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MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 20 kilometers (12 miles)…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it’s reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive international…

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in the…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s parliament has opened a special session to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of…

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors have walked off the job across England in a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history…

By MIKE CORDER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron laid out his vision of a bold,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s second-largest bank is pursuing a potential merger with its smaller rival, potentially creating a…

BERLIN (AP) — Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany. The Dortmund…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned China’s military drills in the Taiwan…

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say security forces raided a suspected hideout of the Pakistani Taliban…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has flown to the United States for meetings aimed at strengthening the economic and defense…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the deaths of her two children and a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen…

By TOM KRISHER, MATTHEW DALY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has advanced elements of his aggressive conservative…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper exchanged gunfire with a man who was holding the driver of a semitrailer at gunpoint Monday…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senior lawmaker has split from Australia’s opposition party leadership by supporting…

By ROHIT THAYYIL and MOJUDAN GADHAVI, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — Eloor smells like it is dying. Once it was an island of rich…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. On Monday,…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy attended a rally in southern New Mexico on Monday for former U.S. Rep. Yvette…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A growing number of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever made the most of the first No. 1 draft pick in franchise history, selecting…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has temporarily blocked a new requirement passed by state Republican…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details…

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tributes are growing for the five people slain in a shooting at a…

BY DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three years after the coronavirus pandemic erupted, Atlantic City’s casinos are…