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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka has asked China for the restructuring of its…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. and Japan have agreed to keep American troops within their bases as worries grew about a…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake,…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s spokesman says the group has arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of…

SYDNEY (AP) — Novak Djokovic has spent a fourth day among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne’s Park Hotel. As the tennis superstar awaited…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the…

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic is getting his day in court in a deportation case that has polarized opinions and elicited heartfelt…

BEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese city near Beijing has placed its 14 million residents on partial lockdown after 40 children and adults tested…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Coast Guard officials say the body of a young child has been recovered from the Aegean Sea, two weeks after two deadly…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s New South Wales state has reported 16 deaths in its deadliest day of the pandemic, even as it relaxed rules to allow…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A total of 56 inmates at a northern Mexico prison have been injured in a riot that authorities say was sparked by prisoners…

HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university’s football team following a…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse a rifle when he was only 17 has taken a plea deal to avoid criminal conviction. Dominick Black…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attendance at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas fell more than 70% compared to its previous in-person event two years ago, its…

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin says any suggestion that he’s not cooperating with a probe into last fall’s shooting on his movie…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. company Moderna has donated 2.7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Mexico as the country’s official death…

Italian security officials have appealed to women and girls who think they were sexually molested by mobs during New Year’s Eve celebrations in a…

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — The woman dubbed the “Hollywood Madam” when she was accused in the mid-1990s of running a Los Angeles prostitution ring…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A towering slab of rock has broken from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall on a Brazilian…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Closed-door negotiations have resumed Saturday to resolve a standoff between Chicago school…

BY MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has issued new, clear warnings to Russia on penalties…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died at age 93 after a long career in which she…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022.…

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before…

PERTH, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man and his girlfriend are accused of holding the man’s estranged wife captive for days and brutally…

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have positively identified the remains of two women they say were killed by a man they believe is a…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A spokesman for the forces fighting Ethiopia’s government in the embattled Tigray region says an air strike has killed at…

LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor’s 17-year-old son has been found dead in Ireland after his mother notified authorities…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s decision to send paratroopers into Kazakhstan, where a crackdown on violent…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Cambridge is turning 40 on Sunday after having emerged in recent years as Britain’s…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new space telescope has opened its gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror,…

LAKE LYNN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a worker has died after a roof collapsed at a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania. The state Department…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and TERRY TANG Associated Press The explosion in omicron-fueled coronavirus infections has caused a breakdown in basic…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights. A…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities searched the last known residence of Harmony Montgomery to investigate the disappearance of the New Hampshire…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo says a participating soldier from North Macedonia has died. The Kosovo Force…

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press New York City police say a Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling party, the African National…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden faces a steep path to achieve his ambitious goal of slashing planet-warming…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SABANETA, Venezuela (AP) — The internal struggles of the movement started by late Venezuelan President Hugo…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An award-winning Iranian filmmaker and poet who had been jailed on state security charges but was released on…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says Greece should refrain from testing Turkey’s…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people in Serbia have spent part of a holiday weekend blocking roads to protest plans for lithium mining in the…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The three white men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will soon face…

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people have held a rally in Beirut to protest measures imposed against the unvaccinated, saying individuals should have…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says it will hold talks in Sudan aimed at salvaging a fragile democratic transition.…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Police in Albania have intervened to disperse protesters from the headquarters of the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Swiss federal court has upheld a freeze on a reported 50 million euros in assets belonging to one…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has asked Indian authorities to immediately release a journalist in…

HONG KONG (AP) — One of two people who attended a large gathering with senior Hong Kong officials and was believed to be infected with COVID-19…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister has defended Prime Minister Hun…

By FLORIAN BRUNET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath has arrived in Paris and…

CAIRO (AP) — Health officials in Egypt say a traffic accident involving a microbus and a larger bus has left at least 16 people dead and 18 others…

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tighter pandemic measures have come into force in Romania as authorities hope to…

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed…

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Milorad Dodik was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through…

By KEN RITTER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has commemorated the late Senate Majority…

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say a strong overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China and forced the suspension of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will…

BEIJING (AP) — Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for next month’s Beijing Winter Games with a bold…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico ended 2021 with an annualized inflation rate of 7.36%, the highest in 20 years. The national statistics institute said…

By JESSICA GRESKO and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has tested positive for COVID-19, as case numbers hit new highs across the…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man with homemade explosive devices was arrested near a Tampa Bay area rally in support of a…

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say a lunchtime explosion at an office cafeteria killed 16 people in southwest China on Friday and injured 10 others. A…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina Supreme Court justices have decided they won’t step away from…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department says states and localities in November paid out the largest amount of rental assistance to…

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is adding to her list of bragging rights. She’s…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A Marine Corps battalion commander has testified that in retrospect he would have…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of former President Donald Trump’s most…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Companies that would be affected by a Biden administration vaccine-or-testing requirement for workers…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier made history — on the screen and off. He opened up possibilities for…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — At least one person was missing and presumed dead as snow turned to rain and deluged the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The third straight Pixar feature film will go straight to Disney+, the Walt Disney Co. announced Friday. “Turning Red” will…

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of the Missouri-based media company Rust Communications, has died. The company’s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back Najee Harris helped Ben Roethlisberger win last Monday night in what was likely the…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the state’s…

By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan legislative leader is denying allegations that he raped his future…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s biggest gas drillers is facing newer allegations of pollution in a rural community where…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Coast Guard has announced new safety rules following a deadly blaze that…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden enters the midterm election year of 2022 determined to address what economists call a “supply”…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston mother was charged after authorities allege she placed her 13-year-old son in the trunk…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Judge Judy” Sheindlin has given a $5 million donation to New York Law School in Manhattan, where she, her daughter and…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Oklahoma police officer to 25 years in prison for the 2014 killing of his daughter’s…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti say two journalists were killed by gang members while reporting in a conflictive area south of…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden has visited Colorado to comfort residents…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd are asking…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not often that Ted Cruz finds himself having to mend fences with the right. But that was…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a memoir by Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is correcting a passage about a…