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BARCELONA, Spain — The Latest on Catalonia’s effort to break away from Spain and the Spanish government’s response: (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he wants the Senate to give him direct power to dissolve the regional Catalan government and to call an early election as soon as possible. Rajoy

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Eun-Hee Ji carded a 3-under 69 to open up a six-stroke lead after the third round of the Taiwan Championship on Saturday. Ji, who shared the overnight lead with Jenny Shin, recovered from a bogey on the par-4 5th with four birdies for a total of 10-under 206. Lydia Ko carded seven

BERLIN — A man with a knife stabbed four people in Munich on Saturday and then fled, police said. A suspect was arrested a few hours later, and authorities were working to determine whether he was the assailant. Police received initial reports of an attack in the Haidhausen area, just east of downtown Munich, at

BERLIN — Police say a man with a knife has lightly wounded four people in Munich. Officers are looking for the assailant. Munich police called on people in the Rosenheimer Platz area, located close to the German city’s downtown, to stay inside after the incident on Saturday morning. The perpetrator fled the scene. Police said

BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government announced an unprecedented plan Saturday to sack Catalonia’s separatist leaders, install its own people in their place and call a new regional election, using previously untapped constitutional powers to take control of the prosperous region that is threatening to secede. After a special Cabinet session, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano

BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government moved decisively Saturday to use a previously untapped constitutional power so it can take control of Catalonia and derail the independence movement led by separatist politicians in the prosperous industrial region. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said after a special Cabinet session that he wants the Senate to allow

BARCELONA, Spain — The Spanish government is activating a previously untapped constitutional article to take control of the Catalonia region in a bid to stop a rebellion from separatist politicians. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Cabinet is meeting Saturday to outline the scope and timing of the measures the government plans to take under Article 155

MELBOURNE, Australia — World championship leader Marc Marquez will start from pole position in Sunday’s Australian MotoGP after setting the fastest time in qualifying at the Phillip Island circuit Saturday. Rain Saturday morning gave way to sunny, dry conditions for afternoon qualifying. Spain’s Marquez, on a Honda, set the pace with a best lap of

QUETTA, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says rescue workers have recovered the bodies of four mine workers who were buried under a landslide in the country’s southwest. Iftikhar Ahmed, a coal-mine inspector, said Saturday rescue workers were searching for the remaining two workers in the Shrag area of the Harnai coal field. Ahmed said a

JEJU, South Korea — Justin Thomas fired a 2-under-par 70 to share the lead with fellow American Scott Brown after the third round of the CJ Cup on Saturday. Thomas offset a lone double bogey and a bogey with five birdies to reach the clubhouse at 9-under 207. Brown had back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 10

NAIROBI, Kenya — A helicopter with five people on board plunged into a lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley and it’s likely that no one survived, officials said Saturday. The crash in Lake Nakuru occurred shortly after takeoff from a nearby hotel. Early indications showed there were no survivors, said Gilbert Kibe, director general of the

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president on Saturday urged troops to prepare for a “state of war” against the al-Shabab extremist group blamed for the country’s deadliest attack, as the toll reached 358 with dozens still said to be missing a week after the truck bombing in Mogadishu. The United States is expected to play a

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nick Stevens threw for two touchdowns in Colorado State’s 21-point second quarter and the Rams defense forced a fourth-quarter turnover in a 27-24 victory over New Mexico on Friday night. Colorado State linebacker Patrick Elsenbast forced a fumble by New Mexico running back Richard McQuarley and defensive lineman Jakob Buys made the

NEW YORK — When the Houston Astros’ owner offered Carlos Beltran charter aircrafts to send relief aid to Puerto Rico and evacuate cancer patients from the island after Hurricane Maria, the Puerto Rican slugger quickly thought about “the chat group.” He wanted to send word to other Puerto Rican teammates and coaches with the Astros,

BEIJING — A ruling Chinese Communist Party official says China supports Myanmar in “safeguarding peace and stability” and won’t join other nations in condemning it for what many consider a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. Vice minister of the party’s International Department Guo Yezhou told reporters Saturday that Beijing condemned “violent and terror

HUAY HOM, Thailand — Half a century has passed and the king is dead, but the villagers of Huay Hom still haven’t forgotten the day Bhumibol Adulyadej descended by helicopter into their remote, impoverished mountain valley in northern Thailand and changed their lives forever. The king, they recall, brought electricity and a road that replaced

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in the capital as Afghan officials on Saturday raised the number of casualties from the attack to at least 39 dead and at least 41 wounded. In a statement on its website late Friday, IS said claimed its

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final orders as the exchange prepares to shut its trading hall. The bourse’s operator, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, says it will close the trading hall by the end of the month and turn the space into a showcase for the

PHOENIX — Lonzo Ball barely missed a triple-double with 29 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in his second NBA game and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 132-130 on Friday night. The Suns had a chance to tie it with 1.2 seconds to play, but T.J. Warren missed the

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Derek Grant scored the first two goals of his NHL career, getting the second while the Anaheim Ducks scored three goals in a 97-second span of the third period during a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night. Brandon Montour, Antoine Vermette and Chris Wagner had a goal and an

BANGKOK — Tucked in his cramped clothing stall in an enormous Thai mall, Pirumchai Asiram sits on a plastic chair flanked by two worlds — bright, vibrantly colored shirts and dresses to his right, neat stacks of somber apparel in blacks and whites to his left. Ask him which sells better, and he’ll smile. “Not

BANGKOK — A new documentary is set to stir fresh debate over one of Asia’s most enduring mysteries: What happened to Jim Thompson, Thailand’s legendary silk king. The former American intelligence officer turned textile tycoon went for a walk in the Malaysian jungle 50 years ago and never returned. Despite a massive search, no trace

UNITED NATIONS — The United States has put a resolution that would extend the work of inspectors seeking to determine who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria into a final form and says a vote is likely on Monday. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations sent reporters the final text late Friday

NEW ORLEANS — Klay Thomspon scored 31 points, Stephen Curry added 28 and the Golden State Warriors easily erased a 15-point first-half deficit en route to a 128-120 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Kevin Durant added 22 points for the Warriors, who won for the first time this young season after

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State’s basketball team drew so many fans to Midnight Madness that some of them had to settle for seats without much of a view for part of the show. The Breslin Center has 14,759 seats and each seemed to be filled with fired-up fans, some of whom had an obstructed