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Peter Sellars' staging of Prokofiev���s `The Gambler' is Salzburg Festival's latest offbeat success 08/16/2024 09:47am • SALZBURG, Austria (AP) ��� Offbeat operas have been some of the Salzburg Festival���s best in recent years, the latest a colorful, outlandish and entertaining staging of Sergei Prokofiev���s ���The Gambler��� by director Peter Sellars. Starring soprano Asmik Grigorian as Polina and tenor Sean Panikk Conor Gallagher back at Chelsea and waiting for 'solution' to tie up $42.5M move to Atletico Madrid 08/16/2024 09:21am • LONDON (AP) ��� England midfielder Conor Gallagher has returned to Chelsea and is training alone at the club after issues arose in completing his move to Atletico Madrid. Atletico posted a message on social-media platform X, formerly Twitter, last Saturday with a picture of Gallagher at Wanda Metrop India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years 08/16/2024 09:05am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) ��� India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi���s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a f Napheesa Collier scores 17 in return from Olympic break to help the Lynx beat Mystics 79-68 08/16/2024 08:48am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Napheesa Collier had 17 points and 12 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season, Courtney Williams added 14 points and five assists, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 79-68 on Thursday night. Williams broke a tie at 63-all on a 3-pointer with 4:24 remain Kahleah Copper scores 29 in her return to Chicago as the Mercury beat the Sky 85-65 08/16/2024 08:28am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Kahleah Copper scored 29 points in her return to Chicago, Brittney Griner had 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists and five blocks and the Phoenix Mercury beat the short-handed Sky 85-65 on Thursday night. Griner became the first player in franchise history to record at least 20 po Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand's prime minister 08/16/2024 08:11am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister Friday, continuing the legacy of the political dynasty that began with her father Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand���s most popular but divisive political figures. Thaksin, a former Prime Minister, was ouste Man City winger Oscar Bobb out for up to 4 months after breaking his leg 08/16/2024 07:52am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester City winger Oscar Bobb is having surgery on Friday after breaking his leg in training and is set to be out for three-to-four months, manager Pep Guardiola said. ���We are so sad for him,��� Guardiola said of the 21-year-old Norway international, who was expect Taylor Swift's Eras tour returns in London, with assist from Ed Sheeran, after foiled terror plot 08/16/2024 07:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Taylor Swift���s history-making Eras Tour made a triumphant return, accompanied by Ed Sheeran, in London Thursday night. He joined the headliner on stage at Wembley Stadium for the acoustic section, playing on two of their collaborations, ���Everything Has Changed��� and ���Endgame,� Ed Sheeran buys minority share in Ipswich ahead of Premier League return 08/16/2024 06:48am • IPSWICH, England (AP) ��� Lifelong Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran has bought a small stake in the club ahead of its return to the Premier League. Ipswich said Thursday that the British musician has acquired a 1.4% ownership stake, but will be a passive investor and not part of the club's board of directors Pick Six: Central Missouri's Zach Zebrowski among 2024 small-college stars after passing for 61 TDs 08/16/2024 06:10am • Zach Zebrowski more than made up for lost time in his first season at Central Missouri. After spending three years mostly on the bench at Southern Illinois in the Football Championship Subdivision, Zebrowski turned in one of the greatest seasons by a college quarterback in any division. He passed f New urgency to find a missing Manassas Park mother 08/16/2024 05:41am • A Manassas Park, Virginia, woman has been missing now for two weeks, and there's a stepped-up effort to find her. Police and dozens of volunteers searched the trails at Blooms Park Thursday night, but there's still no sign of 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt ��� a pediatric nurse. She has an 11-mont Croatia to reintroduce compulsory military draft as regional tensions soar 08/16/2024 05:41am • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) ��� Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1 next year, the country's Defense Minister Ivan Anusic announced late Thursday. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine as well as an Thailand's new prime minister renews the legacy of her divisive father, Thaksin Shinawatra 08/16/2024 05:40am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� The election of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand���s prime minister represents a remarkable comeback for the political dynasty founded by her billionaire father, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006. Paetongtarn, 37, a former executive in a hotel business Pakistan's health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant 08/16/2024 04:59am • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� Pakistan���s health ministry said Friday it has identified a case of mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new variant, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency. The case, in a man who had rec British judge on Hong Kong's top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group's advisory panel 08/16/2024 04:15am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that unanimously dismissed an appeal from imprisoned prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and six former pro-democracy lawmakers has quit his position on an advisory board to an international media freedom group because of concerns