Sarah Burton, who designed Kate’s royal wedding dress, to step down from Alexander McQueen | AP News

Sarah Burton, who designed Kate’s royal wedding dress, to step down from Alexander McQueen | AP News

LONDON (AP) — The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate, the Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at Alexander McQueen after two decades at the brand, luxury group Kering said Monday.Designer Sarah Burton had led the fashion house since 2010 and previously worked with the brand’s founder, Lee Alexander

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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba tests positive for testosterone. He risks 4-year ban | AP News

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba tests positive for testosterone. He risks 4-year ban | AP News

ROME (AP) — Once considered among the top midfielders in world soccer, Paul Pogba’s career risks a premature ending after the Juventus player and France international tested positive for testosterone.Italy’s anti-doping agency announced the failed drug test on Monday.The exam was carried out after Juventus’ game at Udinese on Aug. 20. Pogba did not play

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US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia’s siege of Ukrainian city of Mariupol | AP News

US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia’s siege of Ukrainian city of Mariupol | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and representatives of a broad spectrum of society to a U.N. screening of the award-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which follows a trio of Associated Press journalists during Russia’s relentless siege of the Ukrainian port city in the early days of

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Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution, black holes with $840,000 awards | AP News

Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution, black holes with $840,000 awards | AP News

MILAN (AP) — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch astrophysicist have been named the winners of this year’s Balzan Prize. Their work in the humanities and natural sciences advances the study of comparative literature, human evolution and black holes. David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University’s comparative literature

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Western Balkan heads of state press for swift approval of their European Union membership bids | AP News

Western Balkan heads of state press for swift approval of their European Union membership bids | AP News

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The heads of state of six Western Balkan countries that are seeking to join the European Union met in North Macedonia on Monday and urged the bloc to accelerate its enlargement process, saying that would contribute to regional stability.A joint declaration from the presidents of Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Montenegro, North

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2,000 people are feared dead in flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm, prime minister says | AP News

2,000 people are feared dead in flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm, prime minister says | AP News

CAIRO (AP) — As many as 2,000 people are feared dead in Libya after Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods that swept away entire neighborhoods and wrecked homes in multiple coastal towns in the North African nation, one of Libya’s leaders said Monday. The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding stood at 38, according

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Court convicts Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks trial and gives him a 4-year suspended sentence | AP News

Court convicts Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks trial and gives him a 4-year suspended sentence | AP News

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer was convicted Monday by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years.The three-judge panel found Rui Pinto, now 34 years old, guilty on five counts of unauthorized entry into computer

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Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy | AP News

Bosnia court confirms charges against Bosnian Serb leader Dodik for defying top international envoy | AP News

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia said Monday it has confirmed an indictment against Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik on charges of defying the top international envoy overseeing peace in the Balkan country. Bosnian prosecutors filed the charges last month but the indictment had to be approved by the court to become

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