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World shares are mixed as investors watch for further news on Trump’s tariffs

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday as investors watched for further developments after a U.S. court ruled against President Donald Trump's sweeping higher tariffs. U.S. markets were to remain closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. ...

850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since Assad’s fall, UN says

By OMAR SANADIKI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Since the fall of Bashar Assad's government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries and the figure could reach 1 million in the coming weeks, a top official with the U.N. refugee agency ...

Israel soon will halt or slow aid to northern Gaza as military offensive grows

By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will soon halt or slow humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its military offensive against Hamas, an official said Saturday, a day after Gaza City was declared a combat zone. The decision was ...

Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Yemen’s capital

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the Houthi rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital Sanaa, the Houthis said Saturday. He was the most senior Houthi official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Iranian-backed ...

What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means — and what happens next

By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A move in Brazil to suspend a soybean moratorium has scientists and environmentalists warning that losing the agreement could undermine years of progress in cutting deforestation in the Amazon. A federal judge has temporarily ...

Japan accelerates missile deployment amid rising regional tensions

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to deploy its domestically developed long-range missiles a year earlier than planned, the Defense Ministry announced Friday, as the country steps up efforts to strengthen its strike-back capability in response to rising challenges ...

What to know after the top court in Thailand booted the prime minister

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's political crisis deepened as the Constitutional Court on Friday removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office just a year into her term. The court ruled she had harmed the national interest and violated ethical standards in a phone call with Cambodia's ...

Samoa votes in an election that will decide the fate of its first woman leader

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa went to the polls Friday in a critical election that could decide the future of the Pacific Island nation's first woman leader, who called the vote after her government collapsed in May. Counting was scheduled ...