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Germany's quarrelsome government clinches a deal on the 2025 budget 08/16/2024 10:53am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's quarrelsome governing coalition reached an agreement Friday on details of the country's 2025 budget, weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and top officials clinched an initial deal that then got bogged down in a new dispute, further damaging the unpopular government's image. The top UN court sets a December date for the start of hearings in a landmark climate change case 08/16/2024 10:51am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� The top United Nations court announced Friday that public hearings will open Dec. 2 in a landmark case seeking a non-binding advisory opinion on ���the obligations of States in respect of climate change.��� The U.N. General Assembly sent the case to the International Sports on TV for Aug. 19 - 25 08/16/2024 10:00am • Adv17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 19 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 3 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 5 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball 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 The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name 08/16/2024 09:35am • As planners in the mid-1950s envisioned the construction of a 41,000-mile national system of interstate highways, the Capital Beltway was already in the works ��� even though it was called the Washington Circumferential Highway at the time. The goal was simple: provide passenger vehicles and BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles in China that may have Takata airbag inflators 08/16/2024 09:09am • BEIJING (AP) ��� BMW was recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles in China that might have Takata airbag inflators following a similar recall in the United States last month, officials said Friday. The recall covers nearly 600,000 vehicles made in China between 2005 and 2017 and more than 750,000 im 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 AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wyoming's state primaries 08/16/2024 08:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Wyoming has been among the most conservative states in the county, and voters on Tuesday will select the Republican candidates who will advance to November���s general election for federal and state legislative offices. The only contested races in Wyoming���s primary are on the R Southern African leaders meet amid mpox concerns and a political crackdown in summit host Zimbabwe 08/16/2024 08:24am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� African leaders will meet in Zimbabwe on Saturday for a scheduled summit of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community that may discuss the rising issue of mpox outbreaks across the continent but is less likely to tackle international concerns about the human righ AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska's primaries 08/16/2024 07:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Alaska voters on Tuesday will shrink the pool of contenders for its highly sought-after U.S. House seat from a dozen candidates to just four. In Alaska, every candidate runs on the same primary ballot, regardless of partisan affiliation. The four candidates with the most votes ad 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,� Looking to buy a home? You may now need to factor in the cost of your agent's commission 08/16/2024 06:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Thinking of buying a home with the help of a real estate agent? You can no longer take it for granted that a seller will cover the cost of your agent���s commission. Home sellers have traditionally offered a blanket commission to a buyer���s agent when they listed their home on 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 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 Palau's president says China is weaponizing lucrative tourism over his refusal to break Taiwan ties 08/16/2024 02:57am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Beijing weaponized tourism to the Pacific archipelago of Palau over its allegiance to Taiwan and its accusations that China was behind a major cyberattack there, President Surangel Whipps Jr. told The Associated Press. Palau, along with Tuvalu and the Marshall Islan