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Russia sentences popular cookbook author over Ukraine posts

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of spreading false information about the country’s military.
'Loophole' excuses WHO officials accused of misconduct

'Loophole' excuses WHO officials accused of misconduct

LONDON (AP) — A confidential U.N.
US states take control of abortion debate with funding focus

US states take control of abortion debate with funding focus

LAWRENCE, Kan.
Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted

Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted

CUSCO, Peru (AP) — Marco Gonzales ventured to the Andean city of Cusco from his home in the Peruvian Amazon in 2007 with little more than $20, a smidgeon of English and a change of clothes poorly suited for the icy mountain air.
Spanish PM urges end to EU reliance on imported food, energy

Spanish PM urges end to EU reliance on imported food, energy

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday urged the European Union to “reindustrialize” to end its reliance on energy , microchips and food from outside the bloc and to learn the lessons of shortages provoked by the COVID-19 pandem
UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system

UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system.
Norway looks to donate $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine

Norway looks to donate $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.
Swiss lawmakers visit Taiwan, say they want closer ties

Swiss lawmakers visit Taiwan, say they want closer ties

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president and said Monday their government wants to deepen political relations, adding to shows of support by foreign politicians for the self-ruled island democracy in the face of Ch

48 arrested in Europe over encrypted app used in drug trade

BERLIN (AP) — European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for organized crime, particularly in the drug trade, and arrested 48 people, German authorities said Monday.
Subversion trial for Hong Kong political activists opens

Subversion trial for Hong Kong political activists opens

HONG KONG (AP) — Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.