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British PM Burnham set to meet Trump for first time at UN in New York

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Burnham plans to discuss ways to bolster Ukraine's defenses and ease fuel prices that have soared since the US-Israeli war with Iran blocked ships from moving freely through the Strait of Hormuz.

Rising gas prices frustrate voters. Trump says it's an 'inexpensive price to pay' for the Iran war

By Steve Peoples, Jesse Bedayn, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Interviews with voters in several states, along with a fresh round of national polling, reveal an overwhelming sense of frustration that skyrocketing gas prices — a direct result of President Donald Trump's war — are creating serious and sustained financial…

Main Kremlin party keeps control of Russian parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote

By Associated Press

At a polling station in the Russian-held part of the Donetsk region, voters dropped their ballots in a box under the gaze of an armed Russian soldier.

World leaders meet at UN as planet grapples with war, runaway AI and climate shocks

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Under a global cloud of bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears.

Carney and Macron deepen ties as Canada turns toward Europe and away from U.S. dependence

By Associated Press

Carney said the countries will task their space agencies and defense ministries to develop and share infrastructure, including launch systems and ground-based reception facilities. They also agreed to expand cooperation in energy, telecommunications, climate resilience and economic development.

18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited from Haiti to U.S.

By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

The suspects who remain in Haiti awaiting trial included more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.

Russia wraps up first wartime parliamentary election with Kremlin dominance all but assured

By Associated Press

The vote included residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began but still doesn’t fully control, as well as those in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels warn against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen's growing civil war

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen’s western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month.

Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after party's historic defeat in 2 German state elections

By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press

Should the Christian Democratic Union stay below 5% in the final vote count, it would mean that the party would fail for the first time to win seats in a state legislature anywhere in Germany.

Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including 'largest ever' attack on Moscow

By Associated Press

Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building.