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MADRID – Spain’s prime minister says the country’s economy is on track to grow 2.9 percent this year and expand an additional 2.9 percent in 2016. Mariano Rajoy gave the upbeat assessment a month before his party is expected to face a tough challenge in nationwide regional and local elections …

LONDON – Oil company Royal Dutch Shell says its first quarter profit rose 7 percent, mainly due to the fact that year-earlier figures were weighed down by one-time charges. Sales fell sharply because of lower oil prices. The current cost of supplies, a measure of profit used in the industry …

GAUHATI, India – Police say suspected rebels have ambushed and killed eight Indian paramilitary soldiers in insurgency-wracked northeast. A police officer says rebels armed with automatic weapons fired at two trucks carrying the soldiers in Nagaland state on Sunday. Another six soldiers were injured and four were missing in Mon …