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Pilot and influencer Ethan Guo left Antarctic air base after 2 months

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — An American social media influencer who was stuck in a Chilean airbase in Antarctica for two months and initially charged for submitting a false flight plan, on Saturday returned to the mainland. Ethan Guo, who was 19 years old when he began his fundraising mission ...

Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said the death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, as the United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties. The figures provided by Taliban government spokesman ...

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 ...