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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Vinícius Júnior clenched his right fist and raised it high above his head after scoring at Mestalla Stadium, posing for a moment to make sure everyone noticed. The symbolic gesture in early March came nearly a year after the Real Madrid forward was on that same

PARIS (AP) — The French interior minister has launched multiple anti-drug crackdowns, reflecting the government’s commitment to show it’s serious about tackling the drug trade and crime in cities ahead of European elections. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that police units conducted raids and made several arrests in the northern

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has announced plans to expand its electric vehicle lineup, develop more powerful batteries and cut production costs. The company’s chief executive described the plan as “The Arc” pathway to greater sales by 2030. Makoto Uchida told reporters Monday that Nissan will lower EV costs to

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group. That’s according to the Southern Armed Forces, which is loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The attack took place late Sunday in the mountainous Wadi Omran area of Abyan province and also wounded four

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group. That’s according to the Southern Armed Forces, which is loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional Council. The attack took place late Sunday in the mountainous Wadi Omran area of Abyan province and also wounded four

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the East Sepik region at about 6.20 a.m. local time on Sunday near the town of

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s first ministerial corruption case has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister. S. Iswaran pleaded not guilty Monday to eight new charges alleging he received goods worth $14,000 from a contractor. The former senior politician in the long-ruling People’s Action Party was first hauled to

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that Japan’s prime minister has offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but stressed that prospects for their countries’ first summit in about 20 years would depend on Tokyo tolerating the North’s weapons program and

By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese anxiously awaited the results of a presidential election Monday, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested the country’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with coups. The vote Sunday was largely peaceful with a high turnout, observers said.

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting.

By DASHA LITVINOVA and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake