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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Before U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn’s devastating crash on Sunday while racing on a badly injured left knee, Iran’s Alpine women’s skiing coach shared words of admiration for the American. “She’s my superhero,” Mitra Kalhor told The Associated Press in the Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Village

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa on Sunday was released after more than eight months in prison, he said in a video posted on social media. Guanipa, one of the closest allies of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado, had been held at a detention facility in the capital, Caracas. “Today, we

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, demanding that Iraq’s government reverse recently imposed customs tariffs that they say have sharply increased their costs and disrupted trade. The new tariffs that came into effect on Jan. 1 were imposed as

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A limited number of Palestinians traveled between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday as the Rafah crossing reopened after a two-day closure, Egyptian state media reported. The vital border point opened last week for the first time since mid-2024, one of the main requirements for

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia, and they alleged he was working on behalf of Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was hospitalized after being shot several times Friday by

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland. The creator of the “Made O’Meter” app,