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BRUSSELS – The European Union’s executive says the tax deal Amazon signed with Luxembourg may be illegal. The EU opened an investigation into Amazon in October and on Friday gave a preliminary assessment of its concerns with the technology company’s dealings. Amazon registers its profits from across the EU at …

JERUSALEM – Israel is on high alert for possible attacks from the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah following an airstrike on Hezbollah fighters in Syria, Israeli defense officials said Tuesday. Israel has boosted deployment of its “Iron Dome” anti-missile aerial defense system along its northern frontier, which borders Lebanon and Syria, …

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Human rights activists are hailing a decision by El Salvador’s congress to pardon a young woman who was convicted of killing her child after she said she suffered a miscarriage. She was an 18-year-old domestic worker when she says she was raped. She says she …