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Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacier

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier.

Leaked UK memos warn of food, drug shortages in Brexit chaos

By Associated Press

LONDON — Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according to a report. The Sunday Times newspaper published what…

Trump dismisses fears of looming recession

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

President Trump is playing down fears of a looming recession after last week’s sharp drop in the financial markets.

Rescue workers try to free 2 trapped cavers in Poland

By Associated Press

Polish media are reporting that more than two dozen rescue experts are trying to free two spelunkers trapped by rising water in a cave in southern Poland.

Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian island

By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government's hard-line interior minister has refused to let the 107 passengers disembark.

Massive turnout at march in latest Hong Kong protest

By Kelvin Chan, Yanan Wang, Associated Press

Protesters turned Hong Kong streets into rivers of umbrellas Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in the Chinese territory, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer.

Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

By Rahim Faiez, Cara Anna, Associated Press

The local Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for a suicide blast on Saturday at a wedding in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. It was the deadliest attack in the capital this year, with 63 killed and 182 wounded.

Weapons seized at Portland right-wing rally, counterprotests

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

Police seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, in a situation the mayor termed “potentially dangerous and volatile.”…

Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia’s sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described as a “limited fire” in the second such recent…

House speaker as U.S. emissary: Pelosi emerges as force abroad

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is emerging as an alternative ambassador abroad, an emissary for bedrock democratic values and the promise of stability that some see as diminishing in the Trump era.