Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV | AP News

Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when

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Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC after cricket and others were added to 2028 LA program | AP News

Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC after cricket and others were added to 2028 LA program | AP News

GENEVA (AP) — Olympic sports bodies want urgent talks with the IOC about the risk of cuts in their revenue shares and medal events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games because cricket and other newcomers were added to the program.The International Olympic Committee last month approved cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash for 2028

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Spain’s Parliament to vote on Prime Minister Sánchez’s reelection. Catalan amnesty deal causes furor | AP News

Spain’s Parliament to vote on Prime Minister Sánchez’s reelection. Catalan amnesty deal causes furor | AP News

MADRID (AP) — The investiture debate and vote to reelect acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will take place later this week, Spain’s Parliament speaker said Monday.Speaker Francina Armengol said Sanchez’s candidacy will be discussed by party leaders Wednesday and the vote will take place after the debate Thursday.Sánchez, who has been in office since

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Myanmar army faces a new threat from armed ethnic foes who open a new front in a western state | AP News

Myanmar army faces a new threat from armed ethnic foes who open a new front in a western state | AP News

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government, under pressure in the country’s northeast where it recently lost strategic territory to an alliance of armed ethnic rebels, faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the groups launched attacks in the western state of Rakhine.The Arakan Army launched surprise assaults on two outposts of the Border Guard

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Indonesian Election Commission approves all three candidates for president | AP News

Indonesian Election Commission approves all three candidates for president | AP News

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Election Commission announced Monday that it has approved all three presidential candidates for next February’s election, including a former special forces general whose vice-presidential running mate is the son of outgoing President Joko Widodo.The commission said all of the candidates had passed the legal requirements. Last month, the Constitutional Court

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European Union calls for an investigation into the massacre of nearly 100 civilians in Burkina Faso | AP News

European Union calls for an investigation into the massacre of nearly 100 civilians in Burkina Faso | AP News

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The European Union is calling for an investigation into the massacre of nearly 100 civilians including women and children in Burkina Faso.The killings took place in the village of Zaongo in the Center-North region earlier this month, the EU said in a statement Sunday.“The European Union calls on the transitional authorities

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Japanese vice minister resigns over tax scandal in another setback for Kishida’s unpopular Cabinet | AP News

Japanese vice minister resigns over tax scandal in another setback for Kishida’s unpopular Cabinet | AP News

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese vice finance minister stepped down on Monday, amid criticism from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet, after admitting his company’s repeated failures to pay taxes, a further setback to Kishida’s unpopular government. Deputy Finance Minister Kenji Kanda, in charge of government bonds and monetary policy, is the third member of Kishida’s

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