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AP Week in Pictures: Global 06/21/2024 02:27am • June 14-20, 2024 People protested during a general strike in Panama, Muslim pilgrims gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea and Vietnam. Kurdish migrants trying to reach Britain were discovered off French shores, and trains collided in India. This galle Navigating through darkness: Ukraine’s emergency blackouts return after Russia pounds infrastructure 06/21/2024 01:19am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — During daytime, entire districts of Ukraine's capital are disconnected from the power grid to save energy. Traffic lights stop, choking traffic, accompanied by the constant rumble of generators installed outside cafes and shops. Ukraine, including Kyiv, is struggling to cope w Should young kids have smartphones? These parents in Europe linked arms and said no 06/21/2024 01:13am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Try saying “no” when a child asks for a smartphone. What comes after, parents everywhere can attest, begins with some variation of: “Everyone has one. Why can’t I?” But what if no preteen in sight has one — and what if having a smartphone was weird? That’s the Should young kids have smartphones? These parents in Europe linked arms and said no 06/21/2024 01:10am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Try saying “no” when a child asks for a smartphone. What comes after, parents everywhere can attest, begins with some variation of: “Everyone has one. Why can’t I?” But what if no pre-teen in sight has one — and what if having a smartphone was weird? That’s th Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline as Nvidia weighs on Wall Street 06/21/2024 12:30am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Friday after a retreat on Wall Street, where a drop in Nvidia stock pulled stocks lower. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up less than 0.1% to 38,645.63 after the government reported that the inflation rate ticked higher for the first time in three mo Russia fires deputy defense minister jailed on bribery charges and extends his arrest 06/21/2024 12:15am • Russian authorities have formally dismissed a deputy defense minister jailed on bribery charges and accused by Kremlin critics of living a lavish lifestyle, Russian media reported Thursday. A court ordered that his pretrial detention be extended for three more months. Timur Ivanov, 48, is one of sev Trump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers? 06/21/2024 12:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's new proposal to exclude tips from federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican lawmakers, though major questions remain about the impact of the policy and how it would work. What's certain is that a change in the taxation of tips w Elliott Gould, Justin Trudeau, Helen Mirren and more mourn Donald Sutherland 06/21/2024 12:05am • Famous fans, colleagues and family pay tribute to actor Donald Sutherland, the star of “M.A.S.H.” “Klute” and “The Hunger Games” who died Thursday at age 88. “Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent. He was also enormously kind and generous. ... It’s never easy losing Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned 'M.A.S.H.' to 'Hunger Games,' dies at 88 06/20/2024 11:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88. Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, according to a statement fro Hawaii residents fined $20K after Hawaiian monk seal pup mauled by unleashed dogs 06/20/2024 11:25pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Two Hawaii residents were fined $20,000 for their alleged roles in the fatal mauling of a female Hawaiian monk seal pup by unleashed dogs, U.S. officials said Thursday. Hawaiian monk seals are a critically endangered species. Only 1,600 remain in the wild. The loss of a female is Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says he found a 'semi-destroyed country' on taking office 06/20/2024 10:30pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General's Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation which he found “semi-destroyed” when he took office almost six months ago. The Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon’s 4-month contempt prison sentence 06/20/2024 10:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon's bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack. Bannon is supposed to report to prison Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico 06/20/2024 10:20pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico’s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests. Among many faith leaders nationwide, the pain unleashed on June 20, 2022 — when the Revs. Javi Spain advances to knockout round at Euro 2024 with statement win over defending champion Italy 06/20/2024 09:08pm • GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Europe beware — Spain might just be back. The three-time European champion advanced to the round of 16 at Euro 2024 after a 1-0 win against holders Italy on Thursday. A 55th-minute own goal by Riccardo Calafiori settled the Group B game at the Veltins Arena in Gelse New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts 06/20/2024 09:07pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges — and stirs the long-running debate over the role of religion in government institutions. Under the new law, all