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China threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader

BEIJING (AP) — China threatened retaliation on Wednesday if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan's president during her upcoming trip through Los Angeles. President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon on a tour of the island's diplomatic allies in the Americas ...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy: Any Russian victory could be perilous

By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city, Russia could begin building international support for a deal that ...

Takeaways from AP’s interview with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

By JULIE PACE, HANNA ARHIROVA and JAMES JORDAN Associated Press ON BOARD A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team of journalists from The Associated Press spent two days traveling by train with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he visited the southeastern city of ...

US: Credit Suisse violates deal on rich clients’ tax evasion

By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse violated a plea agreement with U.S. authorities by failing to report secret offshore accounts that wealthy Americans used to avoid paying taxes, U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday, releasing a two-year ...

Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A group of Swiss retirees took their government to a top European court Wednesday over what they claim is its failure to take sufficient action on climate change. Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection appeared before the European Court ...

Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will no longer give the U.S. advance notice about its missile tests, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday, as its military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country's massive nuclear capability amid ...

Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday only eight weeks before the start of the tournament amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team ...

Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital, cancels audiences

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday and canceled his audiences for the next two days to undergo previously scheduled tests, the Vatican said. The Vatican provided no details, including how long the 86-year-old pope would remain at Gemelli University ...

Migrants start fire at Mexico detention center, killing 40

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican ...

Lawmakers back Paris Olympic law despite surveillance fears

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A proposed French law for the 2024 Paris Olympics that critics contend will open the door for privacy-busting video surveillance technology in France and elsewhere in Europe passed an important hurdle on Tuesday with lawmakers overwhelmingly ...