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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have accused Microsoft of “possibly abusive” practices that violate the bloc’s antitrust rules by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software. The European Commission said it’s concerned the U.S. tech giant has been “restricting competition” by bundling

BERLIN (AP) — A group that tracks antisemitism in Germany says it recorded an overall increase of more than 80% in incidents last year, with well over half of the total coming after Hamas-led militants’ attack on Israel in early October. The RIAS group said Tuesday it recorded 4,782 antisemitic incidents in 2023, ranging from

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said Tuesday that Modi’s visit is being prepared but he didn’t announce a date, saying that it will be done jointly later. Russia has had strong ties with India

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man who drove onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport with his 4-year-old daughter last year and was arrested after an 18-hour standoff of hostage-taking and other charges. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday. The drama started on the evening of Nov. 4.

By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast’s largest city of Abidjan have left more than 20 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual volume in some cases. Flood-related deaths are not uncommon in the West African nation during the rainy season

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The historic ruling effectively puts

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s premier has defended open markets and the importance of green technologies for stabilizing global growth as he opened a forum with political and business elites in northeastern China. Premier Li Qiang also criticized trade tensions and decoupling while seeking to reassure the participants that China’s

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn’t be supported. While often speaking in parables like many Iranian

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely to be carrying trash. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the balloons were moving southeast on Tuesday night. It’s North Korea’s sixth launch of balloons since late May. South

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press NOWOGROD, Poland (AP) — Poland’s army has launched a program called “Holidays with the Army” to train young volunteers in combat. Nations along NATO’s eastern flank are strengthening their defenses while fearing that Russia could one day attack them if it prevails in neighboring Ukraine. A Polish military spokesperson says

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine is set to officially launch membership talks with the European Union later on Tuesday. Moldova will also set its accession process in motion, as the EU hosts two intergovernmental conferences in Luxembourg. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described it as a dream come true for Ukraine’s citizens

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Japanese embassy in China says a man has been detained after a knife attack that injured three people at a bus stop in the city of Suzhou. The wounded include a Japanese mother and child. A Chinese woman on the bus intervened to stop the man

NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound for Nvidia is helping keep U.S. indexes close to their records. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading Tuesday. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which doesn’t include Nvidia, fell 82 points, or 0.2%. Nvidia was up 2.6% and on track to break

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing that Assange had left a London prison and was expected to plead guilty to a charge under the Espionage Act.

By BINAJ GURBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A court in southern Nepal has convict a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Ram Bahadur Bamjan, who’s believed by some to be the reincarnation of the founder of Buddhism, was arrested by police in January on charges

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in the Inner Mongolian region in northern China on Tuesday afternoon. “I now declare that the Chang’e 6 Lunar Exploration

By ARMANDO SOLIS Associated Press MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — United States Ambassador Ken Salazar has praised Mexico’s effort protect American agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended avocado and mango inspections following an attack on inspectors. Salazar traveled to the state, plagued by violence linked to

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison. The activists were among 47 democracy advocates who were

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A plane carrying Julian Assange landed Tuesday in Bangkok for refueling, as the WikiLeaks founder was on his way to enter a plea deal with the U.S. government that will free him and resolve the legal case that spanned years and

By The Associated Press Six candidates have been approved by Iran’s theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May. Among them, Iran’s parliament speaker stands out as the most recognizable figure. A little-known politician and heart surgeon

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is partnering with hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion to boost sales for its 10th annual Prime Day discount event. On Tuesday, the rapper unveiled a new original song called “It’s Prime Day.” An accompanying music video shows her purchasing a pink dog collar, fake eyelashes

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read must decide whether she was a callous girlfriend who drove off after killing her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV, or whether police framed her to cover a brutal beatdown by his fellow officers. Lawyers are to

By JOSH FUNK, TOM KRISHER AND PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Eastern Ohio residents will learn more Tuesday about the fiery Norfolk Southern train wreck that derailed their lives when the National Transportation Safety Board holds another hearing in their hometown about last year’s disaster. The hearing is expected to disclose

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press As residents return to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico, the mayor on Monday warned them that some parts of Ruidoso remain off limits as special search and rescue teams comb the charred rubble along the hardest-hit streets. They’re looking for the remains of people

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s defense attorneys argued Monday that damage done during FBI testing to a revolver that killed a cinematographer on the set of the Western “Rust” has stripped them of the ability to put on a proper defense at the actor’s forthcoming trial, and asked a New Mexico judge to

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The mayor of Maui County in Hawaii wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors. Instead, he wants the units rented long-term to people who live on Maui to address a chronic housing shortage that intensified after last August’s deadly wildfire. The

By MARGERY A. BECK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — More storms are possible in parts of the deluged Midwest, where flooding after days of heavy rains has killed at least two people, sent a river surging around a dam and forced evacuations and rescues. Severe storms were

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name, including a role in one of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. Tamayo Perry, 49, was killed Sunday near Goat Island, Shayne

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents. Its central character is a quixotic internet publisher with a profound