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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up. Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week. That will likely mean busy roads, as well as packed airports and train stations. Motor

AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021. The focus on the World Anti-Doping Agency and

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc in coming years for issues ranging from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy. The EU presidency of the Council said Ursula von der Leyen was approved for a second term as the

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a

Associated Press Over 1,000 new species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list” as invasive species, climate change and human activities such as illicit trade and infrastructure development threaten certain animal and plant species with extinction. The updated list includes cacti species in Chile which is in demand in

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers now calculate that catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels and set ablaze an area of forest larger than the state of West Virginia. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a police officer guarding the house of a top judge has been hospitalized with burns after a gasoline bomb attack in Athens. The motive for the predawn attack Thursday in a city suburb was not clear and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police say gasoline bombs

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions. The five-day strike by junior doctors in the early years of their careers comes just a week before the U.K. general election and shines a spotlight on the

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship traveling through the Red Sea has reported being hit in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the latest in the campaign targeting shipping over the Israel-Hamas war. The ship issued a radio call off the coast of the rebel-held port city of

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Everyone has too many passwords. The credentials we need to remember to navigate online life keep multiplying, not just for frequently used email, banking, social media, Netflix and Spotify logins, but also, say, the little-known e-commerce site you’re not sure you’ll buy from again. According to some unscientific studies,

AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood’s actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life. But while negotiators with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists