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To do so, the German government has sought out new natural gas suppliers while also installing terminals to bring the fuel into the country by ship. German utility company RWE announced Sunday that it will receive a first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company this year. From Abu Dhabi Scholz flew to Qatar to meet the emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and discuss bilateral relations, regional issues such as tensions with Iran and the Gulf nation’s upcoming hosting of soccer's World Cup. Human rights groups criticized the meeting because of Prince Mohammed's alleged involvement in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Scholz told reporters after the meeting that he had discussed “all the questions around civil and human rights” with the prince, but declined to elaborate.

The musician was due to play gigs in Poland but faces outrage over his comments on the Ukraine war.

Over 700 people were arrested at protests across the country on Saturday, rights groups said.

WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has canceled concerts planned in Poland amid outrage over his stance on Russia's war against Ukraine, Polish media reported Saturday. An official with the Tauron Arena in Krakow, where Waters was scheduled to perform two concerts in April, said they would no longer take place. “Roger Waters’ manager decided to withdraw ... without giving any reason," Lukasz Pytko from Tauron Arena Krakow said Saturday in comments carried by Polish media outlets. The website for Waters' “This Is Not a Drill” concert tour did not list the Krakow concerns previously scheduled for Apr. ___Follow AP's coverage of the Ukraine war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraineCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has canceled concerts planned in Poland amid outrage over his stance on Russia's war against Ukraine, Polish media reported Saturday. An official with the Tauron Arena in Krakow, where Waters was scheduled to perform two concerts in April, said they would no longer take place. “Roger Waters’ manager decided to withdraw ... without giving any reason," Lukasz Pytko from Tauron Arena Krakow said Saturday in comments carried by Polish media outlets.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the staged referendums, which run until Sept. 27, "crimes ... against the nation."

Fox News host Tucker Carlson roasts the blunders of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and John Fetterman.

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO - SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2022, 01:52 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said that he was "shocked" by Israel's lack of aid for Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Stetson University is opening its doors to four Ukrainian students in an effort to help those in impacted by the ongoing Russian invasion.

Biden plan to expand the UN Security Council would weaken America and our allies. Strategy has little chance of approval because of Russia, China objections.

Lawyers in the defamation trial of Alex Jones agreed Friday not to return him to the stand until next week after a contentious day of testimony; Jones calls the trial over his promotion of lies about the Sandy Hook massacre 'rigged.' (Sept. 23) (AP video: Michael Hill)

As Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for 300,000 reservists to replenish military ranks in Ukraine, equipment losses by Russian forces point to a potentially unsustainable war effort in the long term. Yahoo News Senior Correspondent Michael Weiss explains.

NASA launched a special spacecraft to intentionally crash into an asteroid millions of miles from Earth. On September 26, it will finally collide.

A new poll shows North Carolina Democratic candidate for Senate Cheri Beasley with a 1% lead over Republican Representative Ted Budd. CBS News political director Fin Gomez joined to discuss the battleground race.

Putin announced a partial military mobilization aimed at slowing Ukraine's counteroffensive. Here's what we know about the state of the conflict.

Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died

A Syrian provincial governor says 60 people have been killed from a boat that sank with Lebanese migrants aboard

The referendums, which will set the stage for Russia to formally annex Ukrainian territories under occupation, are not regarded as free or fair.

Four regions have been asked to vote on becoming part of Russia - a move condemned by the West.

“Otherwise, there’s gonna be chaos all over the world,” World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley said in an Associated Press interview. “And I’m thinking, `Well, I can put the World Food Program out of business,'” he said. Finally, Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, sparking a war and a food, fertilizer and energy crisis that has pushed the number to 345 million. “Within that are 50 million people in 45 countries knocking on famine’s door,” Beasley said. “It’s a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm,” Beasley said.

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm” when it comes to hunger

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" when it comes to hunger.

Highlights of this day in history: Richard Nixon gives his 'Checkers' speech; Rome's Augustus Caesar born; Lewis and Clark finish trek to America's West; Psychologist Sigmund Freud dies; Musicians Ray Charles and Bruce Springsteen born. (Sept. 23)

In Lithuania, Russians opposing Vladimir Putin's war say their home country is "like a huge prison".

Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, Sept. 22, 2022 in Traverse City.

