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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish central bank says it and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to a currency swap deal equivalent to $4.74 billion…

BEIJING (AP) — With just over two weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, residents of the Chinese capital are disappointed at not…

BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa has reported that police are investigating thousands of cases of suspected forgery of coronavirus vaccine…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s government and central bank have taken unconventional steps in recent weeks to…

By CALEB M. LARSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has begun hearing a case against a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against…

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say six residents of a nursing home near Valencia have died in a fire. Spain’s Civil Guard police force says…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A pipeline that carries oil from Iraq to world markets has resumed operating several hours after an explosion in southeastern…

By MOUSSA MOUSSA and DAVID RISING Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Three of Tonga’s smaller islands have suffered serious damage from tsunami…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after China cut interest rates to shore up flagging economic…

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Some flights to and from the U.S. have been canceled even after AT&T and…

By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine and is warning…

By KATHY McCORMACK and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A recent development may open a path forward for an ambitious lawsuit…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Pfizer’s chief executive, Albert Bourla, has been awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office says its civil investigation has uncovered evidence…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have evicted Palestinian residents from a disputed property in a flashpoint…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The eruption of the undersea volcano near Tonga over the weekend was incredibly…

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo and a dozen other areas in Japan will face new coronavirus restrictions effective Friday,…

By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released from body cameras captures the chaos deputies encountered…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press The local water district for wealthy Southern California communities in an enclave nestled in the Santa Monica…

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — During President Joe Biden’s first year in office, he took action on…

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledges that the pandemic has exhausted and demoralized…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has rallied European allies to pledge as one that they…

By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health experts suggest stepping up protection against omicron with N95s, KN95s or similar masks.…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A White House spokeswoman says an armed British man who took four…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of attacking and killing a 70-year-old woman at a Los Angeles bus stop has been charged with murder. Sandra…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The International Labor Organization says more than a half million people in Afghanistan…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing arguments in a case that challenges the…

By BRIAN MELLEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released from body cameras captures the chaos deputies encountered…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s defense ministry says an explosion on a navy ship has killed three sailors. It is unclear whether others were…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief says women seeking to participate in shaping and building…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has chosen Los Angeles to host a summit of leaders from Latin America and…

By RODOLPHE LAMY Associated Press FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) — An appeals court in the French Caribbean island of Martinique has dismissed a…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — An oil spill on the Peruvian coast caused by the waves from an eruption of an undersea…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers weighing impeachment charges for the state’s attorney general are…

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A convicted killer pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor is returning to prison to serve a…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say three teens have been found dead n in a home northeast of Houston, and it appears one of the teens killed themself…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has become the newest member of the House. The Florida Democrat…

By JUSTIN KATUMWA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in eastern Congo say they have arrested two men in connection with an ambush that…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian magistrate tells The Associated Press that a request for more time to…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the military government in Mali has blocked many flights by the U.N. peacekeeping force in the West…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who authorities say is a self-proclaimed member of the anti-government “boogaloo” movement and had discussed…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press A wildfire whipped by gusty winds in a Central Texas state park has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fifth time in recent months, Senate Republicans this week are expected to block…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing three people and wounding three others in an April shooting at a bar in Wisconsin has been found…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A high-profile killing at New York City’s busiest subway station has injected fresh unease…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida health official has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has heard arguments from lawyers for a California man and a Spanish museum…

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump plans to build thousands of new luxury homes at his struggling Doral golf club in…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — School districts across Virginia are adopting an inconsistent patchwork of responses to an…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks — a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Honduras next week to attend the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro.…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s…

By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With traffic fatalities spiking, the nation’s top safety investigator says a…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a $100 million fund to settle claims of child sex…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 22-year Los Angeles fire service veteran has been nominated to become the first woman to lead…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two more House Democrats have announced they won’t be seeking reelection in November. The announcements by Reps. Jim…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The environment ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have made progress but still need to consult on some…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and other sports figures with…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced another round of…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle is ending after a federal judge…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has refused to lower the $7 million bail for a jailed South Carolina attorney…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A candidate for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana has posted a video campaign ad that shows him…

MADRID (AP) — Guinness World Records says a Spaniard who was the world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112. Spain’s state-owned news agency…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Biden White House this month pushed to protect statistical agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau from political…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police say an ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new report shows that an app that’s expected to be widely used by athletes and…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York Post editor has alleged a boss told her they should sleep together and became…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Three people have died as a result of a fire at a senior apartment building in southeastern Wisconsin that also injured…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and other federal government agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyber threats…

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The white Chicago police officer convicted in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laquan…

By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after…