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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For all the evidence that Byron Buxton has had an All-Star season, the supporting statistics start and end with this simple number: 73. That's the total of games in which the Minnesota Twins have had their dynamic center…

Erton Köhler, a pastor from Brazil, has been elected president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference. He is the first South American to hold the position, leading a global denomination with 23 million members. Köhler…

A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans do not want the government to focus on increasing birth rates, despite efforts by the Trump administration to make this a priority. Instead, people want the government to focus on reducing child care…

Authorities in Athens closed the Acropolis for several hours due to high temperatures. The closure lasted from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Mandatory work breaks remain in effect in parts of Greece, especially islands and central regions…

PARIS (AP) — A man who saved several people including children and babies from a fire last week in Paris while balancing on a narrow ledge will be decorated for his courage. Fousseynou Cissé is making headlines in France after risking his…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A severe hail storm ripped up trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday, while an empty tourist boat sank when it was hit by a ferry that broke its moorings in the Adriatic Sea port of Split. Elsewhere, hundreds of fires…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Foreign Office said Tuesday it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German aircraft in the Red Sea. The surveillance aircraft was part of the EU mission…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The high-profile case of the so-called Death Cap Mushroom Cook is likely to remain a topic of conversation across Australia for years to come. For more than two months, the triple-murder trial has gripped the…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The party of opposition figure Kizza Besigye was launched in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Tuesday, with its jailed leader behind bars for alleged treason. Supporters at the event carried a framed portrait of…

LONDON (AP) — Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, a key ally of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her free-market transformation of Britain, has died at the age of 94, his family said Tuesday. Tebbit’s son William said he died…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China's ambassador to Manila was summoned after Beijing imposed sanctions on a former Filipino senator who has been critical of China’s aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials said…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of U.S. homes on the market as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze out many other would-be homebuyers. Nearly 27% of all homes sold in the first…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that aims to legalize casinos after the Prime Minister was suspended last week over an ethics investigation. Deputy Minister of Finance Julapun Amornvivat said the…

A Swiss village has cashed in on a pay-for-entry turnstile used by avid tourists who flock each day to a lakeside dock featured in the hit South Korean Netflix series “Crash Landing On You,” often to snap souvenir photos. Visitors now pay…

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Kusal Mendis smashed his sixth ODI hundred and led Sri Lanka to a commanding 99-run victory in the third and final one-day international as the home team clinched the series 2-1. Mendis marshaled Sri Lanka to…