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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has announced draft plans to boost domestic research into development of…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah. The…

By CARLA BRIDI and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Three people have been charged with forgery and other crimes in an investigation of phony petition signatures that spoiled…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Boxing Association has been banished from the Olympic family but the sport will…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd says he’s running for president. Hurd hopes to build…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a trip…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fears that the British economy is heading for recession have mounted sharply after the Bank of England…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out endorsements from 15 South Carolina lawmakers. The…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine’s mainland, Russia-backed…

By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands gathered Thursday in southern Hong Kong to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The president of the United Arab Emirates has met with Iran’s visiting foreign minister in the latest sign of…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended a deal to stop migrants from entering the European Union until their chances of getting…

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pronounced the U.S.-India…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank says it has raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point in an effort to “bring…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Switzerland’s central bank has raised its key interest rate as it seeks to combat inflation and said “it cannot be…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower Thursday following a retreat on Wall Street after the Federal…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks to try to bring…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the…

MATADOR, Texas (AP) — A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an…

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities in Honduras began to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in June was expected to reduce…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders this week have been debating a thorny health care issue — whether…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Without immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Climate activist Vanessa Nakate has urged rich countries to cancel the debt and…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press A year after the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press One year ago Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old…

By Michael Liedtke AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft on Thursday will try to gain clearance to complete a $69 billion takeover of…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A year on from the floods in Pakistan that killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes,…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — As an international search determined the implosion of a vessel setting out for the underwater…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers are continuing to spar in the case of a one-time adviser to former President Donald…

By JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Attorney General Ken Paxton, is…