An explosion has occurred outside Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, injuring police as protesters demonstrating ahead of the anniversary of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students clashed with officers in riot gear

Images of Neptune were taken with the James Webb Space Telescope's near-infrared camera, and are the sharpest we've seen since Voyager-2 encountered the planet in 1989.

The House approved an overhaul to the Electoral Count Act, the law at the heart of Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

Before the war, Ukraine and Russia accounted for almost a quarter of global grain exports until those shipments came to a severe halt for nearly six months.

The Conservative Party, which is still in power under new leadership, had vowed never to re-allow the controversial gas extraction practice unless it was proven safe.

LONDON — (AP) — The U.K. government confirmed Thursday that it's lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country's energy security amid Russia's war in Ukraine. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said lifting the ban means future applications will be considered “where there is local support." Fracking involves injecting high-pressure water deep underground to extract oil or gas from rock. A government-commissioned review on the risks of shale gas extraction by the British Geological Survey was inconclusive, saying more data was needed. Officials argued that the “limited current understanding of U.K. geology and onshore shale resources” shouldn't be a barrier to fracking.

LONDON — (AP) — The U.K. government formally confirmed Thursday that it's lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country's energy security amid Russia's war in Ukraine. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said lifting the ban means future applications will be considered “where there is local support." A government-commissioned review on the risks of shale gas extraction by the British Geological Survey was inconclusive, saying more data was needed. Officials argued that the “limited current understanding of U.K. geology and onshore shale resources” shouldn't be a barrier to fracking. “Lifting the pause on shale gas extraction will enable drilling to gather this further data, building an understanding of U.K. shale gas resources and how we can safely carry out shale gas extraction in the U.K. where there is local support.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Britain’s government has confirmed it is lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Two U.S. veterans and a British man fighting in Ukraine were among nearly 300 people released as part of a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has caused buildings to sway in Mexico’s capital

Russia’s defeats on the battlefield create an opening to bring the war to a close without risking catastrophe.

In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away (Sept. 22)

Gusty storms swept through the southwestern U.S. on Sept. 21.

Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway questioned the United States' response to the Russian war on Ukraine Wednesday on the "Special Report" All-Star panel.

You would think based on the historic numbers he's putting up at the plate that Aaron Judge is the runaway AL MVP, but not so fast as some folks still think dual threat Shohei Ohtani should be in the conversation.

Zelenskyy is set to deliver dramatic remarks to world leaders, hours after Russia moved to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops for its assault on Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin says he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as Moscow is poised to annex swaths of Ukraine that Moscow has taken over after hastily called referendums there.

The partial mobilisation comes after Russia faced a number of setbacks on the battlefield.

President Biden called on the UN to expand the number of permanent members of the Security Council as Russia again expanded its war effort in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy is expected to call on countries like China to abandon their neutrality in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Ukraine's advances prompt Russia to launch a partial military mobilisation, raising the stakes.

The six-month mission marks the first time a U.S. astronaut has launch aboard a Russia spacecraft since Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.

We currently know of no asteroid hazards for Earth, but planetary defense experts are on the case in case of a threat.

President Putin has said Western military advisors are actively involved in Ukraine.

The German government on Wednesday agreed the nationalization of energy giant Uniper as it strives to keep the industry afloat in the wake of the energy crisis.

Kyiv's allies say they will never recognise the results of votes run by Moscow-backed authorities.

President Joe Biden has formally nominated a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday repeated his willingness to foster negotiations to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, calling for a ceasefire but renouncing sanctions and economic isolation. “We have tried to avoid blocking the channels of dialogue caused by the polarization around the conflict,” Bolsonaro said, during a speech at the U.N. General Assembly. U.S. President Joe Biden would traditionally speak second, but his time was pushed to Wednesday because of the funeral of England’s queen.

As Ukraine's counter-offensive gathers pace, Russian-backed officials declare plans for an urgent vote.

MADRID — (AP) — Spain will temporarily slash sales tax on natural gas from 21% to 5% to help consumers face rising energy costs this winter as Russia has cut back gas exports to Europe amid the war in Ukraine. Terera Ribera, Spain’s minister charged with energy policy, said Tuesday that the reduction in sales tax will last until Dec. 31 but can be extended beyond that date if needed. Natural gas is used to heat and cool homes, generate electricity and power factories. In June, Brussels allowed Spain and neighboring Portugal to skirt European Union rules and subsidize consumers' gas bills and put a cap on natural gas prices. Ribera said those measures had saved Spanish consumers some 10 billion euros in excessive energy costs.

