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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content. The progressive Spanish leader spoke at a summit in the United Arab Emirates, where he

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On the edge of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, volunteers ladle hot soup into plastic containers as residents wrapped in heavy coats queue for a meal they cannot cook at home. Yuliia Dolotova, a mother of two, is among them, waiting with her 18-month-old

PRAGUE (AP) — The new Czech Republic coalition government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Tuesday faced a parliamentary no-confidence vote over the handling of a dispute with the country’s president. The opposition parties that requested the vote have sided with President Petr Pavel, who accused Foreign Minister Petr Macinka of blackmailing him, because

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians gathered Tuesday on both sides of Gaza’s border with Egypt, hoping to get through the Rafah crossing after its reopening the previous day was marred by delays and uncertainty over who would be allowed to cross. On the

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hourslong swim after the family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British politician Peter Mandelson is quitting the House of Lords as he faces new questions over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Speaker of the House of Lords says Mandelson has announced he will retire from Parliament’s upper chamber effective Wednesday. Mandelson is also facing a potential

By KAMILA HRABCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia carried out a major attack on Ukraine overnight in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday was a breach of its commitment to hold off on attacks on energy infrastructure, a day before representatives of the two countries were due to attend U.S.-brokered talks on ending

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the pope’s prosecutors that could have big repercussions on the outcome of the troubled case. The case concerns the once-powerful Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants, who

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president said Tuesday he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington after the Mideast country’s bloody crackdown