NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Wednesday for a second straight gain following Monday's swoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.3%.

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said.

WASHINGTON (AP) – As the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, a new AP-NORC poll finds that many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat – but they also don’t have high trust in President Donald Trump’s judgment on the use of military force abroad.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean trade officials scrambled Saturday to assess the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to invalidate some Trump administration tariffs, as business and governments around the world pored over the possible fallout from moves in Washington on the global economy.

LONDON (AP) – Residents of a northwest England district are voting Thursday in a special parliamentary election that could help determine the future of beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The by-election is a three-way race between Starmer’s center-left Labour Party, the environmentalist Green Party and the hard-right Reform UK.

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze in decades last November, proposing to buy back the homeownership rights from the fire victims.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan said early Sunday it carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of Pakistani militants it blames for recent attacks inside the country.