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Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka's well-being concerns

By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments have reacted Tuesday to tennis star Naomi Osaka's stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players' concerns about mental health.

U.S., Japan reaffirm alliance amid China territorial claims

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

The new head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has held talks with top Japanese officials and reaffirmed their alliance amid China's increasingly assertive claims to contested areas in the region.

Greece, Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates

By Derek Gatopoulos, Lorne Cook, Associated Press

The certificates are being issued to people who are fully vaccinated as well as those have already contracted the virus and developed antibodies and others who have had a PCR test within the last 72 hours.

OPEC to increase oil output as global economy recovers

By David McHugh, Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's energy minister, the de facto leader among member countries, said that there were still "clouds on the horizon" despite recovering demand and the economy rebound in many countries.

Japan's vaccine push ahead of Olympics looks to be too late

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

It's sinking in that Japan's scramble to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics start may be too little, too late.

In Brazil's Amazon, rivers rise to record levels

By Fernando Crispim, Diane Jeantet, Associated Press

Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, straining a society that has grown weary of increasingly frequent flooding.

UK's Heathrow Airport opens terminal for high-risk travelers

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

A terminal at London's Heathrow Airport that was mothballed because of the coronavirus pandemic reopened Tuesday to serve passengers arriving from high-risk countries — an action that critics said was long overdue.

Businesses shut as Malaysia enters second virus lockdown

By Eileen Ng, Associated Press

Malls and many businesses in Malaysia shuttered Tuesday as the country began its second nationwide lockdown to tackle a worsening surge of the coronavirus that has put its health care system on the verge of collapse.

Vatican law now criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority, and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.

Israeli official rolls back army chief comments on Gaza office housing AP, other media

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

Israel's defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to be taken literally.