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This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
International Atomic Energy Agency report seen by AP says Iran resolves 2 inquiries by inspectors
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a report seen Wednesday by The Associated Press said. The confidential quarterly report by … more
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The pitch of a soccer club is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. A 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match brawl with an opposing team at an international youth tournament in Germany over the weekend, officials said Wednesday. A 16-year-old from a French team was jailed pending further investigation by a judge in Frankfurt, where the match with a team from Berlin took place on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
German police say teen injured in post-match brawl with French team has died
German police say a 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match brawl with an opposing team at an international youth tournament in Germany over the … more
A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. On Wednesday, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for April. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
US job openings hit 10.1 million and labor market still strong despite Fed efforts to cool economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April, illustrating the resilience of the American labor market and complicating Federal Reserve efforts to fight inflation. Employers … more
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FILE - Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics talks to journalists on second day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Bucharest, Romania, on Nov. 30, 2022. Latvian lawmakers are set to elect a new head of state on Wednesday May 31, 2023 from a field of three candidates with none of them a clear favorite to win ahead of the unpredictable vote by the Baltic nation's 100-seat Saeima legislature. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president
HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote. The … more
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FILE - Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa addresses speaks at the funeral of Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime a neighborhood on the outskirts of Harare, Tuesday, June, 14, 2022. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23. Mnangagwa is expected to face a strong challenge from Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa sets election date as Aug. 23
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's national elections will take place on Aug. 23, the country's president announced Wednesday. The vote is expected to be another closely watched affair in a country … more
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FILE - People walk past an entrance of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Germany says it has told Russia to close four out of five consulates in Germany in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow set a limit for the number of German embassy staff and related bodies that can operate in Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
Germany orders Russia to close 4 out of its 5 consulates in tit-for-tat move
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it has told Russia to close four out of its five consulates general in Germany in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow set a limit for the number … more
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A hydrogen train passes a field with poppy flowers in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
German inflation slows to 6.1% in May, though food prices are still surging
BERLIN (AP) — German inflation eased to 6.1% in May following several months of declines, even as Europe's biggest economy registered another painful increase in food prices of nearly 15%. … more
FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with union electricians at Proxima Solar Farm outside Patterson, Calif., on May 19, 2023. California has struggled to meet growing demand for electricity as the state transitions away from fossil fuels. Gov. Newsom has proposed the purchasing power of the state to purchase large amounts of new renewable energy, including from offshore wind and geothermal power plants. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee via AP, File)
Facing sweltering summers, California's Newsom floats plan for state to buy energy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to purchase massive amounts of renewable energy. Utility companies in California are responsible for buying their own power. But they have not been buying … more
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FILE - Kemi Badenoch, Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, on Jan. 17, 2023. The U.K. government on Wednesday May 10, 2023 scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws, some 4,000 in all, from British statute books by the end of this year — a post-Brexit goal that critics said was rash and unachievable. Badenoch said in a written statement that the government would instead draw up a list of about 600 specific laws that would be revoked. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
UK hails first post-Brexit trade deals with Australia, New Zealand, but impact likely small
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government hailed an era of cheaper Australian wine and New Zealand kiwi fruit as free-trade agreements with the two Southern Hemisphere nations took effect Wednesday. … more
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FILE - People visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland's ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics after ruling party uses it in political ad
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland's ruling party that uses the theme of the Nazi German extermination camp to discourage … more
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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2021, file photo with the downtown skyline in the background, a roofer works on a new home being built in a new housing development as expansive urban sprawl continues in Phoenix. Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren't getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers
Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census. It claimed that group homes, jails and drug treatment centers were overlooked during the … more
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2 bodies found at home near McClintock Drive, Ray Road: Chandler PD
Chandler police are investigating after two bodies were found Wednesday morning near McClintock Drive and Ray Road. One of the fatalities was due to a self-inflicted injury, police said in a … more
