NEW YORK (AP) - A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street. By the end of trading, the S&P 500 had sunk 0.9%. The index had been down as much as 2.5% in the morning. The Dow dropped 403 points, having plunged more than 1,200 earlier. The Nasdaq composite pared its loss to 1%.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – A cargo plane carrying money crashed Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on highway, scattering bills on the ground and leaving at least 15 people dead and others injured, an official said.

BEIRUT (AP) – Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that she will start to “provisionally implement” a massive trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of nations in South America despite not having approval from European Parliament.

NEW YORK (AP) – For President Donald Trump, some of the sharpest criticism he’s faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures far more accustomed to singing his praises.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa called neighboring Colombia his country’s worst trade partner Friday as he defended raising tariffs on Colombian imports by 50% in an escalating trade war between the South American countries.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan politician Enrique Márquez, who spent more than a year in prison after challenging the 2024 presidential election results, on Friday called on the country’s political opposition and the ruling party to take advantage of the circumstances forced by the ouster of former President Nicolás Maduro and work together for the country’s recovery.