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WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders sent lawmakers home for summer campaigning after one of the rockiest sessions in recent memory as voters decide which party to put in power in Congress for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. For those seeking to stay in office, particularly the newest members, it can be a tough sell. “I only know a dysfunctional Congress,” said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, a freshman from Virginia. […]

By Ashwin Manikandan MUMBAI, July 25 (Reuters) – India said on Saturday it would continue engaging with the United States to conclude a bilateral trade agreement, after Washington imposed a 10% tariff on imports from the South Asian nation under new trade measures. The Trump administration on Friday unveiled fresh duties of between 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including India, alleging those countries had failed to […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said. Maqadma, known also as the governor of northern Gaza Strip, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan area north of Gaza City, they said. Another Israeli strike killed a Palestinian medic […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft and Sergio Leon BORDEAUX, France/MADRID, July 25 (Reuters) – Wildfires on the coast of southwestern France moved inland towards Bordeaux on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of thousands in the city’s suburbs, while in neighbouring Spain high winds complicated efforts to fight a massive blaze near Madrid. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in both countries because of those fires, the latest natural disasters linked to […]

ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday with a flood of well-wishing messages from his fans around the world — even though he now has friends and is no longer holding on to the toy. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China and Hong Kong over the weekend, with the region on high alert and dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained winds of 140 kph (87 mph) near its center, was moving on Saturday steadily across the northeastern part of the South China Sea and edging closer to […]

What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed. If shelf prices look too high, she tries to find lower prices someplace else. “The apples went up here, the ones I eat, so now […]

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to the international community Saturday to support the people in Syria at the start of his first visit to the Arab country as U.N. chief, nearly two years after the fall of Bashar Assad. Guterres ‘ visit is the first by a UN secretary-general to the Syrian capital since 2009. Shortly after his arrival, Guterres held talks with Syria’s interim president, […]

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to government data released Friday in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. Activities at the Elikya Ebola […]