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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken

ISTANBUL (AP) — An apartment building collapse in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed one person and injured eight, authorities say.  Firefighters shifted rubble by hand from the flattened five-story building in Kucukcekmece on the city’s European side on Sunday. The cause was not immediately clear but there was no sign of an explosion

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper. The down ballot November race comes after decades of activism and months of legislative squabbles over control

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu has erupted again and spewed thick, gray ash and dark clouds 7,000 meters (16,000 feet) into the air, officials say. The volcano that is located on an island in the eastern North Maluku province erupted for more than six minutes on Sunday, according

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Rising home values have led to higher real estate taxes around the U.S. Now many states are looking to provide relief to frustrated residents. New laws enacted in Alabama, Colorado and Wyoming will limit the growth in tax-assessed values for homeowners. A Kansas special session on tax cuts is

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries face a decision on whether to extend production cuts. And that could push oil prices higher as the summer travel season increases demand for fuel and as the U.S. presidential election contest heats up. The OPEC+ alliance, made

ISTANBUL (AP) — Emergency workers are trying to rescue people trapped under the debris of an apartment building that collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Firefighters shifted rubble by hand from the flattened five-story building in Kucukcekmece on the city’s European side on Sunday. Seven people have been pulled from the debris and two

By DAVID RISING and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of helping Russia to disrupt a Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine. Speaking Sunday at a news conference at the Shangri-La conference in Singapore, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and leaders not

By DAN MERICA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way. The

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following a similar campaign earlier in the week as it continues to retaliate against activists flying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border. The military advised people to beware of falling objects

ISTANBUL (AP) — Television images show emergency workers trying to rescue people trapped under a collapsed apartment building in Istanbul. Firefighters shifted rubble by hand from the flattened three-story building in Kucukcekmece on the city’s European side on Sunday. Two injured people were pulled from the debris, broadcaster CNN Turk reported. The Istanbul governor’s office

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Voters in Serbia are casting ballots in a rerun election in the capital, Belgrade, and in dozens of other cities and towns, with ruling right-wing populists seeking to cement their already vast hold on power. The vote in Belgrade on Sunday is being held again after

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s president. The populist former leader’s registration puts pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali

By JACK DURA Associated Press Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded conspiracy theories stemming from the 2020 presidential election. The three counties, each with fewer