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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Tuesday at criticism of the country’s coronavirus vaccination effort, dismissing a pair of scandals as the work of conservative opponents or grumpy “elderly people who go grumbling because they don’t like to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving again to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians as it fires up a new Mideast policy that is directly opposite of the one pursued by its predecessor. For the third time in…

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has begun competition in women's flag football with 13 small-college teams in six states. One of them is Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. Players from as far away as Alaska, Florida and Nevada came to the 1,600-student school to continue playing the fast-growing sport. The NAIA expects at least 40 schools to have teams in two or three years. That's the threshold required for the NAIA to sponsor a championship in a sport. Midland and other small schools start programs in a wide variety of sports to help increase enrollment. 

HELSINKI (AP) — Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely populated Arctic island's substantial deposits of rare-earth metals. Lawmakers agreed on a…

ROME (AP) — Italian restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown clashed with police Tuesday during a protest outside Parliament in Rome, while in the south, hundreds of demonstrators blocked…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government on Tuesday approved the first easing of its tight lockdown in one of the European Union's hardest-hit countries, allowing at least some children to return to school. “It’s not a full relaxation,” Health Minister…

HELSINKI (AP) — A Norwegian museum said Tuesday that a famous statue of a baby boy stomping his feet in anger has been removed from a park in the capital, Oslo, for repairs after someone vandalized it by trying to…

A member of George Floyd’s family often occupies a reserved seat in the back corner of the Minneapolis courtroom where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial in Floyd’s death. The seat reserved for Chauvin’s family goes unclaimed. Several times Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd was there to bear witness on behalf of his family. He has watched the often-excruciating bystander, police body camera and security videos of George Floyd’s fatal encounter with Chauvin last May 25, and listened to testimony from eyewitnesses and police. Philonise Floyd says he’s been trying to stop crying and has kept a box of tissues on the floor next to his chair. 

Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez moved to the One Championship mixed martial arts promotion over three years ago partially for the chance to test their skills against the rest of the world after winning championships in their native North America. The coronavirus pandemic then left them with the longest layoffs of their professional careers. They're back in action Thursday morning in Singapore, and their home fans will be able to see them on prime-time U.S. television. One Championship is hoping to continue to carve out a slice of the U.S. MMA market with a series of shows following a popular pro wrestling program on TNT.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar arrested the country’s best-known comedian on Tuesday as they continue to crack down on people they accuse of helping incite nationwide protests against February's military coup. The comedian Zarganar was taken from his…

MOSCOW (AP) — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside a penal colony east of Moscow where the Kremlin critic is currently serving time. Navalny has been on hunger strike for nearly a week to protest…

An American Olympic gold rush largely supported by U.S. college sports teams could be coming to an end. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the substantial changes pending in the college-sports business model, have led many leaders in both college and the Olympics to wonder if today's success can continue. In a question from a survey sent by The Associated Press to athletic directors across the country, nearly 65% of said “Yes” when asked if the U.S. Olympic team should pay part of the bill to the colleges that run sports programs that feed much of the pipeline.  At stake is a stretch of Olympic dominance that has seen the U.S. win a world-leading 678 medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics since 2000. 

KENSINGTON, N.H. (AP) — A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was one of the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety…

The world’s largest vaccine maker, based in India, will be able to restart exports of AstraZeneca doses by June if new coronavirus infections subside in the country, its chief executive says. But a continued surge could result in more delays because the Serum Institute of India would have to meet domestic needs, Adar Poonawalla warns in an interview with The Associated Press. The company is a key supplier for the U.N.-backed COVAX program that aims to distribute vaccines equitably in the world. COVAX says a surge in infections in India has caused the Serum Institute of India to cater to domestic demand, resulting in a delay in global shipments of up to 90 million doses.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite its flagging vaccination drive, the European Union said Tuesday it is still on target to reach what it calls “sufficient community immunity” by the end of June. The European Commission has said it wants to have…