Carles Puigdemont, ex-Catalan leader, returns to Spain after nearly 7 years as a fugitive

Carles Puigdemont, ex-Catalan leader, returns to Spain after nearly 7 years as a fugitive

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region nearly seven years ago, returned to the country on Thursday despite a pending arrest warrant. Puigdemont defiantly appeared in Barcelona after traveling from Belgium and faces charges of embezzlement for his part

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Majority of Americans say democracy is on the ballot this fall but differ on threat, AP poll finds

Majority of Americans say democracy is on the ballot this fall but differ on threat, AP poll finds

NEW YORK (AP) — Roughly 3 in 4 American adults believe the upcoming presidential election is vital to the future of U.S. democracy, although which candidate they think poses the greater threat depends on their political leanings, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that

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Vode kod Velikog koralnog grebena u poslednjih 10 godina bile najtoplije 400 godina unazad

Vode kod Velikog koralnog grebena u poslednjih 10 godina bile najtoplije 400 godina unazad

Između 2016. i 2024. godine, ovaj najveći koralni ekosistem na svetu i jedan od biološki najraznovrsnijih, prošao je kroz više izbeljivanja. To se dešava kad voda postane suviše topla, pa koral odbacuje alge koje ga snabdevaju bojom i hranu, i ponekad usled toga umire. Ranije ove godine, vazdušno osmatranje područja sa oko 300 koralnih grebena

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Asian shares slip after decline on Wall Street led by falling tech stocks

Asian shares slip after decline on Wall Street led by falling tech stocks

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares dropped early Thursday morning trading after declines on Wall Street, as the gyrations that recently slammed global markets haunted investors. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell as much as 2.4% in early morning trading, to 34,264.75. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.6% to 7,652.70. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.8% to 2,523.52. Hong

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Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit defends her taekwondo title at Paris Olympics

Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit defends her taekwondo title at Paris Olympics

Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Tokyo Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit defended her title on Wednesday to secure Thailand’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on the opening day of the taekwondo competition. The 26-year-old Wongpattanakit comfortably won her three opening bouts to reach the

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