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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government has decided to suspend two key laws…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is returning to some form of competition. He says he will be playing next weekend in Orlando, Florida, at…

By SOPHIA TAREEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State lawmakers may help pay for people from other states to come to California for…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has sued the House…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The number of people in counties requiring elections officials to provide voting materials in languages other than…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden is rebranding his bipartisan infrastructure package with the new…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest…

By FRANK JORDANS and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writers BERLIN (AP) — A recently revealed identification card shows that the German-born…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has eased the current lockdown for vaccinated people and those who have recovered from…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged in the fatal 2015 shooting of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife after…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Disassembly work on an enormous pedestal that until recently held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has commenced in…

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — For millions of Guatemalan families hand-made corn tortillas are indispensable with every…

PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The…

By MARIAM FAM of The Associated Press and AYSHA KHAN of Religion News Service CAIRO (AP) — From religious courts to spiritual care to Islamic…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The National Academy of Sciences says the world needs to look into making oceans suck up more carbon dioxide to…

By CLAIRE GIANGRAVÈ of Religion News Service and DAVID CRARY of The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Women aspiring to leadership in the Catholic…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 11 million open jobs in October, nearly matching a record high…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s security minister has been formally charged with malfeasance and corruption over the irregular sale…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department has closed its investigation of Emmett Till’s slaying, yet agents…

By JERRY SCHWARTZ Associated Press Tom Jory, an editor who played a vital role in one of The Associated Press’ most crucial functions —…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The body of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was tortured and set on fire by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy has…

REFORM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities are investigating after former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. died in custody following a high-speed chase…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S.-based private cybersecurity company says it has uncovered evidence Chinese hackers, likely…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy says that a SEAL commander has died from injuries he got during a training…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police say the body of a migrant believed to be from Nigeria was found in a forest near the Polish border with…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The heir to the Dutch throne has taken part in a ceremonial meeting of the government’s chief advisory body in a…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have released a rights activist after he spent nearly two years in jail in a case that has drawn significant…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of Instagram, appearing before a Senate panel, met with deep…

By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle have named their picks for the best movies…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s new chancellor says the country’s fourth national lockdown will end on Sunday…

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas are searching for a man who opened fire inside a shopping mall, wounding one person. Killeen Police Chief…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants to set up a system of trade sanctions that it could impose on any foreign…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city. The…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after jurors failed to agree on a verdict following more…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says no U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, calling it…

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Craig Duke has been a Methodist minister for three decades, building a reputation as a…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears to offer important protection against the new…

MILES BRANMAN Edmunds (AP) — One of the perks of buying a new vehicle is that it offers features that promise a safer and more convenient driving…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s European region has recorded a slight drop in both COVID-19 cases and deaths last week after facing…

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Supreme Court has affirmed a three-year, two-month prison sentence for a top…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The lawyer of a freelance American journalist who was detained in Beirut last month says she has…

By AMANDA BARROSO of NerdWallet It’s easy to go overboard on gifts for your kids for the holidays, but the result could be a drained bank account…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government is introducing a 10-person limit for gatherings at private homes to counter an uptick in…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is open to improved relations with Israel but the country must first display…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Building materials maker Kingspan says it has agreed with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ national museum is planning to restretch Rembrandt van Rijn’s…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel is credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence and working to hold a…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe are facing the emergence of…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic militant who eluded capture for 16 years…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says fighting between troops loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities have announced that a man arrested at Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport linked to…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced a new ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military…

By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — Heavy rains and torrents of hot lava and mud sliding down an erupting volcano on…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi media says that authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s air force says the country’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, his…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized and ordered an inquiry after a leaked video…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police and customs officers have conducted dozens of raids and arrested at least nine…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has taken over as Germany’s new chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has become Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who spent over two decades in prison for what a court is calling a wrongful murder and armed robbery conviction…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say an Israeli woman has been stabbed and lightly wounded in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood. The suspect, a…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The players race across the pitch on crutches, jostling for the soccer ball, passing…