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By YURAS KARMANAU KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday promised food and warm clothing to migrants who opt to…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus have arrested an Israeli man wanted by Italy for having helped spirit the 6-year-old lone survivor of a…

by KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Climate activists have blockaded Amazon warehouses in three European countries. It’s part of a global effort…

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it could still take some time to get a full…

SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of jubilant Indian farmers waving green and white flags have marked the anniversary of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — An advisory panel of the World Health Organization has classified a worrying new COVID-19 variant…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a $6.8 billion request for an extra defense budget through March to…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. mission in Libya has condemned an attack by armed men on an appeals court as it was set to…

BEIRUT (AP) — A group of protesters have stormed a ministry building in Beirut as the Lebanese pound hit a new low amid a worsening economic and…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the country is “on the threshold of an emergency situation” after authorities detected its…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has refused to back calls for a swift and sharp lockdown to curb the…

By DAVID RISING and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Violence has receded in the capital of the Solomon Islands, but the…

By DANICA KIRKA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — The already fractious relationship between France and Britain is…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford football has become a landing spot for Latter-day Saints players who have…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have released the names of 51 presumed victims of a devastating methane…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Like others in Europe, Switzerland is facing a steep rise in coronavirus cases. But its federal…

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish Defense Ministry says a Turkish soldier has been killed trying to stop people crossing into Syria. Infantry Specialist…

By TALI ARBEL and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On this year’s Black Friday, things almost seem normal. Malls and…

By RAF CASERT and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The world is racing to contain a new coronavirus variant that is potentially…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As several European nations tighten up or lock down to combat a spike in coronavirus infections,…

By OLEG CETINIC and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — French fishing crews have briefly blocked French ports, ferry traffic…

By SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A second group of Iraqis has returned home on a repatriation flight after a failed bid to enter…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — One of Thailand’s major fast food chains has been promoting its “Crazy Happy…

By DAVID RISING and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has recovered significantly from a mid-year spike in…

By MATTHEW LEE and NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Five U.S. lawmakers have met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a surprise one-day…

CLEVELAND (AP) — A nonprofit teamed up with three Cleveland-area restaurants to ensure that local Afghan refugees could celebrate Thanksgiving with…

By KEN SWEET and PAUL WISEMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s top court will decide Tuesday on the fate of a Malaysian man on death row who is believed to be…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Five U.S. lawmakers are in Taiwan in a surprise one-day visit, says the American Institute in…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit northwest Myanmar near India’s border but there…

CHICAGO (AP) — Delilah Edwards’ parents didn’t plan an elaborate Thanksgiving celebration. Just spending the day together is a big deal when…

LITTLE BLACK, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say nine people were injured in north-central Wisconsin when a vehicle rear-ended an Amish buggy at…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police have fired tear gas to break up a protest by women in Istanbul who were marching to press for Turkey’s return to a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rights group says Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in…

By RUSS BYNUM and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press The video of Ahmaud Arbery’s shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought…

SEATTLE (AP) — A week and a half after damaging floods in Washington state, forecasters are warning that multiple “atmospheric rivers” threaten…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A federal district judge has rejected a stay requested by the Seminole Tribe of Florida after an earlier ruling that would…

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that…

By HAGGAG SALAMA Associated Press LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities are unveiling a renovated ancient promenade dating back 3,000 years in…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police says an assailant targeted a female journalist in the eastern city of Lahore while she was driving with…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is bringing back some tight pandemic restrictions, less than two months after scrapping most of them when the goal…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy slowed in the third quarter, posting a slight contraction compared to the previous three months, though it…

By ABDOULIE JOHN and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Investigators with Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Mayors across Brazil are divided on whether to maintain end-of-year festivities and…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has put his only son in charge of the Central Asian nation’s energy sector.…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif was far from a football field at this time last year…

MILAN ` (AP) — Bryan Adams has tested positive for COVID upon arrival at Milan’s Malpensa Airport. He arrived Thursday ahead of the unveiling of…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry says the European Union nation will have no ambassador in Israel, for the time being. The…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s government has warned the United States against “spreading false information” as fighting in the country’s…

By KARL RITTER Associated Press ROME (AP) — The sinking of a boat with more than 30 people on board this week is the deadliest migration tragedy to…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has declared a 30-day state of emergency and imposed additional restrictions in its effort to tackle a record…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICOLE WINFELD Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ government spokesman says Pope Francis is…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization says that Africa is seeing a rise in the shipment of vaccine…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have…

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s mother says she is thankful for justice, but…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court appeals judges have cut by two years the sentence of an Islamic radical who pleaded…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden is wishing Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving.…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America Dave Hickey, a prominent American critic whose essays covered topics ranging from Liberace to Norman Rockwell,…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has declared that five Catholic priests who were killed during the Paris Commune revolutionary government that took…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, N.M. (AP) — A stillness enveloped Chaco Canyon in northwestern New…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press AGUILILLA, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican government is rapidly running out of tools to control the expansion of the…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has ruled that the country’s widely criticized Job Creation…

ROME (AP) — National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says he hopes a better nuclear deal will come out of upcoming…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV and STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian official says human error is believed to be the…

MARION, Ohio (AP) — A radio station serving U.S. President Warren G. Harding’s hometown in Ohio says a reward offered by one of its listeners is…

By DAVID EGGERT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are debating precisely how many Black voters are…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press The second Thanksgiving of the COVID-19 pandemic comes as a resurgent virus has pushed new…

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will continue providing natural gas to Serbia on terms favorable to its ally.…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s parliament speaker says lawmakers will vote Monday on whether Magdalena Andersson, who briefly became the…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Families of the victims of last year’s explosion in Beirut’s port have rallied outside…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is warning members that they risk undermining the 27-nation bloc’s COVID-19…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man is fighting to hang on to $9,000 in unemployment benefits that the state gave…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general’s office says Montgomery owes a $25,000 for changing…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has joined other European nations and is now offering a third shot to everyone over the age of 18 amid a rise in…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has signed a deal to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets from France worth nearly 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion). Officials…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A year after new owners took over Bally’s casino in Atlantic City, a $100 million…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While many workers deemed essential in their respective states have already received…

PARIS (AP) — France has launched a plan to give booster shots to all adults, opting against a further lockdown or curfew, to help combat a worrying…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets in the capital of Khartoum to renew their demand…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says that starting in December the government will cut tax on fuels and on energy and will…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’s praying that God will help Lebanon “get up” and get back on its…

By TED SHAFFREY and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giant balloons once again wafted through miles of Manhattan, high school and…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday swore in a new coalition government led…

By MIKE CORDER and MARIA CHENG Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator has authorized Pfizer’s…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings are…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ defense chief has rejected China’s renewed demand that it remove its…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean governing party’s presidential candidate says he will continue a…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fueling tensions between the U.K. and…

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has begun relocating hundreds of Rohingya refugees to an island in the Bay of…

MADRID (AP) — Metalworkers in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz are returning to work after trade unions reached a pay agreement with…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has opened a virtual meeting of Asian and European…

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has started hearing a petition to shut down one of the country’s…

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An official says at least 10 people, including five children, died this week in South…

By ZEN SOO and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A renowned Chinese fashion photographer has apologized for her past work after online…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has drawn up plans to help people better understand when they are seeing…

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been readmitted to hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19, just hours after he had been…