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By TIM SULLIVAN AP National Writer APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the pre-hippie 1960s. It’s a place where army-style buzz cuts are still in fashion, communism remains the primary enemy and the decor is

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 25 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local officials reported. A further 20 people were injured in the strike on the suburb of Tekstilshchik, including two children, said Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed authorities

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has soared past 25,000, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Sunday, while the Israeli government appeared far from achieving its goals of crushing the militant group and freeing more

By RAHIM FAIEZ and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan. The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area near Zebak district in Badakhshan province, according to regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri. He said a rescue team

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say at least 18 people have been killed by shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine. The attack hit Tekstilshchik, a suburb of the city of Donetsk, on Sunday. Alexei Kulemzin, the city’s Russian-installed mayor, said that the shells had been fired by the Ukrainian military. Kyiv has not

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The North Korean Foreign Ministry highlighted

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say at least 13 people have been killed by shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine. The attack hit Tekstilshchik, a suburb of the city of Donetsk, on Sunday. The Russian-installed authorities say the missile was launched by Ukraine. A further 10 people were injured, said Denis Pushilin, head

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from over three months of war between Israel and the territory’s Hamas rulers has soared past 25,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday. At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza’s hospitals in 24 hours along

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has the headline night slot at the Australian Open on Monday as the fourth round is completed in both men’s and women’s singles. The Wimbledon champion plays Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia for a place in the quarterfinals. No. 3-seeded Daniil Medvedev has moved from late, late night to day

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan. The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area near Zebak district in Badakhshan province, according to regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri. He said a rescue team had been dispatched

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving country with these words: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.” A century later, the once-omnipresent image of Vladimir Lenin is largely an afterthought in modern Russia, despite those