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Public comment period on Arizona transportation plan ends June 1
The Arizona Department of Transportation will end the public comment period on its recommended five-year plan Thursday, June 1. more
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A woman runs past the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Moldova will host the Meeting of the European Political Community on June 1, 2023. Preparations for a major summit of European leaders were still underway in Moldova on Wednesday, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and break with its Russian-dominated past amid the war in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit
BULBOACA, Moldova (AP) — Final preparations for a major summit of European leaders were being made in Moldova on Wednesday, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to … more
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FILE - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Oct. 13, 2022. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023 to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)
China responds to US complaint over plane intercept with demand for end to surveillance flights
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in … more
A woman looks at her mobile phone with an emergency evacuation warning text message sent to Seoul residents as she watches a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. North Korea's attempt to put the country's first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un's push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea's failed satellite launch triggers public confusion, security jitters in neighbors
North Korea’s launch of a spy satellite has ended in an embarrassing failure. But it still prompted public confusion and security jitters in neighboring South Korea and Japan, which are wary of … more
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This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
Al Jazeera says Qatar's prime minister met with Taliban's supreme leader in Afghanistan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The supreme leader of the Taliban met in Afghanistan with Qatar's prime minister this month, the first-such publicly known meeting between the Taliban's reclusive … more
People enjoy drinks and snacks in the evening sun on a terrace overlooking Stockholm, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Smoking is prohibited in both indoor and outdoor areas of bars and restaurants in Sweden, which has the lowest share of smokers in the European Union. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
Sweden close to becoming first 'smoke free' country in Europe as daily use of cigarettes dwindles
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants. As the World Health Organization marks “World No Tobacco Day” on Wednesday, Sweden, … more
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This combination of photos show the five top paid women CEOs in 2022. From top left, Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices, Mary Barra of General Motors, Lynn Good of Duke Energy. FROM bottom left, Phebe Novakovic of General Dynamics and Adena Friedman of Nasdaq, Inc. 2022 was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 - compensation increased for more than half of them, but the median pay package fell 6%. Of the 343 CEOs in the compensation survey of S&P 500 companies done by the AP and Equilar, only 20 were women. (AP Photo)
Pay packages for female CEOs fell last year after big gains in 2021, ranks remain thin
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 -- compensation increased for more than half of them, but the median pay package fell 6%. … more
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This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
Military says Sudan has suspended its participation in talks with paramilitary rival
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military has suspended its participation in talks with a paramilitary force it's been battling for weeks for control of the northeastern African country, a military spokesman … more
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CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker two lifetimes to make their annual pay
After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9% last year, to a median of $14.8 … more
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Deminers from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) do clearance at a site containing cluster munitions in Ayii, Eastern Equatoria state, in South Sudan Thursday, May 11, 2023. As South Sudanese trickle back into the country after a peace deal was signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war, many are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people start returning home
MAGWI COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — For the first time since fleeing South Sudan's civil war eight years ago, Jacob Wani returned home excited to rebuild his life. But when the 45-year-old farmer … more
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Armed robbery investigation continues in Sun City
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office responded to an alleged armed robbery in Sun City West. more
A view of a former monastery, in Rome, Monday, May 29, 2023, situated on a quiet residential street. It once sheltered Jews fleeing deportation in World War II. Purchased by the Vatican in 2021 as a dormitory for foreign nuns studying at Rome’s pontifical universities, the building now stands empty, a collateral victim of the latest financial scandal to hit the Holy See. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Vatican questions $17 million donation to impact investing fund, moves to prevent similar gifts
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former monastery on a quiet residential street in Rome once sheltered Jews fearing deportation in World War II. Purchased by the Vatican in 2021 as a dormitory for foreign … more
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FILE - Jovica Stanisic, facing camera, appears in court for his retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, on June 13, 2017. The appeals decision on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in the retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic brings to an end the longest-running war crimes prosecution dating back to the Balkan wars of the early 1990s. (Michael Kooren/Pool Photo via AP, File)
UN court issuing appeal ruling in long-running trial of 2 Serbs accused of crimes in Balkan wars
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic convicted of aiding and abetting murder and other crimes committed by Serb paramilitaries in a Bosnian town in … more
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