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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has defended a recent meeting of European populist leaders by saying that his…

By ACACIA CORONADO and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over its new redistricting…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. drone strike that killed an al-Qaida official in northwest Syria also wounded six members of…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Putting together an entire nation’s distinctive dishes is a daunting process for anyone.…

LONDON (AP) — Two London police officers who took pictures of two slain sisters and posted them on social media have been jailed for two years and…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan district attorney says billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt has…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed American diplomat Stephanie…

By LYNN ELBER and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Many of 2021’s most notable moments were captured by TV, shaping and upending our expectations.…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian broadcaster rejects accusations of publishing anti-Semitic content that led a German broadcaster to suspend a…

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cold War ended 30 years ago this month, but one unresolved issue — how closely…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test has…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Preliminary work is underway to remove an enormous pedestal that until recently held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E.…

By BRYAN ANDERSON and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The start of North Carolina candidate filing for U.S. House and…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Voters in an extremely liberal Seattle district are deciding whether they want to keep socialist…

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A British woman has testified that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil…

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DIAMNIADIO, Senegal (AP) — South Africa’s president says travel restrictions imposed on South Africa and…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The National Museum of Afghanistan is open once again and the Taliban, whose members…

By RICK CALLAHAN and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the case against the student accused in last…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says it is tightening supervision over cyber exports — a move that follows a series of scandals…

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai health official says that authorities have detected the country’s first suspected case of the new omicron variant but that…

LONDON (AP) — British parliamentary authorities say they are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem municipal officials have frozen plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem.…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 311-year-old school in southwest England named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its…

By YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has announced retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution delaying action on requests by…

By STAN CHOE and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The blank-check company that aims to take Trump Media & Technology Group…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The charred body of a factory manager who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy has been brought back to…

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s drugs agency has recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat…

By JEFF AMY and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian health authorities have confirmed the first two cases of the new omicron variant in the country. Health officials…

By PETER SMITH and EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious group based in Ohio has announced that a violent gang in Haiti has released…

MIAMI (AP) — A wake and funeral services in Florida are being prepared for former Congresswoman Carrie Meek, who died last week at 95 following a…

In a story published December 6, 2021, about stocking-stuffer gift ideas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Vermont syrup company. It is…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says all private…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official has criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the…

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has testified that claims he staged an…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris because…

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia say body of a man from Bangladesh has been found near the border with Croatia. The remains were…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says there are plans for a possible second meeting with the head of…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as…

BERLIN (AP) — Karl Nehammer has been sworn in as Austria’s third chancellor in two months. Monday’s ceremony capped a round of upheaval…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says attacks on Muslim houses of worship on Cyprus would “not go unanswered”…

By COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A new poll finds that the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have been especially hard for…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities. They are…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into violence that erupted at the first…

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has confirmed a third case of the new omicron COVID-19 variant. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The family of the British woman charged with helping the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exploit…

TROMSO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian soccer club has collaborated with Amnesty International and a former migrant worker in Qatar to launch a jersey…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet A personalized financial blueprint from a qualified planner should offer smart ways to manage your money both now and in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says one of its helicopters has crashed in bad weather in the Pakistan-administered section of disputed…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian health authorities on Monday said they have confirmed the first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus in travelers…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian archaeologists have found a cluster of longhouses including one of the largest in Scandinavia in the…

By JILL LAWLESS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes are receiving their awards in scaled-down local…

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has traveled to Oman, the…

By AAMER MADHANI and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the…

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A three-party deal to form a new German government under center-left leader Olaf…

By DALATOU MAMAN Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s interior ministry says that extremist gunmen have attacked a military camp…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates has met with…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Central Bank says it plans to redesign its euro banknotes, with a final decision on the new look expected in 2024. The…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities have reported the first cases of the omicron variant in the Himalayan nation. A Health Ministry…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis is wrapping up his visit to Greece by encouraging its young people to follow…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Senior officials from the Slovak Republic are in Taiwan for talks on deepening ties with the island in the highest-level…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asia stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as anxiety about the coronavirus’s latest…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian state-run media are saying that an apartment building collapsed in a southern province, killing at least three children. The…

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber has performed to a packed crowd in the Saudi city of Jiddah, singing some of his most popular…

BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics show that German factory orders dropped steeply in October, pushed down by much lower demand from countries…

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen have killed a town mayor and wounded another in a brazen attack that also killed their…

By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers on Monday retrieved more bodies buried under volcanic debris,…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people as the holidays draw near. It is…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Defense Ministry says a 16-year-old Palestinian rammed a vehicle into an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s largest e-commerce group Alibaba said Monday it is appointing a new chief financial…

BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings is seeking commercial arbitration in a dispute over unwinding its joint venture brewery in…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted on two charges and handed a four-year sentence that…

By AUDREY McAVOY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this…

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — High school seniors are returning to their classrooms in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, for the…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allyship is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly users…

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have settled on a strategy as a handful of…

By SCOTT BAUER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — A group supporting former President Donald Trump’s agenda is…

By ASHOK SHARMA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin…

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening statements loom this week for a white former Minnesota police…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande warned  late…