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By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Thousands of voters in Guyana participated Monday in what many say is the South American country’s most consequential election in decades given that whichever party wins will oversee $10 billion in annual revenue from offshore oil and gas production. In recent years, Guyana has transformed from

By SAM McNEIL and VALENTINA PETROVA Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport in central Bulgaria and von der Leyen will continue her

By AHMED AL-HAJ, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and FATMA KHALED Associated Press ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of Yemenis mourned Monday the death of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, killed last week along with several officials by an Israeli strike, as the group targeted an oil tanker in the Red Sea, renewing their attacks in

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Camilla fought off an indecent attack when she was a teenager by taking off her shoe and bashing the assailant in the groin, according to a new book on the royal family. Camilla was on a train to London’s Paddington Station in the mid-1960s when

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a simple message: “Buffalo Loves Canada.” The marketing campaign, which included a $500 gift card giveaway, was meant to show Buffalo’s northern neighbors

By RAJESH ROY and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TIANJIN, China (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the purchase of Russian oil. The

By K.M. CHAUDHRY and BABAR DOGAR Associated Press JHANG, Pakistan (AP) — Emergency workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province used drones to find people stranded on rooftops by massive floods as the government expanded its rescue operation with more than 900,000 evacuated, officials said Monday. The Pakistan Meteorological Department warned of more heavy rain in Punjab’s

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TIANJIN, China (AP) — China plans to accelerate the creation of a development bank and set up an international platform for energy cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Monday at a summit that represents an emerging challenge to U.S. global leadership with the participation of Russia and India. Russian President

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately available. The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers (17 miles) east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the U.S. Geological Survey said.