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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were trading mixed Tuesday after the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond fell back after creeping above 5%. France’s CAC 40 inched down less than 0.1% to 6,847.50 in early trading. Germany’s DAX slipped nearly 0.1% to 14,788.30. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.4%

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it will allow Lynas Rare Earths to continue to import and process rare earths until March 2026. Science Minister Chang Lih Kang said licensing conditions that called for the Australian miner to halt all activities producing radioactive waste have been lifted. That came after Lynas proposed a

By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir says she’ll stay home as part of the strike on Tuesday. Organizers are calling on women and nonbinary people

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say four suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small wooden boat near the two Koreas’ sea border. They were found on Tuesday. Defections by North Koreans have been a sore point in relations between the two Koreas. South Korea accepts

By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry into New Zealand’s worst mass shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The coroner-led inquiry opened Tuesday, more than four years

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation in as many months. A police spokesman said Tuesday the operation was centered in the southwestern district of Paphos. A combined force

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and several people are missing. Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said the ships, Polesie and Verity, collided early Tuesday morning about 22 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of the island of Helgoland. One of the ships,

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Washington state senator Jeff Wilson has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was not registered in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. His website and local media reported that he was released on bail after appearing in court on Monday. Local media reports said

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip, the military said Tuesday, ahead of an expected ground invasion against Hamas militants that the U.S. fears could spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shares mostly rose Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street wobbled to a mixed close as yields on U.S. Treasury bonds fell back after creeping above 5%. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Shanghai and Taiwan, but fell in Hong Kong. Rapidly rising yields in the bond

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire, 34 people had been killed in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. The Labor Day tragedy in 2019 spurred changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and civil lawsuits.