BERLIN — (AP) — Germany's natural gas storage facilities are now more than 90% full in preparation for the winter heating season and rising steadily despite Russia cutting off deliveries through a major pipeline, authorities said. The head of the national network regulator, Klaus Mueller, tweeted late Monday that gas storage had “achieved another milestone" and that the stored gas will help in managing any potential gas emergencies and will flow back into the market. The government tightened storage requirements in July after Russia's state-owned Gazprom started reducing supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which has contributed to soaring gas prices. The country started reducing gas supplies through the pipeline in mid-June, citing alleged technical problems. Before the reductions started, Russia accounted for a bit more than a third of Germany's gas supplies.

Germany’s foreign minister is putting pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to decide soon whether to supply Ukraine with advanced tanks as it seeks to reclaim more of its captured territory from Russia.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of the war in Ukraine and climate change.

A federal judge in Florida has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, rejecting the former president’s claims that they and others acted in concert to concoct the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his administration.

Frances Tiafoe calls his run to the U.S. Open semifinals ‘a Cinderella story.

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has ruled out a windfall tax on oil companies to pay for her plans to tackle the energy crisis.

There was quite a hairy situation at the U.S. Open.

U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is taking part in international training in the Baltic Sea amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the region.

The Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along.

Environment officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations have met on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for talks on climate action and the global impact of the war in Ukraine, with Indonesia’s environment minister saying the world is already facing a climate crisis.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is calling for a growing European Union to agree on a series of changes that would help it overcome internal divisions and stand up to external rivals such as Russia and China.

Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.

Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump’s actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice.

As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon.

Serbia’s president has called on NATO to “do their job” in Kosovo or he says Serbia will have to protect its minority in the breakaway province.

It's been an interesting week on the International Space Station.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo didn't reach an agreement on longstanding border and mutual recognition issues that have spiked tensions in the Balkans and added to Europe’s instability during the war in Ukraine.

The United Kingdom's economy shrank in the three months to June.

Russia appears to be backtracking weeks after saying the country would pull out of its partnership with NASA for the International Space Station.

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street lower ahead of U.S. inflation data that traders worry will show upward pressure on prices still is too strong for the Federal Reserve to ease off interest rate hikes.

Asian stock markets are mixed after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest rate hikes and China reported Monday that its exports rose by double digits.

A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling.

A massive fire has engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others.

The OPEC oil cartel and its allies have decided to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in previous months.

Spain’s prime minister has kicked off his tour of the Western Balkans with a visit to Serbia.

The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station and that the timing would depend on the orbiting outpost’s condition.

Russia's space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.

French President Emmanuel Macron says Russia's war on Ukraine is responsible for a global food shortage that is causing untold suffering in Africa.

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under a new agreement.

Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist in June.

Ilona Khomenko was widowed nearly two months ago when her husband died in fighting in Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine.

The Polish president says Poland and Israel have taken a step toward normalizing diplomatic ties as the Israeli ambassador officially presented his credentials in Warsaw.

European Union nations have approved fresh aid for Ukraine as the country faces growing economic damage from Russia’s invasion.

A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and the rest of the WNBA All-Stars lined up along the sideline after halftime, the No. 42 and the name Griner on the back of all of their jerseys.

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Syrians in the last major rebel stronghold of the war-torn country are living in fear of the effects of Russia closing down the only border crossing into the northwestern province of Idlib.

The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that the spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine.

The head of the European Central Bank says it will move gradually to combat soaring consumer prices with interest rate hikes in July and September but will keep its options open to “stamp out” inflation if it surges faster than expected.

A growing number of couples in Ukraine are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war with Russia.

Bulgaria’s parliament has voted to lift a veto that has long blocked European Union membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania.

The head of the United Nations has warned the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.

A diplomatic row at the bottom of the world is playing out between the normally allied U.S. and U.K. governments in response to provocations from Russia.

Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn’t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at the swimming world championships.

President Joe Biden’s administration says it's restricting the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, aligning more closely with an international treaty banning the deadly explosives.