(AP) — China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders arrived Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying what some see as the Western liberal order.

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba is recovering from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain.

Receiving grant

Recognizing Washington Elementary Counselor Ashley Miller’s Clinton Public School Foundation grant are, from left, Miller, Jennifer Mosburg (CPSF), WES Principal Gene Ray, Hoi Geswender (CPSF), and Tonya Gaunt (CPSF).

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s disease control center said Tuesday that a new, more infectious variant of the mpox virus has been detected in Germany for the first time.

Cornhole games

Emmalyn Martinez lines up to throw the bean bag during a game of cornhole at the Clinton Regional Hospital Trunk or Treat event.

CMS choir honorees

CMS students who made the SWOK Junior High Choir included, front row, from left, Tyton Ray, Alex Stratton; middle row, Brinlee Baker, Evelyn Acevedo, Susana Hoffman; back row, Alexa Villa and Hannah Miller.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists to call on the federal government and the shipping and fishing industries to do more to bring the giant animals back from the brink of extinction.

(AP) — More than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists, social workers and other mental health workers in Southern California began an open-ended strike Monday over increased workloads and staffing shortages that their union said have created a “substandard” system of care.

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