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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities on Saturday released the driver of a double-decker city bus who had been detained a day earlier after the vehicle slammed into a bus stop in Stockholm, killing three people. The public prosecutor’s office said it ordered the release after the driver was questioned, and an investigation into the incident

By MELINA WALLING and TERESA De MIGUEL Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels. Hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment. And others chanted, waved huge flags or held up signs Saturday in what’s traditionally the biggest day

By RUTH ALONGA and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo and Rwanda -backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. Earlier this year, M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, two

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has been a major failure. “We’ve been doing that for 30 years,” he said last month, “and

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Winter’s first strong rainfall sent water cascading through parts of Gaza’s sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war. Residents attempted to dig trenches to keep the water from flooding

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday confirmed seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations including carrying an illegal consignment, state media reported. A report by the official Irna news agency carried a statement by the Revolutionary Guard that said the tanker was taken

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak,

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The almighty eagle perched on a cactus while devouring a serpent on Mexico’s flag hints at the myth behind the foundation of the country’s capital. It’s a divine sign in an ancient legend, according to which the god Huitzilopochtli asked a group called the Mexica

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before the revelation of a multi-million dollar embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company brought his name to the forefront, Tymur Mindich was a shadowy presence — navigating deals and moving behind the scenes with unseen influence, known to many, yet rarely spoken