crucial to Democrat Kamala Harris ‘ hopes for winning the key battleground state. Trump was scheduled to appear at a manufacturing facility in

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns’ vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over

BEIJING (AP) — A knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai has killed three people and injured 15 others. Local police took a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin into custody at the scene of the attack late Monday evening. Eighteen people were sent to hospital for treatment, and three later died. Police said in a statement

Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting has begun in Indian-controlled Kashmir in the final phase of an election to choose a local government. This is the first local election in this part of the disputed Himalayan region since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped it of its special status five years ago. Over 3.9

Associated Press More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The powerful and feared organization has ruled the nation for 75 years, surpassing the 74-year Soviet era in Russia. The party survived years of self-inflicted tumult after it took control in

Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany. The startup is using the organic waste to make sustainable building materials like acoustic