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A Spanish Red Cross spokesman said three people were gored and three others suffered bruises in a tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival on Monday. It was the first run with gorings in the festival so far this year. There are three more daily runs before it finishes Thursday...

Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. Protesters remained in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s...

For more than two years, the Biden administration has said that Palestinians are entitled to the same measure of “freedom, security and prosperity” enjoyed by Israelis. Instead, they've gotten U.S. aid and permits to work inside Israel and its Jewish settlements. The inconsistency is likely to...

Boosted by a new mandate in weekend elections, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Monday with the U.S.'s top diplomat, who delivered condolences over the death of influential former leader Shinzo Abe and reassurances of a strong bilateral alliance. Kishida's governing Liberal Democratic...

Streets in the gambling center of Macao were empty Monday after casinos and most other businesses were ordered to close while the Chinese territory near Hong Kong fights a coronavirus outbreak. Residents were told to stay indoors unless they were buying food or other necessities. Authorities...

Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday, although Japan's benchmark rallied, welcoming a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and interruptions to economic activity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are adversely...

President Joe Biden is hosting a “celebration” of a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence that, after just 16 days in effect, already has been overshadowed by yet another mass shooting. The bill, passed after recent gun rampages in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, incrementally...

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and...

The U.S.-Mexico relationship — a straightforward tradeoff during the Trump adminstration, with Mexico tamping down on migration and the U.S. not pressing on other issues — has become a wide range of disagreements over trade, foreign policy, energy and climate change. President Andrés Manuel...

After members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, their leader called someone on the phone with an urgent message for then-President Donald Trump, another extremist told investigators. While gathered in a private suite at the Phoenix Park...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has tested positive for COVID-19 and reports experiencing very mild symptoms, his spokesman said Sunday night. Schumer, 71, is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, spokesman Justin Goodman said in a statement. The New York Democrat will...

A man used a pellet gun to kill animals in Hialeah Gardens, police said. Business owners and neighboring residents found dead ducks, iguanas, ibises, and other animals. Eventually, surveillance video helped them solve the mystery. Investigators identified the culprit as Redy Diaz Laurencio...

A California doctor is proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in southern states where abortion bans have been enacted. The idea is to provide a clinic aboard a ship in federal waters, and out of reach of state laws, that would offer...

The 2022 Essence Festival of Culture clarified its admission policy Friday, saying its coronavirus safety measures remain in place after an announcement via social media saying a negative COVID test result would be allowed for admission to its events was sent in error. Essence said proof of a...

Michael J. Bustamante said last year’s July 11 country-wide protests in Cuba and in South Florida were historic because nothing like it had happened in six decades. Bustamante is a University of Miami associate professor of history who focuses on Cuban and Cuban-American studies. He said...

One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial. “Newly discovered facts” show Juror No. 15 in the six-week trial was not the individual...

Florida’s 15-week abortion ban and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade have ignited the longstanding debate surrounding the implications of limiting access to abortion. The Broward Right To Life Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help women deal with...

The remains of former Mexican President Luis Echeverria were cremated Sunday, after a quiet memorial service. Mourners were few for Echeverria, who was blamed for some of Mexico’s worst political killings of the 20th century. Juan Velásquez, the lawyer who defended Echeverria, said a memorial...

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking the public for help with finding a 14-year-old girl on Sunday in Broward County. Detectives said Jaylah Nelson vanished at about 10 p.m., on Saturday, in North Lauderdale, according to Gerdy St. Louis, a spokeswoman for BSO. Jaylah was last seen at...

The leaders of two parties in Israel’s outgoing government coalition announced Sunday that they would run as political partners in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The announcement by Gideon Saar and Benny Gantz was the first shift in Israel's political landscape since the Knesset voted to...