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By VANESSA GERA ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Israeli and Polish foreign ministers have met in a step that they are hailing as a…

CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank says it has approved a $7 billion loan to support Egypt’s push to empower the private sector and enhance its efforts…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces are firing tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The glitzy, fictional Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe that formed the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have cordoned off a neighborhood in a city south of the capital and trapped a gunman inside his home after he…

By KELVIN CHAN, HALELUYA HADERO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is ramping up a public relations campaign to fend off…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s parliament has dismissed an attempt by the far-right Vox party to topple the governing leftist coalition by voting…

By JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, ripping…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party and its allies say they won’t field a candidate to…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Laundry detergent bottles are looking a little different these days. A growing number of companies are…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Authorities say two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitive tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape…

By HILAIRE ZON Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — In Nigeria’s teeming city of Lagos, children in the Makoko area swim and play in…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping just concluded a three-day visit with Russian President Vladimir…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The United States has offered Slovakia 12 new military helicopters as compensation for the MiG-29 fighter jets the…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Travel experts say they aren’t seeing any dip in travel demand for the busy summer season or shoulder seasons, but…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police are searching for a separatist leader who has revived calls for…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian lawmakers have removed the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front from the country’s list of designated terror groups…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says future interest rate decisions are…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Electric vehicles, or EVs, had their best-selling year in 2022. Their market share surpassed 5% according to Edmunds data,…

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German environmental group said Wednesday that it’s suing Facebook’s parent company Meta over persistent…

By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is stubbornly resisting growing discontent on the…

BEIJING (AP) — China says President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded visit to Russia was a “journey of friendship, cooperation and peace.” The…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A building has collapsed in Qatar’s capital, killing at least one person, and searchers have been looking through the rubble…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted “hand on heart” that he did not lie to…

STEPHEN WADE TOKYO (AP) — Japanese television stuck to its live coverage from Miami for almost two hours after Japan defeated the United States 3-2…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The IMF and Ukraine have agreed on a new loan package to support the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has pledged to provide Poland with development support to help the European country assist…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian jury has retired to consider their verdicts following the six-week trial of a former principal of a…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate has risen for the first time in four months in February. The new figures…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An overnight raid by Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s capital has killed three members of the extremist Islamic State group. A…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate,…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, killing students and…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has defended his decision to allow a larger United States…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Millions of Muslims in Indonesia are gearing up to celebrate the holy month of…

By MUNIR AHMED AND RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck much of Pakistan and neighboring…