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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the…

KAREEM CHEHAYEB The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese minister says the government hopes to start repatriating Syrian refugees within…

By SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the nation’s wealthiest…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano. The ancient Italian bird-hunting…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of migrants, who have been living in Germany for years without a secure stay…

By LUCA BRUNO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — Conditions in the Italian Alps were too unstable Wednesday for…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Bonnie weakened Wednesday after becoming the first major storm of the eastern Pacific season while off southern…

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s purchase of video game publisher Activision Blizzard faces antitrust scrutiny in the U.K., where competition regulators…

By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Guitar icon Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during a show in Michigan and was rushed to a hospital, later…

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The suspected ringleader of a network that smuggled as many as 10,000 people on small boats across…

By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people when he…

MADRID (AP) — Italian singer Raffaella Carrà has had a square in Spain’s capital named in her honor a year after she died. Madrid’s town hall…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Three days of monsoon rains left at least 17 people dead and damaged dozens of homes across southwest Pakistan, officials…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he had a telephone call with…

By ASHWINI BHATIA Associated Press DHARMSALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama marked his 87th birthday on Wednesday by…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada says that Afghan soil will not be used to…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to lay out her main priorities at parliament Wednesday…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KUJE, ABUJA (AP) — A Nigerian official says that at least 600 inmates escaped in a jailbreak in Abuja, the…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet In the 1990s and early 2000s, hotels began offering 100% Satisfaction Guarantees to customers. The promise ensured that…

Associated Press The war in Ukraine is fueling fears of a natural gas emergency in Europe. Russia has throttled back supplies to more countries, this…

BEIJING (AP) — China has launched a scathing attack on the U.S. and NATO, days before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and…

By IRENE YAGÜE and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of revelers have erupted in celebration as a firework blast…

By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds Two prime picks for a three-row compact SUV are the 2022 Kia Sorento and 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan. The Sorento was recently…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A convicted Italian mobster, one of Italy’s most sought-after fugitives, has been…

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj…

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A protest in the North Macedonian capital over a proposal to break the…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch police have shot at a tractor during a heated night of farm protests and detained three demonstrators. It was the latest…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) — The deaths of 21 teenagers in a nightclub tragedy is a crime and South…

PARIS (AP) — A strike by railway workers demanding higher pay amid cost of living increases is interrupting train services in France. National…

By FRANCESCA EBEL and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has killed at least…

BERLIN (AP) — Economists say current measures aren’t enough to achieve Germany’s targets for phasing out fossil fuels and ramping up renewable…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has shot and killed a Palestinian man during an arrest raid near the city of Jenin in the occupied…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to include natural gas and nuclear in…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to stay in power Wednesday…

By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the 27-nation Europe Union…

By CHINEDU ASADU and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer Two generations after its 1966 debut, the universe of “Star Trek” has become a vast and sprawling mural in…

By MATT O’BRIEN and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press REMINGTON, Va. (AP) — For years, there’s been a cardinal rule for flying civilian…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has met China’s top diplomat to take up…

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Vietnam as part of an effort to bolster ties…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are inching higher at the open on Wall Street Wednesday, tracking markets in Europe. The S&P 500 is up 0.4% and the Dow…

By The Associated Press Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, Anastasia has started her day by composing an anti-war message and posting it on the wall…

By AHMED HATEM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — With verdant gardens on one side and water on the other, they were an anomaly in a city…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Parts of Australia’s largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March…

BEIJING (AP) — Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery…