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Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary nation

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister – the key negotiator of his country's deal with the U.S. to partner on the development of ...

Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The center-left Labour Party pledged before it was elected in July 2024 ...

UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations' special rapporteur for Gaza and the West Bank said Tuesday that it's time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop what she called the "genocide" in Gaza. Francesca Albanese spoke to ...

Nvidia to resume sales of highly desired AI computer chips to China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China. The news came in ...

UK Treasury chief will slash financial services red tape to boost investment

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves said Tuesday that she'll cut red tape for banks and finance firms so that "informed risk-taking" can help kickstart Britain's sluggish economy. The government is trying to regain the economic initiative after ...

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000

By WAFAA SHURAFA and IMAD ISSEID Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, while the Palestinian death toll passed 58,000 after 21 months of war, local health ...

US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history's deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived. Stop all ...

A Berlin doctor goes on trial, accused of murdering 15 patients

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German doctor went on trial in Berlin Monday, accused of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care. The prosecutor's office brought charges against the 40-year-old doctor "for 15 counts of murder with premeditated ...